.Sep 13, 2024, 05:29 AM ETThe funeral of Sven-Gu00f6ran Eriksson, the very first overseas manager to instructor the England national staff, was held on Friday in the little Swedish city of Torsby where he grew prior to starting a renowned career at the pinnacle of International football.A soft-spoken but established instructor, Eriksson helped staffs in Sweden, Portugal as well as Italy, gaining major prizes in the 1980s as well as 1990s before taking on the England task in 2001, taking care of superstars such as David Beckham, that was actually among the attendees at the service.Eriksson declared in January that he was terminally sick along with pancreatic cancer as well as invested much of the complying with months reconnecting with much of the locations as well as folks main to his career prior to he perished final month.He fulfilled his long for managing Liverpool, after leading the club in a charitable organization legends game versus Ajax at Anfield in March.David Beckham was actually one of the guests who paid their respects to Sven-Goran Eriksson at the past supervisor's funeral service in Torsby, Sweden. ADAM IHSE/TT/TT Headlines Agency/AFP using Getty ImagesThe memorial service occurred in Torsby, a non-urban city of less than 5,000 individuals near the perimeter with Norway, as well as was actually attended through a number of hundred people inside the church.Some 200 chairs in the neo-Gothic congregation coming from 1898 were booked for his family members, buddies and players from his profession in the football planet, depending on to his representative. The remaining seats were open for the general public, depending on to Eriksson's wishOthers adhered to the company on a cinema set up outside and the funeral was actually provided quilt protection through Swedish media.The timber casket was wheeled in through pallbearers at the church Friday early morning. Close to the casket was a photograph of Eriksson on a small dining table. The flower circlets featured ones delivered through FIFA and also Lazio, the Italian crew that Eriksson led to the Serie A headline in 2000. Others attending the funeral service included the Swedish coach's long time companion Nancy Dell' Olio.Tributes flowed in from head of states, clubs as well as previous players observing the news of his death while national crews including England and Sweden had fun with black branch bands during the course of the the September global break.Eriksson, known in Sweden just as "Svennis," led England to the 2002 and also 2006 Planet Cup quarterfinals, as well as to the 2004 European Championship, managing a golden age group of gamers that besides Beckham consisted of superstars like Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney as well as Steven Gerrard.He started developing his international credibility when he directed Swedish club IFK Gothenburg to the UEFA Cup in 1982 as well as went on to gain cutlery as coach of Portugal's Benfica as well as Italian nightclubs Roma, Fiorentina, Lazio and also Sampdoria.Unable to finish England's prize dry spell, he left the helm of the nationwide edge in 2006, going on to trainer Manchester Metropolitan area and Leicester Area as well as Mexico as well as Ivory Coastline and also nightclubs in China as well as Philippines.Information from the Associated Press contributed to this record.