The previous supervisor of the English nationwide squad died after a battle with most cancers, his agent stated on Monday.
Swedish soccer supervisor Sven-Goran Eriksson, who coached England from 2001 to 2006, died Monday, August 26, on the age of 76 after a battle with pancreatic most cancers, his agent stated. “He handed away peacefully this morning together with his household round him at his dwelling,” Eriksson’s agent Bo Gustavsson instructed Agence France-Presse (AFP). “Now we have identified about this nevertheless it occurred in a short time. We weren’t ready for it to occur in the present day,” Gustavsson added.
The Swede introduced in February 2023 that he was stepping again from public life attributable to “well being points.” In January, he instructed public broadcaster Sveriges Radio that he was affected by pancreatic most cancers and that his physician’s evaluation was that he had “at greatest perhaps a yr (to dwell), at worst rather less.”
Born February 5, 1948 in Sunne in western Sweden, Eriksson, who goes by “Svennis” to Swedes, discovered success as a soccer supervisor after retiring from a modest profession as a defender. In 1977, he turned supervisor of Swedish membership Degerfors IF. After main the small membership to success in decrease divisions, he attracted the eye of larger golf equipment. He went on to handle Sweden’s IFK Goteborg earlier than discovering success internationally, managing Benfica in Portugal, in addition to a number of Italian groups together with Roma and Lazio.
His most high-profile place was as the primary foreigner to handle England’s nationwide squad. Throughout his spell, he took England to the World Cup quarter-finals in 2002, the place they had been knocked out by Brazil. Additionally they made the final eight 4 years later the place Portugal got here out on prime in a penalty shoot-out in a sport the place Wayne Rooney was despatched off after a conflict together with his then Manchester United team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo. Eriksson led England to the final eight of the 2004 Euros the place Portugal additionally knocked them out in one other penalty shoot-out. He left the job in 2006 after 5 years in cost.
His time within the sizzling seat had seen a memorable 5-1 win over Germany in a World Cup qualifier but in addition controversy over his private life. “This can be a very unhappy day. He gave all England followers such particular recollections,” Mark Bullingham, CEO of England’s Soccer Affiliation, stated in an announcement. “Sven can be rightly acknowledged and endlessly remembered for his important work with the England staff, and for his wider contribution to the sport,” Bullingham continued.
Eriksson went on to handle Mexico, Ivory Coast and the Philippines, however by no means his native Sweden’s nationwide squad. In March, he fulfilled what he stated had been a life-long dream of managing English soccer membership Liverpool.
Alongside former Liverpool favorites Ian Rush, John Barnes and John Aldridge within the dwelling dug-out, he managed Liverpool Legends in a charity match towards Ajax Legends, overseeing a 4-2 win for his staff. Eriksson stated afterward he had shed tears earlier than kick-off, when he acquired a standing ovation from the gang as he walked out onto the pitch, with followers singing the Liverpool anthem of “You may By no means Stroll Alone”. “That can be an enormous reminiscence in life,” stated Eriksson stated. “Completely stunning.”
Le Monde with AFP
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