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    Sven-Goran Eriksson’s career in pictures

    By Pa Sport Staff,

    3 hours ago
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    Sven-Goran Eriksson has died aged 76 (Nick Potts/PA) PA Wire

    Former England and Manchester City manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has died at the age of 76 following a battle with pancreatic cancer.

    Here, the PA news agency looks at the Swede’s illustrious career in pictures.

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    Eriksson enjoyed managerial success with IFK Gothenburg, Benfica over two spells, Roma and Sampdoria (Rebecca Naden/PA) (PA Archive)
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    He led Lazio to the Serie A title in 2000 (John Giles/PA) (PA Archive)
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    In October 2000, the Swede agreed to take over as England boss the following year (Rebecca Naden/PA) (PA Archive)
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    Eriksson resigned as Lazio boss in January 2001, becoming England’s first foreign manager (Nick Potts/PA) (PA Archive)
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    Nick Barmby scored the first England goal of the Eriksson era in a 3-0 friendly win over Spain at Villa Park on February 28, 2001 (Rui Vieira/PA) (PA Archive)
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    One of England’s most famous nights when inflicting a rare home defeat on Germany six months later (Owen Humphreys/PA) (PA Archive)
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    Captain David Beckham celebrates his last-gasp equaliser against Greece to send England to the 2002 World Cup (Phil Noble/PA) (PA Archive)
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    Beckham fires home a penalty to beat Argentina in the group stages of the 2002 World Cup (Owen Humphreys/PA) (PA Archive)
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    England were beaten in the quarter-finals of the 2002 World Cup by eventual winners Brazil (Owen Humphreys/PA) (PA Archive)
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    England keeper David Seaman is consoled by Eriksson after the Brazil defeat (Rui Vieira/PA) (PA Archive)
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    Zinedine Zidane’s last-gasp double breaks England hearts in their Euro 2004 opener (Nick Potts/PA) (PA Archive)
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    Eriksson’s England were beaten by Portugal in the quarter-finals of Euro 2004 (Martin Rickett/PA) (PA Archive)
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    Northern Ireland striker David Healy inflicts Eriksson’s first European Championship or World Cup qualifying defeat in Belfast (Paul Faith/PA) (PA Archive)
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    Rooney is sent off during their 2006 World Cup quarter-final against Portugal (Martin Rickett/PA) (PA Archive)
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    England suffer more penalty heartache against Portugal at the 2006 World Cup (Owen Humphreys/PA) (PA Archive)
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    The Swede became Manchester City boss in July 2007 and picked up the Manager of the Month award a month later (Nick Potts/PA) (PA Archive)
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    After a spell as Mexico manager, Eriksson was appointed as director of football for then-League Two club Notts County in July 2009 (Rui Vieira/PA) (PA Archive)
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    Eriksson (right) returned to international management with Ivory Coast (Clint Hughes/PA) (PA Archive)
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    Leicester brought Eriksson back to England in October 2010, where he led the Foxes away from relegation before leaving the following season after just over a year in charge (Chris Radburn/PA) (PA Archive)
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    Eriksson meets Jose Mourinho before a pre-season friendly (PA Wire) (PA Archive)
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    Fabio Capello and Eriksson (right) are England’s only foreign managers to date (Anthony Devlin/PA) (PA Archive)
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    A terminally-ill Eriksson managed Liverpool Legends in the LFC Foundation’s Official Legends Charity match at Anfield in March after revealing it was his dream to coach the Reds (Peter Byrne/PA) (PA Wire)
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