former England manager van uran Ericson has died at the age of 7 to six Ericson the first non-british manager of the England team led the Three Lions to the quarterfinals at three major tournaments during his 5year spell in charge between 2001 in 2006 in January Ericson said he had at best a year to leave after being diagnosed with cancer the swed managed 12 clubs including Manchester City Leicester Roma and latio winning 18 traes Eric sin also had spells in charge of Mexico Ivory Coast and the Philippines after retiring as a player at the age of 27 Ericson began his managerial career with deer forch in 1977 before joining fellow Swedish side gothenberg where he won the Swedish title to Swedish cups and the 1982 UFA cup he then went on to enjoy two spells with Portuguese GI Benfica as well as managing Italian sides Roma Fiorentina sdor and Lao where he won seven trophies including the Syria title Two Italian cups and the European Cup winners cup following his diagnosis Erikson spent the year visiting some of his fmer clubs including Lazio and Sor in March the swed a lifelong Liverpool fan helped lead the Liverpool Legends team which beat an Ajax Legend side 42 at anfield he shared a poignant message at the end of his new documentary film Z it was released earlier this month