legendary Football manager svor Erikson has died aged 76 the swed had revealed at the start of the year that he had pancreatic cancer and had a year at most to live born in the small town of sunna in Sweden Erikson went on to have a memorable career perhaps the Highlight was his tenure at Italian Giants Lazio where he won numerous titles including the Cup winners cup and Sera to many he'll possibly be remembered for his time as England's first foreign coach a role he described as the biggest job in the world he had highs most notably England's 5-1 threshing of Germany in qualifying for the 2002 World Cup he was heavily criticized however for not winning a trophy with England's soall golden generation which included the likes of David Beckham and Wayne Rooney Erikson had a truly Global career having managed teams across four continents the latter part of his time in football taking him to Asia where he managed in China with his final post being a stint as Philippines National coach Sor and Erikson will long be remembered by fans across the world soel Malik Al jazer make sure to subscribe to our channel to get the latest news from Al jazer