Sven-Göran Eriksson
Birthday: Born in 1948-02-05 in Torsby, Värmlands län, Sweden
Deathday: 2024-08-26
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.
TV Credits
Alla mot alla med Filip och Fredrik
Character: Self - Contestant
Filip Hammar and Fredrik Wikingsson put the general knowledge of popular celebrities to the test - with a brand new twist....
Svennis
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Fever Pitch: The Battle for the Premier League
Character: Self
Fever Pitch’s second installment explores the decade that money ruled at both ends of the table. It’s the story of rich and poor, tragedy and triumph, truth and corruption. The Battle for the Premier League examines such an era through the often conflicting sides of the story, from Mourinho to Redknapp lives at the top often contrasted to lives at the bottom with teams like Leeds United and Southampton desperately trying to stay afloat in a world they can barely afford to inhabit....
Ett jobb för Berg
Character: Sig själv
Carina Berg works for some of Sweden's most beautiful stars. She follows each step and obey the dictates of the supervisors. As a fly pasting the Carina firm to learn all about the job and the person she follows, both at work and at home....
Movie Credits
Rooney
Character: Self
A documentary covering the life and career of Manchester United and England legend Wayne Rooney....
The Last Proletarians of Football
Character: Self
The incredible story about the cooks, plumbers and recreational leaders of IFK Göteborg in the 1980's....
That Peter Crouch Film
Character: Self
That Peter Crouch Film is the true story behind football's most unlikely hero. Belittled for his height and shunted from club to club, all logic suggests that he should not have had a successful career. The film explores the long, arduous journey to reach the top - filled with twists, stumbling blocks, self-doubt, and alienation. After nearly 25 years since signing his first professional contract, Peter Crouch has only one question to ask himself... how did he get here?...
Sven
Character: Self
Sven gives us a unique insight into the success story that is Svennis' career, with both a focus on his journey to the top of football Europe and the incurable cancer diagnosis that came to the public's attention in early 2024....
David Beckham: Close Up
Character: Self
An insight into the man famous not only for being a footballer and captain of the England squad, but also for being a fashion icon and husband of a pop-star. Also included is a look at his relationship with Sven-Goran Eriksson and insights from other footballers such as Glenn Hoddle....
Svennis: Arrivederci Italien
Character: Self
Follows Sven-Göran Eriksson as he returns to Italy for the last time to say goodbye and offers a look back at his great career in this country....
Rooney 2004: World At His Feet
Character: Self (archive footage)
Wayne Rooney's definitive coming-of-age story, told by the man himself....
Managing England: The Impossible Job
Character: Himself
The trials, tribulations and perpetual disappointments which have beset the managers of the England men's national football team since the country's solitary World Cup win in 1966....
Goal III: Taking on the World
Character: Self
Mexican footballer Santiago Muñez, along with his best friends and England national team players Charlie Braithwaite and Liam Adams, are selected for their respective national teams at the 2006 FIFA World Cup Finals in Germany....
The Story of the 2006 FIFA World Cup: The Official Film of 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany
Character: Self
The 2006 FIFA World Cup, hosted by Germany, had everything. Great football, wonderful fans, a home team inspired, drama, controversy and a dramatic finish....
Ur Svennis skugga
Character: Self
Tord Grip is only 1.72 tall, but still one of the greats in Swedish football. Yes, he is the baker from Ytterhogdal who through football got the world as a workplace. But constantly in the shadow of Sven-Göran "Svennis" Eriksson....