Quick Facts
Born:
1948-02-05
Birthplace:
Torsby, Värmlands län, Sweden
Credits:
21 Total Roles
Sven-Göran Eriksson
Acting
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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.
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
Goal III: Taking on the World
Self
Rooney
Self
That Peter Crouch Film
Self
All Against All
Self - Contestant
Fever Pitch: The Battle for the Premier League
Self
Ur Svennis skugga
Self
The Last Proletarians of Football
Self
Fotbollskrönikan VM 1994
Self - Kommentator (archive sound)
Full Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | King Of Lies: Football's Trillion Dollar Con MOVIE | Self |
| 2024 | Svennis TV | Self |
| 2024 | Sven MOVIE | Self |
| 2024 | Svennis: Arrivederci Italien MOVIE | Self |
| 2024 | Rooney 2004: World At His Feet MOVIE | Self (archive footage) |
| 2023 | That Peter Crouch Film MOVIE | Self |
| 2023 | Fever Pitch: The Battle for the Premier League TV | Self |
| 2022 | Vardy vs Rooney: The Wagatha Trial TV | Self (archive footage) |
| 2022 | Rooney MOVIE | Self |
| 2019 | All Against All TV | Self - Contestant |