.Sep 13, 2024, 05:29 AM ETThe funeral of Sven-Gu00f6ran Eriksson, the initial international manager to train the England national group, was held on Friday in the little Swedish city of Torsby where he grew up before plunging into a remarkable career at the peak of European football.A soft-spoken yet found out instructor, Eriksson directed staffs in Sweden, Portugal and also Italy, gaining primary prizes in the 1980s and 1990s before taking on the England project in 2001, handling celebrities like David Beckham, who was actually among the participants at the service.Eriksson announced in January that he was actually terminally harmful along with pancreatic cancer and also spent much of the adhering to months reconnecting along with many of the spots and also people core to his job before he passed away final month.He fulfilled his imagine dealing with Liverpool, after leading the club in a charitable organization legends game against Ajax at Anfield in March.David Beckham was among the attendees who spent their respects to Sven-Goran Eriksson at the past supervisor's memorial service in Torsby, Sweden. ADAM IHSE/TT/TT Headlines Agency/AFP using Getty ImagesThe memorial service occurred in Torsby, a country community of less than 5,000 folks near the border along with Norway, and also was participated in by numerous hundred folks inside the church.Some 200 chairs in the neo-Gothic religion coming from 1898 were set aside for his household, good friends and players from his occupation in the soccer world, according to his representative. The continuing to be chairs were open for everyone, depending on to Eriksson's wishOthers followed the company on a big screen established outdoors and also the memorial service was offered quilt coverage through Swedish media.The wood coffin was wheeled in through pallbearers at the congregation Friday early morning. Close to the coffin was a photo of Eriksson on a tiny dining table. The floral circlets consisted of ones sent through FIFA and also Lazio, the Italian team that Eriksson resulted in the Serie A label in 2000. Others participating in the funeral service included the Swedish instructor's longtime companion Nancy Dell' Olio.Tributes streamed in coming from prime ministers, clubs and also previous gamers adhering to the news of his fatality while nationwide staffs including England as well as Sweden had fun with dark arm bands during the the September worldwide break.Eriksson, known in Sweden simply as "Svennis," led England to the 2002 and 2006 Planet Mug quarterfinals, and also to the 2004 International Championship, handling a golden generation of gamers that besides Beckham consisted of stars including Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney and Steven Gerrard.He started creating his global online reputation when he led Swedish club IFK Gothenburg to the UEFA Mug in 1982 and went on to succeed cutlery as trainer of Portugal's Benfica as well as Italian clubs Roma, Fiorentina, Lazio as well as Sampdoria.Unable to end England's prize drought, he left behind the helm of the nationwide edge in 2006, happening to coach Manchester Area and Leicester City and also Mexico as well as Cream color Shoreline and clubs in China and Philippines.Information from the Associated Press added to this report.