Sven-Goran Eriksson: Terminal cancer leaves former England manager with around a year to live, he reveals | Football News

Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has revealed he has been identified with terminal cancer and has around a year at most to dwell.

Eriksson, who served as England’s first overseas manager from 2001 to 2006, stood down from his most up-to-date function as sporting director at Swedish membership Karlstad 11 months in the past due to well being points.

The 75-year-old advised Swedish radio station P1 he had been given the shock information after fainting on a 5k run, and had beforehand been in a good state of well being.

He led England to certainly one of their most well-known outcomes, a 5-1 win over Germany in Munich in September 2001, and took them to three consecutive quarter-final berths at main tournaments.

Eriksson advised Swedish Radio P1: “Everyone can see that I have a disease that’s not good, and everyone supposes that it’s cancer, and it is. But I have to fight it as long as possible.

“I know that in the best case it’s about a year, in the worst case even less. Or in the best case I suppose even longer. I don’t think the doctors I have can be totally sure, they can’t put a day on it.

“It’s higher not to give it some thought. You have to trick your mind. I might go around interested by that on a regular basis and sit at dwelling and be depressing and suppose I’m unfortunate and so forth.

“It’s easy to end up in that position. But no, see the positive sides of things and don’t bury yourself in setbacks, because this is the biggest setback of them all of course.

“It simply got here from nothing. And that makes you shocked.

“I’m not in any major pain. But I’ve been diagnosed with a disease that you can slow down but you cannot operate. So it is what it is.”

Eriksson’s England spell was arguably his most high-profile place, however was certainly one of a variety of massive roles he held throughout a managerial profession spanning greater than 40 years.

He first rose to worldwide prominence with Benfica, whom he led to back-to-back league titles within the early Eighties after becoming a member of from IFK Gothenberg.

From there he managed Roma, Fiorentina and Sampdoria in addition to having fun with a second spell in Lisbon earlier than main Lazio to a home double in 2000, in what stays their most-recent Serie A title.

That success caught the attention of the Football Association, who persuaded him to be a part of England in January 2001.

Initial scepticism over the appointment of a overseas manager for the primary time within the nation’s historical past was eased by the beating of Germany in Munich eight months later, although England nonetheless wanted David Beckham’s free-kick heroics to mechanically qualify for the 2002 World Cup.

At main tournaments, Eriksson’s England file was outlined by penalty shoot-outs, twice shedding to Portugal at Euro 2004 and World Cup 2006, each within the quarter-finals – the latter his closing recreation within the function.

From there he managed Manchester City for a season earlier than additional worldwide roles with Mexico and Ivory Coast, an ill-fated 49-game spell at Leicester City, whereas his most up-to-date managerial function was in control of the Philippines in 2019.