Sven-Goran Eriksson
Eriksson pictured in Doha in January 2012.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Sven-Göran Eriksson | ||
| Date of birth | 5 February 1948 | ||
| Place of birth | Sunne, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Shenzhen FC (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1964–1971 | Torsby IF | 109 | (23) |
| 1971–1972 | SK Sifhälla | 22 | (1) |
| 1972–1973 | KB Karlskoga FF | 19 | (4) |
| 1973–1975 | Västra Frölunda IF | 50 | (5) |
| Total | 200 | (33) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1977–1978 | Degerfors IF | ||
| 1979–1982 | IFK Göteborg | ||
| 1982–1984 | Benfica | ||
| 1984–1987 | Roma | ||
| 1987–1989 | Fiorentina | ||
| 1989–1992 | Benfica | ||
| 1992–1997 | Sampdoria | ||
| 1997–2001 | Lazio | ||
| 2001–2006 | England | ||
| 2007–2008 | Manchester City | ||
| 2008–2009 | Mexico | ||
| 2010 | Ivory Coast | ||
| 2010–2011 | Leicester City | ||
| 2013–2014 | Guangzhou R&F | ||
| 2014–2016 | Shanghai SIPG | ||
| 2016– | Shenzhen FC | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Sven-Göran Eriksson (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈsvɛn ˈjœːˈran ˈeːrɪkˈsɔn]; born 5 February 1948) is a Swedish football manager and former player, who is currently the manager of China League One side Shenzhen FC.
As a manager, Eriksson won eighteen trophies with a variety of league clubs in Sweden, Portugal and Italy, between 1979 and 2000, and became the first manager to win league-and-cup doubles in three countries.
He later managed the national teams of England, Mexico and the Ivory Coast, as well as three clubs in England. Eriksson has worked in nine countries: Sweden, Portugal, Italy, England, Mexico, Ivory Coast, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, and China.
Born in Sunne and raised in Torsby, in Värmland. His father, also named Sven, was a bus conductor, and his mother, Ulla, worked in a textile store. He was nicknamed "Svennis" after his younger brother Lars-Erik's attempt to pronounce his name; Eriksson went on to become known by this nickname in Sweden. He made his debut for Swedish football Division 4 team Torsby IF at the age of 16.
He switched clubs to SK Sifhälla after moving to Säffle to study economics. In 1972, he joined Swedish football Division 2 team KB Karlskoga FF, where he also worked as a physical education teacher in Örebro.
He was heavily influenced by Karlskoga's player-manager, Tord Grip, who favoured the English style of play that Bob Houghton and Roy Hodgson had brought to the country. Eriksson retired from playing in 1975 at the age of 27, after giving up on his dream of playing professional football; he summed up his brief playing career by saying "I was looked upon as a distinctly average defender, but someone who rarely made mistakes".
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