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Swedish football manager (–)

Sven-Göran Eriksson (Swedish pronunciation:[svɛnˈjœ̂ːranˈêːrɪkˌsɔn]^ⓘ; 5 February – 26 August ) was a Swedish football player and manager.

After a playing career as a right-back, Eriksson went on to experience major success in club management between and , 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.

Early life

Sven-Göran Eriksson was born on 5 February ^[3] in Sunne^&#