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\n26 August 2024<\/time>\n<\/p>\nSven-Goran Eriksson has died aged 76.<\/p>\n<\/p>\nSven-Goran Eriksson dies aged 76<\/p>\nThe Swedish football manager – who was England\u2019s first foreign head coach and led the country to the 2002 and 2006 World Cups and the Euros in 2004 – was confirmed to have passed away this morning (26.08.24) following a long battle with terminal pancreatic cancer.<\/p>\nIn a statement, Eriksson\u2019s children Lina and Johan said: \u201cOur father Sven-Goran Eriksson fell asleep peacefully in his home at Bjorkefors outside Sunne this morning. He has for a long time fought bravely with his illness, but now it came to an end.<\/p>\n\u201cDad told us at the beginning of this year about his serious illness and received an amazing response from friends and football fans around Europe.<\/p>\n\u201cHe was invited to several football teams in England, Italy, Portugal and Sweden. They shared their love for football and for dad.<\/p>\n\n\u201cIt was unforgettable for both him and us. He expressed his appreciation and joy and stated that such beautiful words are usually only uttered when someone has died.<\/p>\n\n\u201cWe hope that you will remember Svennis as the good and positive person he always was both in public and at home with us.\u201d<\/p>\n\nIn January, the Swedish football coach revealed his cancer diagnosis and said he had \u201cat best\u201d a year left to live.<\/p>\n\nHe told Swedish Radio P1: \u201cI’m going to resist for as long as I can.<\/p>\n\n\u201cI have an illness that’s serious. Best case a year, I have worst case a lot less. It’s impossible to say exactly, so it’s better to not think about it.\u201d<\/p>\n\nAs well as coaching the \u2018Golden Generation\u2019 – which included David Beckham, Wayne Rooney, Frank Lampard, Paul Scholes and Steven Gerrard – Eriksson had managed 12 clubs like Manchester City, Leicester and Roma, and had won 18 trophies across his managerial career.<\/p>\n\nSince news of his passing broke, Prince William, patron of the Football Association (FA), has led tributes to the ex-England coach, describing him as a \u201ctrue gentleman of the game\u201d.<\/p>\n\nThe Prince of Wales said he was \u201calways struck by his charisma and passion\u201d, and concluded: \u201cMy thoughts are with his family and friends.\u201d<\/p>\n\nUK Prime Minister Sir Kier Starmer added he was \u201cdeeply saddened to hear\u201d that Eriksson had passed away.<\/p>\n\nHe said in a statement: \u201cHe will be remembered for his tremendous contribution to English football which brought joy to so many over the years.<\/p>\n\n\u201cOur thoughts are with his family.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\nSource link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"26 August 2024 Sven-Goran Eriksson has died aged 76. Sven-Goran Eriksson dies aged 76 The Swedish football manager – who was England\u2019s first foreign head coach and led the country to the 2002 and 2006 World Cups and the Euros in 2004 – was confirmed to have passed away this morning (26.08.24) following a long […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":120967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[9321,9322,9320,246,9319],"class_list":{"0":"post-120966","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-make-up","8":"tag-johan","9":"tag-kier-starmer","10":"tag-lina","11":"tag-prince-william","12":"tag-sven-goran-eriksson"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Sven-Goran Eriksson has died aged 76.<\/p>\n
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Sven-Goran Eriksson dies aged 76<\/p>\n
The Swedish football manager – who was England\u2019s first foreign head coach and led the country to the 2002 and 2006 World Cups and the Euros in 2004 – was confirmed to have passed away this morning (26.08.24) following a long battle with terminal pancreatic cancer.<\/p>\n
In a statement, Eriksson\u2019s children Lina and Johan said: \u201cOur father Sven-Goran Eriksson fell asleep peacefully in his home at Bjorkefors outside Sunne this morning. He has for a long time fought bravely with his illness, but now it came to an end.<\/p>\n
\u201cDad told us at the beginning of this year about his serious illness and received an amazing response from friends and football fans around Europe.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was invited to several football teams in England, Italy, Portugal and Sweden. They shared their love for football and for dad.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cIt was unforgettable for both him and us. He expressed his appreciation and joy and stated that such beautiful words are usually only uttered when someone has died.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cWe hope that you will remember Svennis as the good and positive person he always was both in public and at home with us.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nIn January, the Swedish football coach revealed his cancer diagnosis and said he had \u201cat best\u201d a year left to live.<\/p>\n
\nHe told Swedish Radio P1: \u201cI’m going to resist for as long as I can.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cI have an illness that’s serious. Best case a year, I have worst case a lot less. It’s impossible to say exactly, so it’s better to not think about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nAs well as coaching the \u2018Golden Generation\u2019 – which included David Beckham, Wayne Rooney, Frank Lampard, Paul Scholes and Steven Gerrard – Eriksson had managed 12 clubs like Manchester City, Leicester and Roma, and had won 18 trophies across his managerial career.<\/p>\n
\nSince news of his passing broke, Prince William, patron of the Football Association (FA), has led tributes to the ex-England coach, describing him as a \u201ctrue gentleman of the game\u201d.<\/p>\n
\nThe Prince of Wales said he was \u201calways struck by his charisma and passion\u201d, and concluded: \u201cMy thoughts are with his family and friends.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nUK Prime Minister Sir Kier Starmer added he was \u201cdeeply saddened to hear\u201d that Eriksson had passed away.<\/p>\n
\nHe said in a statement: \u201cHe will be remembered for his tremendous contribution to English football which brought joy to so many over the years.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cOur thoughts are with his family.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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26 August 2024 Sven-Goran Eriksson has died aged 76. Sven-Goran Eriksson dies aged 76 The Swedish football manager – who was England\u2019s first foreign head coach and led the country to the 2002 and 2006 World Cups and the Euros in 2004 – was confirmed to have passed away this morning (26.08.24) following a long […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":120967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[9321,9322,9320,246,9319],"class_list":{"0":"post-120966","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-make-up","8":"tag-johan","9":"tag-kier-starmer","10":"tag-lina","11":"tag-prince-william","12":"tag-sven-goran-eriksson"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}