.Sep 13, 2024, 05:29 AM ETThe funeral of Sven-Gu00f6ran Eriksson, the very first foreign manager to trainer the England national team, was hung on Friday in the tiny Swedish city of Torsby where he grew before starting an illustrious occupation at the peak of International football.A soft-spoken however established instructor, Eriksson directed crews in Sweden, Portugal and also Italy, winning major trophies in the 1980s and 1990s just before handling the England task in 2001, handling celebrities like David Beckham, that was among the participants at the service.Eriksson declared in January that he was terminally sick with pancreatic cancer cells as well as invested considerably of the observing months reconnecting with a lot of the spots as well as folks central to his occupation before he passed away last month.He fulfilled his dream of managing Liverpool, after leading the club in a charitable organization legends video game versus Ajax at Anfield in March.David Beckham was among the attendees who paid their aspects to Sven-Goran Eriksson at the former supervisor's funeral in Torsby, Sweden. ADAM IHSE/TT/TT News Agency/AFP using Getty ImagesThe funeral service occurred in Torsby, a non-urban town of less than 5,000 people near the perimeter along with Norway, as well as was actually attended through numerous hundred people inside the church.Some 200 chairs in the neo-Gothic church coming from 1898 were actually booked for his loved ones, pals and players from his career in the soccer world, according to his representative. The staying chairs were open for everyone, depending on to Eriksson's wishOthers complied with the service on a silver screen put together outdoors and also the funeral was actually offered quilt insurance coverage through Swedish media.The wood casket was wheeled in through pallbearers at the congregation Friday morning. Close to the casket was actually a photograph of Eriksson on a little dining table. The flower circlets included ones delivered through FIFA and Lazio, the Italian group that Eriksson triggered the Serie A headline in 2000. Others participating in the funeral service featured the Swedish instructor's long time companion Nancy Dell' Olio.Tributes moved in from prime ministers, clubs and past gamers following the headlines of his death while national staffs featuring England as well as Sweden played with black branch bands during the the September global break.Eriksson, known in Sweden merely as "Svennis," led England to the 2002 and also 2006 Planet Mug quarterfinals, as well as to the 2004 International Champion, handling a gold age of players that besides Beckham included superstars like Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney and Steven Gerrard.He began building his international credibility when he helped Swedish club IFK Gothenburg to the UEFA Cup in 1982 and went on to succeed silverware as trainer of Portugal's Benfica and also Italian clubs Roma, Fiorentina, Lazio and Sampdoria.Unable to end England's prize dry spell, he left the reins of the nationwide side in 2006, going on to trainer Manchester Metropolitan area as well as Leicester Metropolitan area as well as Mexico and also Cream color Coast as well as clubs in China and Philippines.Information coming from the Associated Push resulted in this file.