Eriksson was one of the foreign coaches considered to manage Nigeria’s senior football team.
By Deborah Hassan
365Daily – Former England manager, Sven-Goran Eriksson, has passed away. He was aged 76.
He died after a long battle against pancreatic cancer on Monday, August 26 2024.
Eriksson was one of the foreign coaches considered to manage Nigeria’s senior football team, Super Eagles, ahead of the 2010 World Cup. He had a successful career in the football industry, especially with England, Manchester City and Leicester City.
He was in charge of England for 67 matches including the World Cup tie with Nigeria which ended goalless in 2002.
Earlier this year, he announced his imminent death, saying that he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and had a year to live in a “best-case scenario.”
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