Sven-Göran Eriksson
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Sven-Göran Eriksson 🇸🇪

Sven-Göran Eriksson (Known as "Svennis")
["Football Manager","Player","Sports Executive"]
Born Feb 05, 1948 🇸🇪 Sunne, Sweden
Passed Away Aug 26, 2024 Sunne, Sweden
Lifespan 76 years old
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"I hope you will remember me as a positive guy trying to do everything he could do. Don't be sorry, smile. Thank you for everything, coaches, players, the crowds, it's been fantastic. Take care of yourself and take care of your life. And live it."

Archival Overview

Celebrated Swedish football tactician who managed 12 clubs and 4 national teams across 42 years. Led IFK Göteborg to the UEFA Cup, Lazio to the Serie A title, and served as England's first foreign manager (2001–2006).

Biographical Record

Sven-Göran Eriksson (1948–2024) was one of the most successful and cosmopolitan managers in European football history. He achieved international breakthrough in 1982 by guiding semi-professional Swedish club IFK Göteborg to an improbable UEFA Cup triumph, before winning three Portuguese league titles and reaching two European finals with Benfica.

In Italy, \"Svennis\" led Sampdoria to the Coppa Italia and presided over Lazio's golden era, capturing the historic Serie A and Coppa Italia double in 2000 alongside the European Cup Winners' Cup.

In 2001, he made history as the first foreign manager appointed to lead the England national football team, guiding the \"Golden Generation\" to three consecutive quarter-finals at the 2002 World Cup, Euro 2004, and 2006 World Cup. Facing terminal cancer in his final months, his graceful public farewell touched sports fans across the world.

Key Life Milestones

2000

Historic Serie A Scudetto with Lazio

Guided Lazio to their second Serie A league title in club history, completing a famous Italian domestic and European cup double.

2001

First Foreign Manager of England

Appointed England's first foreign manager, famously orchestrating a sensational 5-1 World Cup qualifying victory over Germany in Munich.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Fryksände Churchyard (Fryksände kyrka)
Torsby, Värmland, Sweden
GPS: 60.1378, 13.0033
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