.Sep 13, 2024, 05:29 AM ETThe funeral of Sven-Gu00f6ran Eriksson, the very first overseas supervisor to trainer the England national staff, was actually held on Friday in the small Swedish community of Torsby where he grew before embarking on a renowned occupation at the peak of International football.A soft-spoken yet calculated trainer, Eriksson led teams in Sweden, Portugal and also Italy, winning significant trophies in the 1980s and 1990s prior to handling the England job in 2001, handling stars like David Beckham, that was actually one of the guests at the service.Eriksson revealed in January that he was terminally sick with pancreatic cancer as well as devoted considerably of the following months reconnecting with a number of the places and also individuals main to his occupation prior to he died last month.He met his desire for taking care of Liverpool, after leading the nightclub in a charity legends activity versus Ajax at Anfield in March.David Beckham was actually one of the guests who paid their areas to Sven-Goran Eriksson at the previous supervisor's funeral in Torsby, Sweden. ADAM IHSE/TT/TT News Agency/AFP via Getty ImagesThe memorial service occurred in Torsby, a country community of less than 5,000 people near the border along with Norway, and was gone to through a number of hundred individuals inside the church.Some 200 seats in the neo-Gothic religion coming from 1898 were actually booked for his household, friends and players from his job in the football globe, depending on to his representative. The remaining chairs levelled for everyone, according to Eriksson's wishOthers adhered to the company on a cinema put together outdoors and the funeral service was provided blanket coverage through Swedish media.The timber casket was actually wheeled in through pallbearers at the congregation Friday morning. Alongside the coffin was actually a photograph of Eriksson on a tiny dining table. The blossomy circlets included ones delivered through FIFA as well as Lazio, the Italian team that Eriksson caused the Serie A label in 2000. Others participating in the funeral consisted of the Swedish trainer's long time partner Nancy Dell' Olio.Tributes moved in coming from prime ministers, nightclubs and also past players complying with the updates of his fatality while national groups consisting of England and Sweden had fun with dark arm bands throughout the the September international break.Eriksson, understood in Sweden simply as "Svennis," led England to the 2002 and also 2006 World Mug quarterfinals, as well as to the 2004 International Champion, dealing with a gold generation of players that besides Beckham featured superstars including Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney as well as Steven Gerrard.He started building his global online reputation when he assisted Swedish nightclub IFK Gothenburg to the UEFA Mug in 1982 and happened to succeed cutlery as trainer of Portugal's Benfica and Italian nightclubs Roma, Fiorentina, Lazio and also Sampdoria.Unable to end England's trophy drought, he left behind the controls of the national side in 2006, going on to coach Manchester Metropolitan area as well as Leicester City along with Mexico and Ivory Coast and clubs in China as well as Philippines.Information coming from the Associated Press resulted in this record.