Sven-Göran Eriksson

Sven-Göran Eriksson

Known for
Acting
Born
February 5, 1948
Died
August 26, 2024 (aged 76)
Birthplace
Torsby, Värmlands län, Sweden

Biography

Sven-Göran Eriksson (5 February 1948 – 26 August 2024) was a Swedish football manager. After a playing career as a right-back, Eriksson went on to experience major success in club management between 1977 and 2001, winning 18 trophies with a variety of league clubs in Sweden, Portugal, and Italy. In European competition, he won the UEFA Cup, the European Cup Winners' Cup (the last edition of that trophy before its abolition), the UEFA Super Cup, and reached the final of the European Cup. Eriksson later managed the national teams of England, Mexico, the Philippines and the Ivory Coast, as well as Manchester City and Leicester City in England. Eriksson coached in ten countries: Sweden, Portugal, Italy, England, Mexico, Ivory Coast, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, China and the Philippines.

Known For

Filmography

2026
England 2006: The Golden Generation poster

England 2006: The Golden Generation

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2025
King Of Lies: Football's Trillion Dollar Con poster

King Of Lies: Football's Trillion Dollar Con

Movie · as Self

2024
Sven poster

Sven

Movie · as Self

2024
Svennis: Arrivederci Italien poster

Svennis: Arrivederci Italien

Movie · as Self

2024
Rooney 2004: World At His Feet poster

Rooney 2004: World At His Feet

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2024
Svennis poster

Svennis

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2024
Fotbollens historia poster

Fotbollens historia

TV · as Self · 8 eps

2023
That Peter Crouch Film poster

That Peter Crouch Film

Movie · as Self

2023
Fever Pitch: The Battle for the Premier League poster

Fever Pitch: The Battle for the Premier League

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2022
Rooney poster

Rooney

Movie · as Self

2022
Brazil 2002: The Real Story poster

Brazil 2002: The Real Story

Movie · as Self

2022
Scandal!: When Sven Scored with Ulrika poster

Scandal!: When Sven Scored with Ulrika

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2022
Vardy vs Rooney: The Wagatha Trial poster

Vardy vs Rooney: The Wagatha Trial

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2022
VM-94 - En sportsaga poster

VM-94 - En sportsaga

TV · as Self (archive voice) · 4 eps

2019
All Against All poster

All Against All

TV · as Self - Contestant · 7 eps

2018
Managing England: The Impossible Job poster

Managing England: The Impossible Job

Movie · as Himself

2015
Ur Svennis skugga poster

Ur Svennis skugga

Movie · as Self

2015
Ett jobb för Berg poster

Ett jobb för Berg

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
Renées brygga poster

Renées brygga

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
Notts County FC: The Movie poster

Notts County FC: The Movie

Movie · as Himself

2011
The Last Proletarians of Football poster

The Last Proletarians of Football

Movie · as Self

2010
VM-krönika 2010 poster

VM-krönika 2010

Movie · as Self

2008
Goal III: Taking on the World poster

Goal III: Taking on the World

Movie · as Self

2008
Manchester City: End of Season Review 2007/2008 poster

Manchester City: End of Season Review 2007/2008

Movie

2006
The Story of the 2006 FIFA World Cup: The Official Film of 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany poster

The Story of the 2006 FIFA World Cup: The Official Film of 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany

Movie · as Self

2006
VM-krönika 2006 poster

VM-krönika 2006

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2005
Goal! poster

Goal!

Movie · as Sven-Göran Eriksson

2002
David Beckham: Close Up poster

David Beckham: Close Up

Movie · as Self

2002
VM-krönika 2002 poster

VM-krönika 2002

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2000
I stormens öga

I stormens öga

Movie · as Self

1994
VM-krönika 1994 poster

VM-krönika 1994

Movie · as Self - Kommentator (archive sound)

1990
VM-krönika 1990 poster

VM-krönika 1990

Movie · as Self (archive voice)