Sven-Göran Eriksson

Born: 1948-02-05

Birthplace: Torsby, Värmlands län, Sweden

Biography

Sven-Göran Eriksson (5 February 1948 – 26 August 2024) was a Swedish football manager.

After a playing career as a right-back, Eriksson went on to experience major success in club management between 1977 and 2001, winning 18 trophies with a variety of league clubs in Sweden, Portugal, and Italy. In European competition, he won the UEFA Cup, the European Cup Winners' Cup (the last edition of that trophy before its abolition), the UEFA Super Cup, and reached the final of the European Cup.

Eriksson later managed the national teams of England, Mexico, the Philippines and the Ivory Coast, as well as Manchester City and Leicester City in England. Eriksson coached in ten countries: Sweden, Portugal, Italy, England, Mexico, Ivory Coast, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, China and the Philippines.

Known For

Goal III: Taking on the World
Goal!
England 2006: The Golden Generation
Brazil 2002: The Real Story
VM-krönika 2002
VM-krönika 2006
That Peter Crouch Film
Rooney 2004: World At His Feet
Notts County FC: The Movie
VM-krönika 1990

Top Movie Credits

Goal III: Taking on the World Self
Goal! Sven-Göran Eriksson
England 2006: The Golden Generation Self (archive footage)
Brazil 2002: The Real Story Self
VM-krönika 2002 Self (archive footage)
VM-krönika 2006 Self (archive footage)
That Peter Crouch Film Self
Rooney 2004: World At His Feet Self (archive footage)
Notts County FC: The Movie Himself
VM-krönika 1990 Self (archive voice)