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Sven-Göran Eriksson
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Sven-Göran Eriksson was a Swedish male association football player and coach. Born in Sunne, Sweden, on February 5, 1948, he played as a defender for Västra Frölunda IF and represented Sweden in UEFA Euro 2004. He was educated at Örebro University and spoke Swedish and English.
As a coach, he managed the Philippines men's national association football team, Shenzhen F.C., Shanghai Port F.C., and Guangzhou City F.C. He was also an autobiographer. Eriksson died in Sunne on August 26, 2024, from natural causes due to pancreatic cancer.
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Torsby, Värmlands län, Sweden
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
- Fever Pitch: The Battle for the Premier League — Self2023
- Rooney — Self2022
- Vardy vs Rooney: The Wagatha Trial — Self (archive footage)2022
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Eriksson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of birth
- Sunne
- Place of death
- Sunne
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Educated at
- Örebro University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- Swedish
- Participant in
- UEFA Euro 2004
- Sport
- association football
- Position played
- defender
- Country for sport
- Sweden
- Official website
- svengoraneriksson.com
- Image
- Sven-Goran Eriksson 2012.jpg
- Height
- 178
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- Sven-Göran Eriksson
- date of birth
- 1948-02-05
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- Sven-Göran Eriksson
- coach of sports team
- Degerfors IF
- medical condition
- pancreatic cancer
- date of death
- 2024-08-26
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- pancreatic cancer
- name in native language
- Sven-Göran Eriksson
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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