Sven-Göran Eriksson
Swedish football manager (1948–2024)
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Sven-Göran Eriksson was a Swedish football manager who led several major clubs and national teams during his long career in the sport. He is notable for being one of the most prominent European football managers of his era, though the context provided does not specify his major achievements or why he is particularly significant.
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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…
Known for
- England 2006: The Golden Generation — Self (Archive Footage)2026
- King Of Lies: Football's Trillion Dollar Con — Self2025
- Sven — Self2024
- Svennis: Arrivederci Italien — Self2024
- Rooney 2004: World At His Feet — Self (archive footage)2024
- Svennis2024
- That Peter Crouch Film — Self2023
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Sven-Göran Eriksson ( Swedish pronunciation: [svɛnˈjœ̂ːran ˈêːrɪkˌsɔn] ; 5 February 1948 – 26 August 2024) was a Swedish football player and 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 in 1982, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1999, the last edition of the tournament before its abolition, the UEFA Super Cup in 1999, and reached the European Cup final in 1990.
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.