Sven Goran Erikson the charismatic Swedish Football manager who became the first Foreigner to lead the England national team died on Monday at the age of 76 Erikson announced in January that he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer after a long illness SG died during the morning at home surrounded by Family his family said in a statement England manager soran Ericson who died aged 76 on Monday talks with Captain David Beckham during a training session in 2004 gety images England manager soran Ericson who died aged 76 on Monday talks with Captain David Beckham during a training session in 2004 giddy Images copyright Alex Livy sengor and Erikson the charismatic Swedish Football manager who became the first Foreigner to lead the England national team died on Monday at the age of 76 Erikson announced in January that he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer after after a long illness SG died during the morning at home surrounded by a family his family said in a statement use our AI for market analysis cables. use R AI for market analysis add tributes poured in from around the world yesterday led by former England Captain David Beckham who posted footage of a recent meeting with Erikson on Instagram and wrote we laughed we cried and we knew we were saying goodbye Sven thank you for always being the person you have always been passionate caring calm and a true gentleman I will be forever grateful for you making me your captain but I will forever hold these last memories of this day with you and your family thank you Sven and in your last words to me it will be okay widely regarded as the greatest Swedish manager Erikson won major titles in his home country Portugal and Italy before leading England in three major tournaments during the early 2000s he was was also appointed as technical director of al- Naser in Dubai for a spell in 2013 after a mediocre playing career he gained International recognition by guiding unfashionable Swedish Club IFK gothenberg to the UEFA cup Crown in 1982 the only Swedish team to win a European trophy