.Sep 13, 2024, 05:29 AM ETThe memorial service of Sven-Gu00f6ran Eriksson, the initial overseas supervisor to trainer the England nationwide group, was held on Friday in the little Swedish town of Torsby where he grew up before starting a remarkable profession at the peak of International football.A soft-spoken yet established coach, Eriksson guided groups in Sweden, Portugal and also Italy, gaining major prizes in the 1980s and also 1990s just before tackling the England job in 2001, managing stars like David Beckham, who was one of the participants at the service.Eriksson announced in January that he was actually terminally sick along with pancreatic cancer cells as well as devoted a lot of the adhering to months reconnecting along with many of the areas and also individuals core to his job just before he passed away final month.He satisfied his desire managing Liverpool, after leading the nightclub in a charity legends video game against Ajax at Anfield in March.David Beckham was actually one of the participants who spent their respects to Sven-Goran Eriksson at the former manager's funeral service in Torsby, Sweden. ADAM IHSE/TT/TT Updates Agency/AFP using Getty ImagesThe funeral service happened in Torsby, a non-urban city of lower than 5,000 people near the boundary along with Norway, and also was actually gone to through many hundred people inside the church.Some 200 chairs in the neo-Gothic church from 1898 were actually set aside for his loved ones, close friends and also players from his occupation in the soccer planet, according to his broker. The remaining seats levelled for everyone, depending on to Eriksson's wishOthers complied with the solution on a silver screen established outdoors as well as the memorial service was provided covering coverage through Swedish media.The wood casket was actually rolled in through pallbearers at the church Friday morning. Alongside the coffin was a picture of Eriksson on a small dining table. The blossomy wreaths included ones sent out by FIFA and Lazio, the Italian team that Eriksson triggered the Serie A label in 2000. Others participating in the memorial service included the Swedish coach's long time companion Nancy Dell' Olio.Tributes moved in from prime ministers, nightclubs and also past gamers adhering to the updates of his fatality while national staffs including England and also Sweden enjoyed with dark branch bands throughout the the September worldwide break.Eriksson, recognized in Sweden simply as "Svennis," led England to the 2002 as well as 2006 Planet Mug quarterfinals, and also to the 2004 International Championship, managing a gold age of players that besides Beckham included celebrities such as Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney as well as Steven Gerrard.He began creating his international credibility when he led Swedish nightclub IFK Gothenburg to the UEFA Cup in 1982 and also went on to gain flatware as trainer of Portugal's Benfica and also Italian nightclubs Roma, Fiorentina, Lazio as well as Sampdoria.Unable to finish England's prize dry spell, he left behind the command of the nationwide side in 2006, happening to trainer Manchester Area and Leicester Area in addition to Mexico and Ivory Shoreline and clubs in China and also Philippines.Information from the Associated Push resulted in this document.