Former England and Manchester City coach Sven-Göran Eriksson has died at the age of 76 following a battle with pancreatic cancer.
Here, the PA news agency looks back on the Swede’s illustrious career in pictures.
Eriksson was successful as a coach at IFK Göteborg, Benfica (twice), Roma and Sampdoria (Rebecca Naden/PA).
He led Lazio to the Serie A title in 2000 (John Giles/PA)
In October 2000, the Swede agreed to take over the English national team the following year (Rebecca Naden/PA)
Eriksson resigned as Lazio manager in January 2001 and became England’s first foreign manager (Nick Potts/PA)
Nick Barmby scored England’s first goal of the Eriksson era in a 3-0 friendly win over Spain at Villa Park on February 28, 2001 (Rui Vieira/PA)
One of England’s most famous nights, when they inflicted a rare home defeat on Germany six months later (Owen Humphreys/PA)
Captain David Beckham celebrates his last-minute equaliser against Greece to send England to the 2002 World Cup (Phil Noble/PA)
Beckham scores a penalty to beat Argentina in the group stages of the 2002 World Cup (Owen Humphreys/PA)
England lost to eventual winners Brazil in the quarter-finals of the 2002 World Cup (Owen Humphreys/PA)
England goalkeeper David Seaman is consoled by Eriksson after the defeat to Brazil (Rui Vieira/PA)
Zinedine Zidane’s last-gasp brace breaks England’s hearts in Euro 2004 opener (Nick Potts/PA)
Eriksson’s England lost to Portugal in the quarter-finals of the 2004 European Championship (Martin Rickett/PA)
Northern Ireland striker David Healy gives Eriksson his first defeat in the European Championship or World Cup qualifiers in Belfast (Paul Faith/PA)
Rooney is sent off in the quarter-finals of the 2006 World Cup against Portugal (Martin Rickett/PA)
England face another penalty shootout against Portugal at the 2006 World Cup (Owen Humphreys/PA)
The Swede became head coach of Manchester City in July 2007 and received the Manager of the Month award a month later (Nick Potts/PA).
After a spell as coach of the Mexican national team, Eriksson was appointed director of football at then League Two club Notts County in July 2009 (Rui Vieira/PA).
Eriksson (right) returned to the Ivory Coast national team (Clint Hughes/PA)
Leicester brought Eriksson back to England in October 2010, where he saved the Foxes from relegation before leaving the club the following season after just over a year at the helm (Chris Radburn/PA)
Eriksson meets Jose Mourinho ahead of a pre-season friendly (PA Wire)
Fabio Capello and Eriksson (right) are England’s only foreign coaches to date (Anthony Devlin/PA)
Terminally ill Eriksson managed the Liverpool Legends at 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)
