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Sven-Goran Eriksson has died at the age of 76. The football manager was in charge of England’s ‘golden generation’ during the early 2000s.
Eriksson was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year after suffering a stroke while running near his home in Sweden.
He told a Swedish radio station in January he had “at best a year left to live” and bid a final farewell to the public in an Amazon Prime Video documentary on his life, released on August 23.
Tributes to the former England manager have started to come in from across the footballing world, and follow all the latest in the blog below
Sven-Goran Eriksson says goodbye with heartbreaking final message before death
A statement on his official website confirmed he had died on Monday morning (26 August), surrounded by his family.
“I had a good life,” Eriksson remarked.
Sven-Goran Eriksson says goodbye with heartbreaking final message
Sven Goran-Eriksson issued a heartbreaking final goodbye message before he died aged 76 following a terminal cancer diagnosis. The former England football manager shared in January that he was approaching the end of his life and would have a year left to live in a “best case” scenario. A statement on his official website confirmed he had died on Monday morning (26 August), surrounded by his family. In an Amazon Prime documentary about his life, Eriksson addressed former players, coaches and supporters with a message set over Swedish countryside near his home. “I had a good life,” Eriksson remarked.
Sonia Twigg26 August 2024 12:50
Sven-Goran Eriksson: The failed alchemist of England’s ‘Golden Generation’ with a career of two halves
In England, he will be mostly remembered for the ultimately underwhelming end to tournaments, the supposedly Golden Generation stumbling in three consecutive quarter-finals, and the sense of what might have been – though his successors, Steve McClaren and Fabio Capello, fared worse with the same players – but his feats before then give him a strong case to be Sweden’s greatest manager. He was one of the finest anywhere in the two decades before receiving a call from his agent, Athole Still, who he assumed was joking when he asked if Eriksson was interested in the England post.
Sonia Twigg26 August 2024 12:48
Sven-Goran Eriksson, manager of England’s golden generation, dies aged 76
Sven-Goran Eriksson, the manager in charge of England’s ‘golden generation’ during the early 2000s, has died aged 76.
Eriksson was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year after suffering a stroke while out running near his home in Sweden. He told a Swedish radio station in January that he had “at best a year left to live”.
Eriksson bid a final farewell to the public in an Amazon Prime Video documentary on his life, released on August 23, in which he said: “I hope you will remember me as a positive guy”.
His death was confirmed by his family on Monday.
Sonia Twigg26 August 2024 12:46
Sven-Goran Eriksson has died at the age of 76
The sad news broke just after midday that England’s first-ever overseas coach Sven-Goran Eriksson has died at the age of 76.
The former England manager revealed he was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer to a Swedish radio station in January and has since passed away.
Sonia Twigg26 August 2024 12:43