.Sep 13, 2024, 05:29 AM ETThe memorial service of Sven-Gu00f6ran Eriksson, the 1st international manager to trainer the England national staff, was actually hung on Friday in the small Swedish city of Torsby where he grew up before plunging into a renowned profession at the epitome of European football.A soft-spoken yet established trainer, Eriksson helped staffs in Sweden, Portugal as well as Italy, gaining major trophies in the 1980s and 1990s before handling the England task in 2001, managing stars such as David Beckham, that was among the guests at the service.Eriksson announced in January that he was actually terminally harmful with pancreatic cancer and invested considerably of the adhering to months reconnecting along with a lot of the areas and individuals main to his occupation prior to he passed away final month.He satisfied his long for dealing with Liverpool, after leading the nightclub in a charity legends activity against Ajax at Anfield in March.David Beckham was amongst the participants that paid their respects to Sven-Goran Eriksson at the former manager's funeral in Torsby, Sweden. ADAM IHSE/TT/TT Headlines Agency/AFP through Getty ImagesThe memorial service occurred in Torsby, a rural city of less than 5,000 people near the border with Norway, and was participated in by several hundred individuals inside the church.Some 200 chairs in the neo-Gothic religion from 1898 were actually set aside for his family members, buddies and gamers coming from his job in the soccer globe, according to his broker. The remaining chairs were open for the general public, depending on to Eriksson's wishOthers complied with the company on a big screen established outside as well as the funeral service was actually given quilt protection through Swedish media.The wood coffin was rolled in through pallbearers at the church Friday early morning. Alongside the coffin was an image of Eriksson on a little dining table. The flower circlets consisted of ones sent out through FIFA and Lazio, the Italian crew that Eriksson caused the Serie A label in 2000. Others joining the memorial service featured the Swedish coach's longtime partner Nancy Dell' Olio.Tributes circulated in coming from head of states, nightclubs and also past players following the news of his fatality while national groups including England and also Sweden enjoyed with dark branch bands in the course of the the September global break.Eriksson, understood in Sweden merely as "Svennis," led England to the 2002 as well as 2006 Planet Cup quarterfinals, and to the 2004 European Championship, managing a gold generation of players that besides Beckham included celebrities like Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney as well as Steven Gerrard.He started building his global track record when he directed Swedish club IFK Gothenburg to the UEFA Mug in 1982 and went on to win cutlery as trainer of Portugal's Benfica as well as Italian nightclubs Roma, Fiorentina, Lazio and also Sampdoria.Unable to finish England's trophy drought, he left behind the helm of the national side in 2006, taking place to coach Manchester Urban area as well as Leicester Area as well as Mexico and also Ivory Shoreline as well as clubs in China and Philippines.Information coming from the Associated Press helped in this document.