He revealed that he had pancreatic most cancers in January 2024 and that he had solely been given one yr to stay.
In an announcement, his household stated: “After an extended sickness, SGE died through the morning at dwelling surrounded by household.”
The Swede turned the primary international supervisor of the England males’s soccer group in 2001.
RIP Sven. Sven-Goran Eriksson has handed away. He was 76. Such unhappy information. Pretty, fascinating man, and an excellent supervisor. My ideas together with his household and pals. Bo Gustavsson, an agent in Sweden who labored with Sven, has issued the next unhappy press launch… pic.twitter.com/JFOGdjgGLO
— Henry Winter (@henrywinter) August 26, 2024
He coached the so-called “golden era” of gamers together with David Beckham, Steven Gerrard, Wayne Rooney and Frank Lampard, Sky Information stories.
Throughout his profession, he managed a string of high-profile European golf equipment equivalent to Benfica, Roma, Fiorentina, Sampdoria and Lazio.
Eriksson left the England position after the 2006 World Cup and would later handle Mexico and the Ivory Coast, in addition to English golf equipment Manchester Metropolis and Leicester Metropolis.
Resulting from his well being points, he stepped down as sporting director at Swedish membership Karlstad in February 2023.
After saying his most cancers prognosis, Eriksson was granted his lifelong want when he led out Liverpool Legends, as they performed in a charity match towards Ajax at Anfield in March.
He described that second as “completely lovely” and a “big reminiscence” in his life, with Liverpool successful the sport 4-2.
‘I am going to withstand for so long as I can’
Talking to Swedish Radio P1 earlier this yr, Eriksson acknowledged he was going to withstand the most cancers “for so long as I can”.
He added: “I’ve an sickness that is critical. Finest case a yr, I’ve worst case loads much less. It is unattainable to say precisely, so it is higher to not give it some thought.”
The invention of the most cancers got here when he “collapsed and fainted” as he was doing a 5km run, as reported by Sky Information.
It “simply got here from nothing”, he added, and that “makes you shocked”.
“I am not in any main ache. However I have been identified with a illness that you would be able to decelerate however you can’t function. So it’s what it’s.”
Eriksson additionally shared he was attempting to remain constructive and “make one thing good” from his most cancers prognosis.
“You attempt to trick the mind, it is too straightforward to succumb and change into detrimental and get caught at dwelling. Higher to attempt to see positives and never give in throughout exhausting occasions,” he added.
