Sven-Goran Eriksson has died in Sweden at the age of 76

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Sven-Goran Eriksson has died in Sweden at the age of 76.

Sven-Goran Eriksson has died in Sweden at the age of 76

The football world has been hit with another sad news after Sven-Goran Eriksson. Former manager of the England national team and several famous clubs, died of cancer at the age of 76.

The news of the death of Swedish coach Sven was revealed by Sven’s former agent Bo Gustafsson, who revealed that the famous former coach died in his home country of Sweden, surrounded by his family. 

Eriksson revealed in January that he had advanced cancer and likely didn’t have much time left. And just released a photo and message of his farewell to everyone on social media before his death today.

Eriksson’s football playing history began with Torsby IF in Sweden. Followed by SK Sifalla and ended with KB Karlskoga at the age of 25.

After that, he started as a coach for Degerfors IF in the Swedish league in 1977 before going to work as a manager for the country’s big ufabet https://ufabet999.app team, IFK Goteborg, between 1979-1982 before going on to play as a manager for big teams in Europe, including Benfica, Roma, Fiorentina, Sampdoria, Lazio, Manchester City. Being the first manager of the English national team who is not of British nationality, between 2001-2006. He used to work as a football consultant in Thailand for BEC Tero Sasana in 2012.

The last team he coached was the Philippines national team from 2018-2019 and retired from coaching.