Sven-Göran Eriksson

Sven-Göran Eriksson
Image:Sven-Goran Eriksson.jpg
Personal information
Date of birth	5 February 1948 (1948-02-05) (age 60)
Place of birth	Torsby, Sweden
Playing position	Right back
Club information
Current club	Manchester City (Manager)
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1966–71 1971–73 1973–75	Torsby IF SK Sifhälla KB Karlskoga
Teams managed
1977–78 1979–82 1982–84 1984–87 1987–89 1989–92 1992–97 1997–2001 2001–06 2007–	Degerfors IF IFK Göteborg SL Benfica AS Roma AC Fiorentina SL Benfica U.C. Sampdoria S.S. Lazio England Manchester City
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:00, 4 June 2006 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 12:00, 4 June 2006 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Sven-Göran Eriksson (help·info) (IPA: [svɛn'jœːrɑn 'eːrɪksɔn], born 5 February 1948) is a Swedish football manager. He is currently the manager of Manchester City after agreeing to a three-year deal with the club.^[1] His contract calls for £2 million per year plus bonuses.^[2] Eriksson is so far the only manager who has won the league-and-cup double in three different countries (Sweden, Portugal and Italy). Eriksson stepped down from his previous position as the English national football team manager following England's exit from the 2006 World Cup.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Early management career 3 Italian league title and other honours 4 England manager 4.1 World Cup 2002 4.2 Euro 2004 4.3 World Cup 2006 4.4 Notable feats as England manager 5 Return to club management 6 Criticism 7 Club managerial honours 8 Managerial stats 9 References 10 External links

Playing career

Born in Torsby, in Värmland, Eriksson had an unremarkable playing career playing as a right-back^[3] in the lower divisions of Swedish football. The highest level he played at was Division 2 with KB Karlskoga, where he met Tord Grip, before being forced to retire prematurely due to a knee injury in 1975,^[4] aged only 27.

Early management career

After retirement, Eriksson received an offer to become Grip's assistant at Degerfors IF.^[5] A year later, Grip was appointed assistant manager of the Swedish national team, and Eriksson became Degerfors manager, winning promotion to Division 2 in 1978. His success with vice manager Tom Chadney by his side attracted the attention of much larger clubs, and Eriksson joined IFK Göteborg in 1979. He won the Swedish Cup in his first season, and a "treble" of League, Cup and UEFA Cup (Göteborg beating Hamburger SV 4-0 in the final) in 1982. Eriksson's European success led to him being head-hunted by Portuguese club SL Benfica, and he had a similarly quick impact there, Benfica winning the Portuguese Championship, the Portuguese Cup and finishing runners-up in the UEFA Cup. After a second Championship the following year, Eriksson moved on to Italy, becoming trainer of AS Roma. He was not as immediately successful at Roma as he had been before, but he still won a Coppa Italia in 1986. After a trophyless two years at Fiorentina, Eriksson moved back to Benfica for a second stint in 1989, where he led the team to the final of the European Cup (losing to AC Milan 1-0) in 1990, and another League title in 1991. In 1992 Eriksson returned to Italy to try his luck again, with Sampdoria, where he managed to win another Coppa Italia in 1994.

Italian league title and other honours

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Eriksson finally found major success in Italy when he joined Lazio in 1997 (after controversially reneging on a deal to join English club Blackburn Rovers); with Lazio he won the Coppa Italia in 1998 and 2000, the European Cup Winners' Cup (1999 - the very last tournament), and the Serie A title (the Scudetto) in 2000 — only the second time that the Roman club had won the Italian championship in their history. That season had begun with glory in the UEFA Super Cup, winning 1-0 against Manchester United. Bankrolled by Sergio Cragnotti's investment in the team - some £274 million in over 4 seasons - Eriksson amassed trophies on a remarkable scale, and because of this many fans consider him to be Lazio's most successful manager ever.

England manager

World Cup 2002

Following the resignation of England manager Kevin Keegan after a home loss to Germany in October 2000, the Football Association specifically pursued Eriksson as his replacement. Eriksson had initially agreed to take over after the expiration of his contract in summer 2001, but decided to resign his post at Lazio early, and he officially began his England duties in January of that year. Eriksson was the first foreign manager to be appointed coach of the England national team. Eriksson turned round England's bid for qualification for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, with several crucial wins over lesser opposition before his first real test, England's rematch with Germany in Munich on September 1, 2001. England crushed their long-time rivals 5-1. Despite this England still needed a late equaliser at home to Greece to automatically qualify, and England's initially strong performance in the 2002 World Cup (when in a group stage with Nigeria, Argentina and Sweden) finals culminated in a 2-1 quarter finals loss to 10-man Brazil, who subsequently won the tournament.

Euro 2004

After the World Cup, Eriksson's England came under more fire after an embarrassing home loss to Australia in a friendly and a draw with Macedonia in a Euro 2004 qualifier. England qualified for Euro 2004 and at the top of their qualification group, but the team's performance was decidedly mixed, and Eriksson was again criticized for England's overly-defensive performances in their first-round loss to France and their quarter-final elimination by hosts Portugal, which England lost on penalties. Eriksson has also been questioned for his perceived idiosyncratic substitution technique during friendlies and playing players out of position. His controlled, level-headed approach - he is seldom seen to display emotions publicly - also drew speculations as to whether his passive style inspired his players. However, Eriksson still maintains a superb competitive match record.

World Cup 2006

On 7 September 2005, Eriksson's England team lost a World Cup qualifying match against Northern Ireland 1-0, the first time that England had lost to that team since 1972. Although it was only Eriksson's first ever defeat in a World Cup or European Championship qualifying match, it brought his position under unprecedented pressure and he was criticised, both by some fans and by BBC commentators, for his lack of charisma and tactical awareness. Criticism continued as England scraped a 1-0 victory over Austria in a game which saw David Beckham controversially sent off. Some of this criticism was answered, however, as England put in a much improved performance, despite the absence of David Beckham through suspension and Sol Campbell and Steven Gerrard through injury, in a 2-1 win against Poland. In 2006, he was recorded saying he would be willing to leave England to manage Aston Villa if England won the World Cup, after being duped into believing that a wealthy Arab would buy the club and wanted him as manager. The wealthy "Arab" was in fact the "Fake Sheikh", an undercover News of the World reporter. On January 23, the Football Association announced that Eriksson would leave his job after the 2006 FIFA World Cup, and it was thought that the News of the World allegations played a part in this decision.^[6] This was later denied by both parties with Eriksson explaining that there was a prior arrangement to terminate his contract immediately after the World Cup. Following a lengthy period of public and media speculation as to his successor the FA later announced that Steve McClaren, Eriksson's assistant, would take over the reins after the World Cup. The week before England's first game in Germany, England beat Hungary 3-1 and Jamaica 6-0 at home. England were unbeaten after the group stage of the tournament, with wins against Paraguay and Trinidad and Tobago, followed by a draw against Sweden. The manner of these results were considered to be far from satisfactory.^[7] Eriksson attracted further negative media attention as a consequence. A David Beckham trademark free kick was enough to see Eriksson's England past Ecuador in a lacklustre 1-0 encounter. However, Eriksson once again fell to nemesis Luiz Felipe Scolari's Portugal. They defeated England 3-1 on penalties with the score 0-0 after extra time, with Beckham lost to injury and Wayne Rooney sent off for 'stamping'. The result was Eriksson's third successive exit in a major tournament quarter-final. In his farewell speech, Eriksson wished England well and singled out Rooney for special praise, advising the press not to blame the youngster's dismissal for England's exit.

Notable feats as England manager

• Germany 1 England 5 (2001) World Cup qualifier 2001
• England 1-0 Argentina 2002 World Cup
• Improved England's FIFA World ranking from 17th place (Jan 2001) to 5th place (July 2006)

(highest ranking No.4 during World Cup 2006)

• Managed to reach the quarter final in three consecutive tournaments (WC 2002, Euro 2004, WC 2006). No other European country achieved this during this period, and on an international level only Brazil. England was also, apart from Sweden, the only European country that did not suffer elimination from group play or failure to qualify during this time (2001-2006).
• Achieved the highest point percentage in Major Tournament Matches of all time for an England manager.^[8]
• Lost only 5 competitive games and achieved top qualifying place in all three International tournaments during his five and a half years as England manager.
• Rated by the FA as England's 2nd most successful Manager after Sir Alf Ramsey.

Return to club management

In July 2007, virtually a year to the day that he left the England job, Eriksson was confirmed as the new manager of Manchester City after signing a three-year contract. His first signing was Italian striker Rolando Bianchi from Reggina for £8.8 million. Bianchi was soon joined at the club by Swiss Under-21 international Gelson Fernandes from FC Sion, Brazilian midfielder Geovanni from Cruzeiro, and Bulgarian winger Martin Petrov from Atlético Madrid. He also signed Croat Vedran Ćorluka from Dinamo Zagreb, Spaniard Javier Garrido from Real Sociedad and Brazilian Elano from Shakhtar Donetsk. He was successful in his first match, defeating West Ham United 2-0 at Upton Park. During Manchester City's next game, they scored their first home goal in 288 days (since Jan 1 2007), to take all three points from a newly promoted Derby County. On August 19, Manchester City won the first Manchester derby under Eriksson with a 1-0 win over league champions Manchester United with a goal from one of Sven's summer signings, Geovanni, taking City to the top of the Premier League, with 9 points and having conceded no goals. Manchester City lost their first match on August 25, a 1-0 loss to Arsenal. Guiding Man City to second place in the Premier League, Eriksson earned himself the Premier League's Manager of the Month award for August. During September 2007, City enjoyed a further two wins at home, whilst winning one point in two matches playing away from home. Meanwhile, Eriksson led the club to the fourth round of the Carling Cup, beating Norwich City at Eastlands by 1-0. On October 27 2007, a third-placed Manchester City lost 6-0 to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, the worst defeat of Eriksson's management career, though his team were only beaten once at home for the rest of 2007, a 2-0 loss to Tottenham in the League Cup. ^[9].

Criticism

Eriksson had to weather considerable tabloid reporting of his private life, most notably his affairs with the television presenter Ulrika Jonsson^[10], and FA secretary Faria Alam [1][2] (in a scandal that led to the resignation of the FA's chief executive, Mark Palios). Despite this, Eriksson has maintained a relationship with long-term partner, Italian property lawyer Nancy Dell'Olio.

Club managerial honours

• IFK Göteborg
  • Svenska Cupen Winners 1979, 1982
  • Allsvenskan Champions 1981, 1982
  • UEFA Cup Winners 1982
• S.L. Benfica
  • Portuguese Liga Champions 1983, 1984, 1991
  • Cup of Portugal Winners 1983
  • SuperCup Cândido de Oliveira Champions 1989
  • European Cup Runners Up 1990
  • UEFA Cup Runners Up 1983
• A.S. Roma
  • Coppa Italia Winners 1986
• U.C. Sampdoria
  • Coppa Italia Winners 1994
• S.S. Lazio
  • Coppa Italia Winners 1998, 2000
  • Italian Super Cup Winners 1998
  • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Winners 1999
  • UEFA Super Cup Winners 1999
  • Serie A Champions 2000

Managerial stats

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	%
Degerfors IF		1977	1978
IFK Göteborg[11]		1979	1982	100	51	32	17	51
S.L. Benfica		1982	1984	60	46	11	3	76.67
A.S. Roma		1984	1987	90	41	26	23	45.56
ACF Fiorentina		1987	1989	64	21	20	23	32.81
S.L. Benfica		1989	1992	106	72	26	8	67.92
U.C. Sampdoria		1992	1997	170	71	52	47	41.76
S.S. Lazio		1997	2001	136	78	32	26	57.35
England[12]		2001	2006	67	40	17	10	59.70
Manchester City		July 6 2007	Present	20	11	4	4	64.00

References

External links

• Sven-Göran Eriksson management career stats at Soccerbase
• Official profile on TheFA.com

Awards
Preceded by Malcolm Allison	Cup of Portugal Winning Coach 1982-83	Succeeded by José Maria Pedroto
Preceded by Geninho	Portuguese SuperCup Winning Coach 1989-90	Succeeded by Artur Jorge

•  • e Serie A Coach of the Year – Managers
Lippi (1997) • Lippi (1998) • Zaccheroni (1999) • Eriksson (2000) • Ancelotti (2001) • Del Neri (2002) • Lippi (2003) • Ancelotti (2004) • Capello (2005) • Spalletti (2006) •

•  • e S.L. Benfica – Managers

Gourlade (1904–08) • Damião (1908–26) • dos Reis (1926–29) • John (1929–31) • dos Reis (1931–34) • Gonçalves (1934–35) • Hertzka (1935–39) • Biri (1939–47) • Hertzka (1947–48) • Smith (1948–52) • Zozaya (1952–53) • Ribeiro dos Reis (1953) • Valdivieso (1954) • Glória (1954–59) • Guttmann (1959–62) • Riera (1962–63) • Czeizler (1963–64) • Schwartz (1964–65) • Guttmann (1965–66) • Riera (1966–67) • Cabrita (1967–68) • Glória (1968–70) • Hagan (1970–73) • Cabrita (1973–74) • Pavić (1974–75) • Wilson (1975–76) • Mortimore (1976–79) • Wilson (1979–80) • Baróti (1980–82) • Eriksson (1982–84) • Csernai| (1984–85) • Mortimore (1985–87) • Skovdahl (1987) • Toni (1987–89) • Eriksson (1989–92) • Ivić (1992) • Toni (1992–94) • Artur Jorge (1994–95) • Wilson (1995–96) • Autuori (1996–97) • José (1997) • Wilson (1997) • Souness (1997–99) • Heynckes (1999–00) • Mourinho (2000) • Toni (2000–02) • Ferreira (2002) • Camacho (2002–04) • Trapattoni (2004–05) • Koeman (05–06) • Santos (06–07) • Camacho (2007–)

•  • e A.S. Roma – Managers

Garbutt (1927–29) • Baccani (1929–30) • Burgess (1930–32) • Barr (1932–3) • Kovács (1933–34) • Barbesino (1934–38) • Ara (1938–39) • Schaffer (1939–42) • Kertész (1942–43) • Masetti (1943–45) • Degni (1945–47) • Senkey (1947–48) • Brunella (1948–49) • Bernardini (1949–50) • Baloncieri (1950) • Serantoni (1950) • Masetti (1950–1951) • Viani (1951–1953) • Varglien (1953–54) • Carver (1954–56) • Sárosi (1956) • Masetti (1956–57) • Stock (1957–58) • Nordahl (1958–59) • Sárosi (1959–60) • Foni (1960–61) • Carniglia (1961–63) • Krieziu (1963) • Foni (1963–64) • Miró (1964–65) • Lorenzo (1965–66) • Pugliese (1966–68) • Herrera (1968–70) • Tessari (1970) • Herrera (1971–72) • Trebiciani (1972–73) • Liedholm (1974–77) • Giagnoni (1978–79) • Valcareggi (1979–80) • Liedholm (1980–84) • Eriksson (1984–86) • Sormani (1986–88) • Liedholm (1988) • Spinosi (1988–89) • Radice (1989–90) • Bianchi (1990–92) • Boškov (1992–93) • Mazzone (1993–96) • Bianchi (1996) • Liedholm (1996) • Sella (1996) • Zeman (1997–1999) • Capello (1999–2004) • Prandelli (2004) • Völler (2004) • Del Neri (2004–05) • Conti (2005) • Spalletti (2005–)

•  • e ACF Fiorentina – Managers

Csapkay (1926–30) • Feldmann (1930–31) • Felsner (1931–33) • Rady (1933) • Ging (1933–34) • Ara (1934–37) • Molnar (1938) • Soutschek (1938–39) • Galluzzi (1939–45) • Bigogno (1945–46) • Ara (1946) • Magli (1946–47) • Senkey (1947) • Ferrero (1947–51) • Magli (1951–53) • Bernardini (1953–58) • Czeizler (1958–59) • Ferrero (1959) • Carniglia (1959–60) • Chiappella (1960) • Hidegkuti (1960–62) • Valcareggi (1962–64) • Chiappella (1964–67) • Ferrero (1967–68) • Bassi (1968) • Pesaola (1968–71) • Pugliese (1971) • Liedholm (1971–73) • Radice (1973–74) • Rocco (1974–75) • Mazzone (1975–77) • Mazzoni (1977–78) • Chiappella (1978) • Carosi (1978–81) • De Sisti (1981–85) • Valcareggi (1985) • Agroppi (1985–86) • Bersellini (1986–87) • Eriksson (1987–89) • Giorgi (1989–90) • Graziani (1990) • Lazaroni (1990–91) • Radice (1991–93) • Agroppi (1993) • Chiarugi (1993) • Ranieri (1993–97) • Malesani (1997–98) • Trapattoni (1998–2000) • Terim (2000–01) • Chiarugi (2001) • Mancini (2001) • Bianchi (2001–02) • Chiarugi (2002) • Fascetti (2002) • Vierchowod (2002) • Cavasin (2002–03) • Mondonico (2003–04) • Buso (2004–05) • Zoff (2005) • Prandelli (2005–)

•  • e U.C. Sampdoria – Managers

Galluzzi (1946–47) • Baloncieri (1947–50) • Galluzzi (1950) • Foni (1950–51) • Foni (1951–52) • Poggi (1952) • Fiorentini (1952–53) • Tabanelli (1953–55) • Czeizler (1955–56) • Rava (1956–57) • Amoretti (1957) • Dodgin, Sr. (1957–58) • Baloncieri (1958) • Monzeglio (1958–61) • Lerici (1961–63) • Ocwirk (1963–65) • Baldini (1965–66) • Bernardini (1966–71) • Herrera (1971–73) • Vincenzi (1973–74) • Corsini (1974–75) • Bersellini (1975–77) • Canali (1977–78) • Giorgis (1978–79) • Toneatto (1979–80) • Riccomini (1980–81) • Ulivieri (1981–84) • Bersellini (1984–86) • Boškov (1986–92) • Eriksson (1992–97) • Luis Menotti (1997) • Boškov (1997–98) • Spalletti (1998) • Platt (1998–99) • Spalletti (1999) • Ventura (1999–2000) • Cagni (2000–01) • Bellotto (2001–02) • Novellino (2002–07) • Mazzarri (2007–)

•  • e S.S. Lazio – Managers

Piselli (1929–30) • Molnár (1930–31) • Barbuy (1931–32) • Sturmer (1932–34) • Alt (1934–36) • Viola (1936–39) • Allemandi (1939) • Kertész (1939–41) • Molnár (1941) • Canestri (1941) • Popovic (1941–45) • Cargnelli (1945–48) • Tognotti (1948–49) • Sperone (1949–51) • Bigogno (1951–53) • Sperone (1953–54) • Allasio (1954–55) • Raynor (1955) • Copernico (1955) • Ferrero (1955–56) • Copernico (1956) • Ferrero (1956) • Carver (1956–57) • Ćirić (1957–58) • Monza (1958) • Bernardini (1958–61) • Flamini (1961) • Carver (1961) • Todeschini (1961–62) • Ricciardi (1962) • Facchini (1962–63) • Lorenzo (1963–64) • Mannocci (1964–67) • Neri (1967) • Gei (1967–68) • Lovati (1968) • Lorenzo (1968–71) • Maestrelli (1971–75) • Corsini (1975–76) • Maestrelli (1976) • Vinício (1976–78) • Lovati (1978–80) • Castagner (1980–82) • Clagluna (1982–83) • Carlos Morrone (1983–84) • Carosi (1984–85) • Lorenzo (1985) • Oddi (1985) • Lovati (1985) • Simoni (1985–86) • Fascetti (1986–88) • Materazzi (1988–90) • Zoff (1990–94) • Zeman (1994–97) • Zoff (1997) • Eriksson (1997–2001) • Zoff (2001–02) • Zaccheroni (2002) • Mancini (2002–04) • Caso (2004) • Papadopulo (2004–05) • Rossi (2005–)

•  • e England national football team – Managers
Winterbottom (1946–62) • Ramsey (1963–74) • Mercer (1974) • Revie (1974–77) • Greenwood (1977–82) • Robson (1982–90) • G. Taylor (1990–93) • Venables (1994–96) • Hoddle (1996–99) • Keegan (1999–2000) • Wilkinson (caretaker) (2000) • P. Taylor (caretaker) (2000) • Eriksson (2001–06) • McClaren (2006–07) • Capello (2007–)

•  • e England squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup
1 Seaman • 2 Mills • 3 A. Cole • 4 Sinclair • 5 Ferdinand • 6 Campbell • 7 Beckham • 8 Scholes • 9 Fowler • 10 Owen • 11 Heskey • 12 Brown • 13 Martyn • 14 Bridge • 15 Keown • 16 Southgate • 17 Sheringham • 18 Hargreaves • 19 J. Cole • 20 Vassell • 21 Butt • 22 James • 23 Dyer • Coach: Eriksson

•  • e England squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Robinson • 2 Neville • 3 A. Cole • 4 Gerrard • 5 Ferdinand • 6 Terry • 7 Beckham • 8 Lampard • 9 Rooney • 10 Owen • 11 J. Cole • 12 Campbell • 13 James • 14 Bridge • 15 Carragher • 16 Hargreaves • 17 Jenas • 18 Carrick • 19 Lennon • 20 Downing • 21 Crouch • 22 Carson • 23 Walcott • Coach: Eriksson

•  • e Manchester City F.C. – Managers

Furniss (1889–93) • Parlby (1893–95) • Ormerod (1895–1902) • Maley (1902–06) • Newbould (1906–12) • Magnall (1912–24) • Ashworth (1924–25) • Hodge (1926–32) • Wild (1932–46) • Cowan (1946–47) • Thomson (1947–50) • McDowall (1950–63) • Poyser (1963–65) • Mercer (1965–71) • Allison (1972–73) • Hart (1973) • Saunders (1973–74) • Book (1974–79) • Allison (1979–80) • Bond (1980–83) • Benson (1983) • McNeill (1983–86) • Frizzell (1986–87) • Machin (1987–89) • Kendall (1989–90) • Reid (1990–93) • Horton (1993–95) • Ball (1995–96) • Coppell (1996) • Clark (1996–98) • Royle (1998–2001) • Keegan (2001–05) • Pearce (2005–07) • Eriksson (2007–)

•  • e Manchester City F.C. – current squad
1 Isaksson • 2 Richards • 3 Ball • 4 Onuoha • 5 Dabo • 6 Johnson • 7 Ireland • 8 Geovanni • 9 Mpenza • 10 Bianchi • 11 Elano • 12 Vassell • 14 Dickov • 15 Petrov • 16 Ćorluka • 17 Sun • 19 Schmeichel • 20 Samaras • 21 Hamann • 22 Dunne • 24 Garrido • 25 Hart • 26 M. Mills • 28 Fernandes • 29 Bojinov • 30 Castillo • 33 Evans • 36 Sturridge • 37 Etuhu • 38 Logan • Manager: Eriksson

Persondata
NAME	Eriksson, Sven-Göran
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Football (soccer) manager
DATE OF BIRTH	1948-02-05
PLACE OF BIRTH	Torsby, Sweden
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH