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Former England football manager Sven-Goran Eriksson dies aged 76

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Former England football manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has died at age of 76The Swede was in charge of the Three Lions between 2001 and 2006.Eriksson, a charismatic coach who led Swedish, Portuguese and Italian clubs to major trophies in the 1980s and 1990s before taking on the England job in 2001, announced earlier this year that he was terminally ill with pancreatic cancer.His agent Bo Gustavsson said he had passed away on Monday morning surrounded by his family.Eriksson led England to quarter-finals of the 2002 and 2006 World Cups, and at the 2004 European Championship, managing a golden generation of players, including David Beckham, Paul Scholes, Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney and Steven Gerrard.He was appointed after a successful career in club management, notably in Italy, where he won a Serie A and cup double, as well as the European Cup Winners' Cup, with Lazio.He returned to the World Cup with Ivory Coast in 2010 and also had spells in charge of Manchester City and Leicester among stints in several other countries in a lengthy career.He was never far away from the headlines during his time in England where, apart from football, his private life was a seemingly endless source of fascination for newspapers.Eriksson's life and career is the subject of a new Amazon Prime documentary which was released on Friday.In it, the Swede talked about how he hoped to be remembered."I hope you will remember me as a positive guy trying to do everything he could do," he said."Don’t be sorry, smile.

Thank you for everything, coaches, players, the crowds, it’s been fantastic. Take care of yourself and take care of your life.

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