.Sep 13, 2024, 05:29 AM ETThe funeral service of Sven-Gu00f6ran Eriksson, the initial foreign manager to trainer the England national staff, was hung on Friday in the little Swedish community of Torsby where he grew up before embarking on an illustrious occupation at the epitome of International football.A soft-spoken yet established instructor, Eriksson led groups in Sweden, Portugal and also Italy, succeeding significant prizes in the 1980s and also 1990s before tackling the England work in 2001, taking care of stars including David Beckham, that was one of the participants at the service.Eriksson announced in January that he was actually terminally sick with pancreatic cancer and also devoted considerably of the observing months reconnecting with many of the locations and also individuals main to his occupation just before he passed away last month.He fulfilled his desire handling Liverpool, after leading the club in a charity legends video game against Ajax at Anfield in March.David Beckham was actually amongst the participants who paid their aspects to Sven-Goran Eriksson at the previous supervisor's funeral service in Torsby, Sweden. ADAM IHSE/TT/TT Updates Agency/AFP using Getty ImagesThe memorial service took place in Torsby, a rural city of lower than 5,000 individuals near the border along with Norway, and also was actually joined through a number of hundred folks inside the church.Some 200 chairs in the neo-Gothic church from 1898 were actually scheduled for his loved ones, good friends as well as gamers coming from his career in the regulation football globe, depending on to his representative. The staying chairs levelled for the general public, according to Eriksson's wishOthers complied with the service on a cinema put together outdoors and also the funeral was actually offered blanket protection by Swedish media.The wooden coffin was actually wheeled in through pallbearers at the congregation Friday early morning. Alongside the casket was a picture of Eriksson on a small dining table. The blossomy circlets featured ones delivered through FIFA and also Lazio, the Italian staff that Eriksson resulted in the Serie A label in 2000. Others attending the funeral service consisted of the Swedish coach's longtime partner Nancy Dell' Olio.Tributes moved in coming from prime ministers, clubs and previous players following the updates of his death while national staffs featuring England as well as Sweden played with dark arm bands during the the September international break.Eriksson, recognized in Sweden merely as "Svennis," led England to the 2002 and 2006 Globe Mug quarterfinals, and to the 2004 European Champion, handling a gold era of players that besides Beckham consisted of stars such as Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney and also Steven Gerrard.He began developing his international online reputation when he led Swedish club IFK Gothenburg to the UEFA Cup in 1982 and also took place to win cutlery as trainer of Portugal's Benfica as well as Italian clubs Roma, Fiorentina, Lazio and also Sampdoria.Unable to finish England's trophy dry spell, he left the helm of the national edge in 2006, happening to trainer Manchester Urban area as well as Leicester Area and also Mexico as well as Cream color Shore and clubs in China and Philippines.Information coming from the Associated Press added to this report.