.Sep 13, 2024, 05:29 AM ETThe funeral of Sven-Gu00f6ran Eriksson, the first international supervisor to train the England national staff, was held on Friday in the small Swedish community of Torsby where he matured just before embarking on a renowned career at the peak of International football.A soft-spoken but calculated trainer, Eriksson helped groups in Sweden, Portugal as well as Italy, gaining major prizes in the 1980s and 1990s prior to tackling the England job in 2001, managing celebrities like David Beckham, who was actually among the guests at the service.Eriksson revealed in January that he was terminally harmful with pancreatic cancer and also spent a lot of the observing months reconnecting along with a lot of the locations as well as people central to his job prior to he perished last month.He met his dream of handling Liverpool, after leading the club in a charity legends video game versus Ajax at Anfield in March.David Beckham was actually among the participants who spent their respects to Sven-Goran Eriksson at the past manager's memorial service in Torsby, Sweden. ADAM IHSE/TT/TT Information Agency/AFP using Getty ImagesThe funeral took place in Torsby, a country town of lower than 5,000 people near the perimeter along with Norway, and also was gone to through several hundred folks inside the church.Some 200 chairs in the neo-Gothic congregation coming from 1898 were set aside for his loved ones, pals as well as players coming from his occupation in the football globe, depending on to his broker. The staying chairs were open for the general public, depending on to Eriksson's wishOthers observed the solution on a silver screen established outside and also the memorial service was provided covering coverage by Swedish media.The wood coffin was actually rolled in through pallbearers at the congregation Friday early morning. Next to the casket was a photograph of Eriksson on a little table. The floral circlets featured ones sent out by FIFA and Lazio, the Italian team that Eriksson triggered the Serie A title in 2000. Others participating in the funeral featured the Swedish coach's longtime companion Nancy Dell' Olio.Tributes moved in coming from head of states, nightclubs as well as former gamers following the headlines of his fatality while nationwide staffs including England and also Sweden had fun with black arm bands during the the September international break.Eriksson, understood in Sweden simply as "Svennis," led England to the 2002 and also 2006 Globe Mug quarterfinals, and also to the 2004 International Championship, managing a golden age group of gamers that besides Beckham included celebrities like Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney and Steven Gerrard.He started developing his global online reputation when he led Swedish club IFK Gothenburg to the UEFA Cup in 1982 and also took place to gain silverware as trainer of Portugal's Benfica as well as Italian clubs Roma, Fiorentina, Lazio and Sampdoria.Unable to finish England's trophy dry spell, he left the helm of the nationwide side in 2006, taking place to coach Manchester Urban area and also Leicester City along with Mexico and Ivory Coast and clubs in China as well as Philippines.Information from the Associated Push contributed to this report.