.Sep 13, 2024, 05:29 AM ETThe memorial service of Sven-Gu00f6ran Eriksson, the initial foreign manager to trainer the England national group, was actually held on Friday in the small Swedish community of Torsby where he grew prior to plunging into a renowned occupation at the epitome of European football.A soft-spoken yet determined instructor, Eriksson guided staffs in Sweden, Portugal and also Italy, gaining significant prizes in the 1980s and also 1990s prior to taking on the England task in 2001, dealing with stars including David Beckham, who was actually one of the attendees at the service.Eriksson revealed in January that he was actually terminally sick along with pancreatic cancer cells as well as devoted considerably of the complying with months reconnecting with many of the areas and also folks main to his career prior to he passed away final month.He met his imagine taking care of Liverpool, after leading the club in a charity legends activity versus Ajax at Anfield in March.David Beckham was actually among the guests who paid their aspects to Sven-Goran Eriksson at the previous supervisor's funeral service in Torsby, Sweden. ADAM IHSE/TT/TT Updates Agency/AFP through Getty ImagesThe funeral service took place in Torsby, a non-urban city of less than 5,000 folks near the boundary with Norway, and also was gone to by many hundred people inside the church.Some 200 seats in the neo-Gothic church coming from 1898 were actually booked for his household, close friends and also gamers coming from his profession in the football planet, according to his representative. The continuing to be chairs were open for the public, depending on to Eriksson's wishOthers adhered to the service on a cinema put together outdoors as well as the funeral service was actually offered covering insurance coverage through Swedish media.The wood casket was actually wheeled in by pallbearers at the congregation Friday early morning. Beside the casket was a photograph of Eriksson on a small table. The blossomy garlands featured ones delivered through FIFA and also Lazio, the Italian team that Eriksson caused the Serie A label in 2000. Others going to the funeral included the Swedish instructor's long time companion Nancy Dell' Olio.Tributes moved in coming from head of states, clubs as well as former gamers observing the information of his fatality while nationwide staffs including England and also Sweden played with dark branch bands during the the September international break.Eriksson, understood in Sweden just as "Svennis," led England to the 2002 and 2006 Globe Mug quarterfinals, and to the 2004 European Championship, managing a golden age group of gamers that besides Beckham consisted of superstars like Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney as well as Steven Gerrard.He began building his worldwide track record when he guided Swedish nightclub IFK Gothenburg to the UEFA Mug in 1982 and took place to gain silverware as trainer of Portugal's Benfica as well as Italian nightclubs Roma, Fiorentina, Lazio and Sampdoria.Unable to finish England's prize drought, he left behind the helm of the national side in 2006, happening to trainer Manchester Area and also Leicester City in addition to Mexico as well as Cream color Coast as well as nightclubs in China and Philippines.Information coming from the Associated Press contributed to this record.