Eriksson, the terrible news

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Former England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson died on Monday aged 76.

He knew he was doomed and had made a point of greeting and seeing all the major players in his great career in recent months. Sven-Göran Eriksson, the Swedish coach, died this Monday at the age of 76. The former England coach and coach of a multitude of teams referenced in Europe, succumbed to pancreatic cancer against which he had been battling for a long time.

The football world will not fail to pay tribute to Sven-Göran Eriksson, who recently achieved one of his greatest footballing dreams: to coach a team on the Anfield Road pitch.

A great track record and a huge CV

After a modest playing career in Sweden, Eriksson coached 16 different teams, including Benfica Lisbon twice, between 1982 and 1984, and then between 1989 and 1992. Chronologically, the Sunne native has coached: Dergerfos, Gothenburg, Benfica, AS Roma, Fiorentina, Benfica again, Sampdoria, Lazio Rome, the England national team, Manchester City, Mexico, Ivory Coast, Leicester, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Shenzhen and finally the Philippines national team.

Among his achievements, Eriksson could boast of having won the UEFA Cup with IFK Gothenburg and Lazio Rome, as well as the Italian championship and the Cup Winners’ Cup with Lazio.

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