The Swede, who managed England through the early to mid noughties, passed away on Monday after a battle with pancreatic cancer
Former Leicester City and England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has died, aged 76.
The Swede, who had a 12-month spell in charge of City between 2010 and 2011, announced earlier this year that he had pancreatic cancer and that he had a year to live at best. A press release on Monday lunchtime said he died this morning surrounded by family.
Eriksson was a prominent figure in English football thanks to his five-year spell in charge of England. With the Three Lions, he reached the quarter-finals of the 2002 and 2006 World Cups, and quarter-finals of Euro 2004.
He made his name by winning the Uefa Cup with Goteborg and went on to win league titles and European competitions with Benfica and Lazio. After his time in charge of England, he managed Manchester City, Mexico, and Ivory Coast before he took over at Leicester.
Brought in by King Power near the start of their tenure as a star name, Eriksson took over City with the club in the Championship relegation zone. They went on to finish 10th in the 2010-11 season.
Eriksson was backed in the transfer market that summer, making them among the favourites for promotion. But 13 games into the new season, City were still in the bottom half, and Eriksson was sacked.
His final job was in charge of the Philippines national team, Eriksson leaving the role in 2019. He revealed his terminal pancreatic cancer diagnosis at the start of this year, with a ‘Stay strong, Sven’ banner held up at the King Power Stadium during City’s 1-1 draw to Ipswich.
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