.Sep thirteen, 2024, 05:29 AM ETThe funeral of Sven-Gu00f6ran Eriksson, the first international supervisor to instructor the England national team, was actually hung on Friday in the tiny Swedish town of Torsby where he grew up before plunging into an illustrious career at the pinnacle of International football.A soft-spoken but established instructor, Eriksson led teams in Sweden, Portugal and also Italy, winning major trophies in the 1980s and 1990s before handling the England project in 2001, dealing with superstars like David Beckham, who was amongst the guests at the service.Eriksson introduced in January that he was terminally sick with pancreatic cancer cells as well as invested much of the adhering to months reconnecting along with a lot of the spots as well as people main to his profession just before he died final month.He fulfilled his desire for handling Liverpool, after leading the nightclub in a charitable organization legends video game against Ajax at Anfield in March.David Beckham was actually among the attendees that spent their areas to Sven-Goran Eriksson at the former supervisor's memorial service in Torsby, Sweden. ADAM IHSE/TT/TT Updates Agency/AFP by means of Getty ImagesThe memorial service occurred in Torsby, a country city of lower than 5,000 people near the border along with Norway, and also was actually gone to by several hundred people inside the church.Some 200 chairs in the neo-Gothic church coming from 1898 were actually reserved for his loved ones, pals as well as players from his career in the soccer planet, according to his agent. The staying chairs were open for the public, according to Eriksson's wishOthers adhered to the solution on a silver screen set up outside and also the funeral service was actually provided blanket coverage by Swedish media.The timber coffin was actually wheeled in by pallbearers at the religion Friday morning. Alongside the coffin was a photograph of Eriksson on a little dining table. The blossomy wreaths consisted of ones sent by FIFA as well as Lazio, the Italian crew that Eriksson triggered the Serie A headline in 2000. Others going to the memorial service featured the Swedish instructor's longtime partner Nancy Dell' Olio.Tributes flowed in coming from head of states, nightclubs and also previous gamers complying with the news of his fatality while national crews including England and Sweden played with black arm bands during the the September international break.Eriksson, known in Sweden simply as "Svennis," led England to the 2002 and also 2006 Globe Cup quarterfinals, and to the 2004 International Championship, managing a golden age of players that besides Beckham included superstars including Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney and Steven Gerrard.He began creating his worldwide track record when he led Swedish club IFK Gothenburg to the UEFA Mug in 1982 and went on to succeed flatware as trainer of Portugal's Benfica as well as Italian nightclubs Roma, Fiorentina, Lazio and also Sampdoria.Unable to end England's prize drought, he left behind the controls of the national edge in 2006, taking place to trainer Manchester Area and also Leicester City along with Mexico and Ivory Shore and also clubs in China and also Philippines.Information coming from the Associated Press added to this record.