.Sep 13, 2024, 05:29 AM ETThe funeral service of Sven-Gu00f6ran Eriksson, the very first overseas supervisor to coach the England nationwide team, was actually hung on Friday in the tiny Swedish town of Torsby where he grew just before embarking on an illustrious job at the peak of International football.A soft-spoken yet figured out instructor, Eriksson led crews in Sweden, Portugal and also Italy, gaining major trophies in the 1980s and also 1990s before tackling the England work in 2001, dealing with celebrities such as David Beckham, that was among the attendees at the service.Eriksson revealed in January that he was terminally sick along with pancreatic cancer and also spent a lot of the complying with months reconnecting with a number of the spots and folks core to his profession before he passed away last month.He met his desire taking care of Liverpool, after leading the club in a charity legends video game versus Ajax at Anfield in March.David Beckham was actually one of the attendees who spent their aspects to Sven-Goran Eriksson at the former manager's memorial service in Torsby, Sweden. ADAM IHSE/TT/TT Information Agency/AFP by means of Getty ImagesThe funeral service took place in Torsby, a non-urban community of lower than 5,000 individuals near the boundary along with Norway, and also was actually gone to through many hundred folks inside the church.Some 200 seats in the neo-Gothic congregation from 1898 were actually booked for his family members, close friends and also players coming from his job in the football planet, according to his broker. The remaining chairs levelled for the public, according to Eriksson's wishOthers complied with the service on a big screen set up outdoors and also the memorial service was actually given quilt coverage by Swedish media.The wooden coffin was actually wheeled in through pallbearers at the congregation Friday early morning. Beside the coffin was an image of Eriksson on a small table. The flower wreaths included ones sent by FIFA as well as Lazio, the Italian group that Eriksson led to the Serie A title in 2000. Others going to the memorial service consisted of the Swedish instructor's long time partner Nancy Dell' Olio.Tributes moved in coming from prime ministers, clubs and previous gamers complying with the news of his death while national groups featuring England as well as Sweden had fun with dark arm bands during the course of the the September worldwide break.Eriksson, known in Sweden just as "Svennis," led England to the 2002 and 2006 Planet Mug quarterfinals, and also to the 2004 International Champion, taking care of a gold age of players that besides Beckham featured stars such as Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney as well as Steven Gerrard.He started creating his global credibility and reputation when he assisted Swedish club IFK Gothenburg to the UEFA Mug in 1982 and also took place to succeed cutlery as coach of Portugal's Benfica and Italian nightclubs Roma, Fiorentina, Lazio as well as Sampdoria.Unable to end England's trophy dry spell, he left the command of the national edge in 2006, going on to coach Manchester City as well as Leicester Metropolitan area in addition to Mexico and Ivory Shoreline and clubs in China and also Philippines.Information from the Associated Press contributed to this document.