Former England and Manchester City manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has died at the age of 76 following a battle with pancreatic cancer.
Here, the PA news agency looks at the Swede’s illustrious career in pictures.
Eriksson enjoyed managerial success with IFK Gothenburg, Benfica over two spells, Roma and Sampdoria (Rebecca Naden/PA)He led Lazio to the Serie A title in 2000 (John Giles/PA)In October 2000, the Swede agreed to take over as England boss the following year (Rebecca Naden/PA)Eriksson resigned as Lazio boss in January 2001, becoming England’s first foreign manager (Nick Potts/PA)Nick Barmby scored the first England goal of the Eriksson era in a 3-0 friendly win over Spain at Villa Park on February 28, 2001 (Rui Vieira/PA)One of England’s most famous nights when inflicting a rare home defeat on Germany six months later (Owen Humphreys/PA)Captain David Beckham celebrates his last-gasp equaliser against Greece to send England to the 2002 World Cup (Phil Noble/PA)Beckham fires home a penalty to beat Argentina in the group stages of the 2002 World Cup (Owen Humphreys/PA)England were beaten in the quarter-finals of the 2002 World Cup by eventual winners Brazil (Owen Humphreys/PA)England keeper David Seaman is consoled by Eriksson after the Brazil defeat (Rui Vieira/PA)Zinedine Zidane’s last-gasp double breaks England Hearts in their Euro 2004 opener (Nick Potts/PA)Eriksson’s England were beaten by Portugal in the quarter-finals of Euro 2004 (Martin Rickett/PA)Northern Ireland striker David Healy inflicts Eriksson’s first European Championship or World Cup qualifying defeat in Belfast (Paul Faith/PA)Rooney is sent off during their 2006 World Cup quarter-final against Portugal (Martin Rickett/PA)England suffer more penalty heartache against Portugal at the 2006 World Cup (Owen Humphreys/PA)The Swede became Manchester City boss in July 2007 and picked up the Manager of the Month award a month later (Nick Potts/PA)After a spell as Mexico manager, Eriksson was appointed as director of football for then-League Two club Notts County in July 2009 (Rui Vieira/PA)Eriksson (right) returned to international management with Ivory Coast (Clint Hughes/PA)Leicester brought Eriksson back to England in October 2010, where he led the Foxes away from relegation before leaving the following season after just over a year in charge (Chris Radburn/PA)Eriksson meets Jose Mourinho before a pre-season friendly (PA Wire)Fabio Capello and Eriksson (right) are England’s only foreign managers to date (Anthony Devlin/PA)A terminally-ill Eriksson managed Liverpool Legends in the LFC Foundation’s Official Legends Charity match at Anfield in March after revealing it was his dream to coach the Reds (Peter Byrne/PA)