Sven-Goran Eriksson died Monday morning aged 76, his household in Sweden has confirmed.
The previous England soccer had introduced a yr earlier than that he had been recognized with terminal pancreatic most cancers.
Eriksson, who was England’s first non-English nationwide workforce supervisor when he was appointed in 2001, loved triumphs and tribulations within the position which he stored for 5 years. Though he oversaw England’s historic victory over Germany in 2001, he was criticised for not having the ability to channel the abilities of his squad, which included Wayne Rooney and David Beckham, into profitable any worldwide silverware.
Off the pitch, his personal life delivered extra tabloid headlines than another soccer supervisor in British historical past. His affairs with TV presenter Ulrika Jonsson and Soccer Affiliation secretary Faria Alam stored him on the entrance pages as a lot because the again pages of the newspapers – though when he was finally sacked from his England supervisor position, it was not due to affairs of the guts, however affairs of the pockets – he had been busted having profitable chats with rival workforce bosses.
In an intimate documentary titled Sven launched solely final week on Amazon Prime, the serene Swede regarded again on all of this with spectacular equanimity. He mentioned merely: “Life goes on.” He appeared equally calm about his failing well being, sharing on digital camera: “I’ve had a superb life. Smile.”
