Sven-Göran Eriksson

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Born 1948-02-05 · died 2024-08-26 · Torsby, Värmlands län, Sweden

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Sven-Göran Eriksson (5 February 1948 – 26 August 2024) was a Swedish football manager. After a playing career as a right-back, Eriksson went on to experience major success in club management between 1977 and 2001, winning 18 trophies with a variety of league clubs in Sweden, Portugal, and Italy. In European competition, he won the UEFA Cup, the European Cup Winners' Cup (the last edition of that trophy before its abolition), the UEFA Super Cup, and reached the final of the European Cup. Eriksson later managed the national teams of England, Mexico, the Philippines and the Ivory Coast, as well as Manchester City and Leicester City in England. Eriksson coached in ten countries: Sweden, Portugal, Italy, England, Mexico, Ivory Coast, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, China and the Philippines.

Known for

Managing England: The Impossible JobVM-krönika 1994Fever Pitch: The Battle for the Premier LeagueThe Last Proletarians of FootballThe Story of the 2006 FIFA World Cup: The Official Film of 2006 FIFA World Cup GermanyBrazil 2002: The Real StoryUr Svennis skuggaDavid Beckham: Close UpThat Peter Crouch FilmGoal!