.Sep 13, 2024, 05:29 AM ETThe memorial service of Sven-Gu00f6ran Eriksson, the 1st overseas manager to coach the England national team, was actually hung on Friday in the little Swedish city of Torsby where he grew up just before plunging into a renowned job at the epitome of International football.A soft-spoken however found out coach, Eriksson directed groups in Sweden, Portugal and also Italy, succeeding major trophies in the 1980s and 1990s before taking on the England task in 2001, dealing with celebrities such as David Beckham, who was one of the attendees at the service.Eriksson revealed in January that he was actually terminally sick with pancreatic cancer cells as well as spent a lot of the complying with months reconnecting along with many of the spots and also individuals main to his job before he passed away last month.He met his imagine dealing with Liverpool, after leading the club in a charitable organization legends video game against Ajax at Anfield in March.David Beckham was actually amongst the guests who paid their aspects to Sven-Goran Eriksson at the previous manager's memorial service in Torsby, Sweden. ADAM IHSE/TT/TT Information Agency/AFP through Getty ImagesThe funeral service took place in Torsby, a non-urban town of lower than 5,000 individuals near the border along with Norway, and also was actually participated in by several hundred folks inside the church.Some 200 chairs in the neo-Gothic congregation coming from 1898 were actually scheduled for his household, buddies as well as players from his profession in the soccer planet, according to his representative. The remaining chairs were open for everyone, according to Eriksson's wishOthers complied with the company on a silver screen set up outside and also the memorial service was actually provided blanket insurance coverage by Swedish media.The wooden coffin was actually wheeled in through pallbearers at the church Friday morning. Close to the coffin was actually a photograph of Eriksson on a small dining table. The floral circlets featured ones sent by FIFA and Lazio, the Italian team that Eriksson led to the Serie A headline in 2000. Others going to the funeral service featured the Swedish coach's long time partner Nancy Dell' Olio.Tributes flowed in from head of states, nightclubs and past players complying with the news of his fatality while national teams featuring England as well as Sweden had fun with black branch bands throughout the the September international break.Eriksson, recognized in Sweden simply as "Svennis," led England to the 2002 and also 2006 Globe Mug quarterfinals, and also to the 2004 European Championship, handling a gold generation of players that besides Beckham featured stars including Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney as well as Steven Gerrard.He began creating his international online reputation when he led Swedish nightclub IFK Gothenburg to the UEFA Mug in 1982 as well as happened to succeed flatware as instructor of Portugal's Benfica and Italian nightclubs Roma, Fiorentina, Lazio and Sampdoria.Unable to end England's prize dry spell, he left behind the controls of the national side in 2006, happening to trainer Manchester Area as well as Leicester Area along with Mexico and also Cream color Shoreline and also nightclubs in China and also Philippines.Information coming from the Associated Push added to this file.