Sven-Göran Eriksson

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

Eriksson managed the national teams of England, Mexico, Philippines, and the Ivory Coast, as well as Manchester City and Leicester City in England. Eriksson has coached in 10 countries: Sweden, Portugal, Italy, England, Mexico, Ivory Coast, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, China, and the Philippines.

## Death

In January 2024, Eriksson announced that he was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer. He died from the disease on 26 August 2024 at his home near Sunne, Sweden at the age of 76.

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|Nat|rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|colspan="5"|Record|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Degerfors||align=left|1977|align=left|1978||||||
|align=left|Göteborg||align=left|1979|align=left|1982|100|51|32|17||
|align=left|Benfica||align=left|1982|align=left|1984|60|46|11|3||
|align=left|Roma||align=left|1984|align=left|1987|90|41|26|23||
|align=left|Fiorentina||align=left|1987|align=left|1989|64|21|20|23||
|align=left|Benfica||align=left|1989|align=left|1992|106|72|26|8||
|align=left|Sampdoria||align=left|1992|align=left|1997|170|71|52|47||
|align=left|Lazio||align=left|1997|align=left|2001|136|78|32|26||
|align=left|England||align=left|2001|align=left|July 2006|67|40|17|10||
|align=left|Manchester City||align=left|July 2007|align=left|June 2008|45|19|11|15||
|align=left|Mexico||align=left|June 2008|align=left|April 2009|13|6|1|6||
|align=left|**Total**||align=left|**-**|align=left|**Present**|**851**|**445**|**228**|**178**||

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Sven-Göran Eriksson
- **image**: Sven-Goran Eriksson 2012.jpg
- **caption**: Eriksson pictured in Doha in January 2012
- **full name**: Sven-Göran Eriksson
- **birth place**: Sunne, Sweden
- **death place**: Sunne, Sweden
- **height**: 1.78 m
- **position**: Defender (association football)#Full-back, Right-back
- **years1**: 1964–1971
- **clubs1**: Torsby IF
- **caps1**: 109
- **goals1**: 23
- **years2**: 1971–1972
- **clubs2**: SK Sifhälla
- **caps2**: 22
- **goals2**: 1
- **years3**: 1972–1973
- **clubs3**: KB Karlskoga FF
- **caps3**: 19
- **goals3**: 4
- **totalcaps**: 150
- **totalgoals**: 28
- **manageryears1**: 1977–1978
- **managerclubs1**: Degerfors IF
- **manageryears2**: 1979–1982
- **managerclubs2**: IFK Göteborg
- **manageryears3**: 1982–1984
- **managerclubs3**: S.L. Benfica, Benfica
- **manageryears4**: 1984–1987
- **managerclubs4**: A.S. Roma, Roma
- **manageryears5**: 1987–1989
- **managerclubs5**: ACF Fiorentina, Fiorentina
- **manageryears6**: 1989–1992
- **managerclubs6**: S.L. Benfica, Benfica
- **manageryears7**: 1992–1997
- **managerclubs7**: U.C. Sampdoria, Sampdoria
- **manageryears8**: 1997–2001
- **managerclubs8**: S.S. Lazio, Lazio
- **manageryears9**: 2001–2006
- **managerclubs9**: England national football team, England
- **manageryears10**: 2007–2008
- **managerclubs10**: Manchester City F.C., Manchester City
- **manageryears11**: 2008–2009
- **managerclubs11**: Mexico national football team, Mexico
- **manageryears12**: 2010
- **managerclubs12**: Ivory Coast national football team, Ivory Coast
- **manageryears13**: 2010–2011
- **managerclubs13**: Leicester City F.C., Leicester City
- **manageryears14**: 2013–2014
- **managerclubs14**: Guangzhou R&F F.C., Guangzhou R&F
- **manageryears15**: 2014–2016
- **managerclubs15**: Shanghai International Port Group F.C., Shanghai SIPG
- **manageryears16**: 2016–2017
- **managerclubs16**: Shenzhen F.C., Shenzhen
- **manageryears17**: 2018–2019
- **managerclubs17**: Philippines national football team, Philippines