Who is sven eriksson

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Where are they now? Celebrating Sven-Goran Eriksson and the greatest football quote ever. Cartoon Sven. Nobody could have handled losing their job quite like Sven. A draw with the Swedes, followed by a satisfying win Argentina - who knocked England out of the and tournaments - and a goalless draw with Nigeria, saw England qualify for the last 16, where they played Denmark. An impressive win over the Danes saw England through to a mouthwatering quarter-final meeting with Brazil, with the whole nation believing Sven's boys could defeat the samba stars, who had been the tournament's top-scorers to that point.

Michael Owen put England ahead, but two goals - one either side of half-time - gave Brazil the lead and they held on to go through to the semi-finals leaving England and Sven to look ahead to Euro and the World Cup.

England booked their tickets to Portugal with a hard-earned draw in Turkey in October , to top the group. Unfortunately, the tournament won by Greece was not to be his crowning glory and England were knocked out on penalties in the quarter finals. Sven again led England to qualification of the World Cup and he guided England to the quarter finals where the side would again, miss out to Portugal on penalties.

Sven also lost only 3 full-time competitive games in charge and he achieved top position in all three International tournaments qualifying stages during his five and a half years as England manager.

Eriksson was then appointed manager of Manchester City in July At Man City, he became the first manager since to win both league derby games against Manchester United. Sven left role in June He remained with the club until October Share profile:. Interview 3. Honours Shenzhen FC Manager. Sven-Goran Eriksson says Abba were blocked from recording England song.

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