.Sep 13, 2024, 05:29 AM ETThe memorial service of Sven-Gu00f6ran Eriksson, the very first overseas manager to trainer the England nationwide group, was held on Friday in the tiny Swedish city of Torsby where he grew up just before starting an illustrious career at the epitome of European football.A soft-spoken but determined coach, Eriksson led staffs in Sweden, Portugal as well as Italy, gaining primary trophies in the 1980s and 1990s before tackling the England task in 2001, dealing with stars including David Beckham, that was actually amongst the participants at the service.Eriksson introduced in January that he was terminally harmful with pancreatic cancer cells and also invested considerably of the observing months reconnecting along with a number of the spots and people main to his profession before he perished final month.He fulfilled his desire for handling Liverpool, after leading the club in a charity legends activity against Ajax at Anfield in March.David Beckham was one of the participants that paid their areas to Sven-Goran Eriksson at the former supervisor's funeral in Torsby, Sweden. ADAM IHSE/TT/TT Headlines Agency/AFP using Getty ImagesThe funeral service happened in Torsby, a country community of lower than 5,000 individuals near the border with Norway, and was attended by a number of hundred individuals inside the church.Some 200 chairs in the neo-Gothic church from 1898 were set aside for his family, pals and players from his occupation in the regulation football planet, according to his representative. The staying seats were open for the general public, according to Eriksson's wishOthers followed the company on a silver screen set up outdoors as well as the memorial service was actually provided covering insurance coverage by Swedish media.The wooden coffin was actually rolled in through pallbearers at the church Friday morning. Beside the casket was a photograph of Eriksson on a tiny dining table. The flower circlets featured ones sent out through FIFA and also Lazio, the Italian group that Eriksson led to the Serie A label in 2000. Others joining the funeral service featured the Swedish trainer's long time partner Nancy Dell' Olio.Tributes circulated in from prime ministers, nightclubs as well as past gamers complying with the news of his death while national crews including England and also Sweden had fun with dark branch bands during the course of the the September international break.Eriksson, recognized in Sweden merely as "Svennis," led England to the 2002 and also 2006 Planet Mug quarterfinals, as well as to the 2004 European Champion, dealing with a gold era of players that besides Beckham featured stars like Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney and Steven Gerrard.He started constructing his international reputation when he assisted Swedish nightclub IFK Gothenburg to the UEFA Mug in 1982 and happened to succeed cutlery as instructor of Portugal's Benfica and also Italian nightclubs Roma, Fiorentina, Lazio and also Sampdoria.Unable to end England's prize drought, he left the helm of the nationwide side in 2006, taking place to instructor Manchester Metropolitan area as well as Leicester Urban area as well as Mexico and Cream color Shore and clubs in China as well as Philippines.Information coming from the Associated Push added to this record.