.Sep 13, 2024, 05:29 AM ETThe funeral service of Sven-Gu00f6ran Eriksson, the first foreign manager to trainer the England nationwide crew, was actually held on Friday in the tiny Swedish town of Torsby where he matured just before plunging into a remarkable occupation at the pinnacle of International football.A soft-spoken but determined trainer, Eriksson assisted staffs in Sweden, Portugal and Italy, winning significant prizes in the 1980s and also 1990s just before tackling the England task in 2001, taking care of superstars such as David Beckham, that was among the attendees at the service.Eriksson revealed in January that he was terminally sick with pancreatic cancer cells as well as devoted a lot of the following months reconnecting with much of the areas and individuals core to his job prior to he perished last month.He met his hope for taking care of Liverpool, after leading the club in a charitable organization legends activity versus Ajax at Anfield in March.David Beckham was amongst the attendees that spent their aspects to Sven-Goran Eriksson at the former supervisor's memorial service in Torsby, Sweden. ADAM IHSE/TT/TT Headlines Agency/AFP via Getty ImagesThe memorial service occurred in Torsby, a non-urban town of less than 5,000 people near the border along with Norway, and also was actually gone to through many hundred individuals inside the church.Some 200 seats in the neo-Gothic church from 1898 were booked for his family members, good friends and players from his career in the football world, according to his broker. The continuing to be seats were open for everyone, according to Eriksson's wishOthers complied with the service on a silver screen established outdoors and the memorial service was provided blanket protection through Swedish media.The wooden casket was wheeled in by pallbearers at the church Friday morning. Alongside the casket was an image of Eriksson on a tiny dining table. The floral circlets featured ones delivered through FIFA and Lazio, the Italian staff that Eriksson resulted in the Serie A title in 2000. Others participating in the memorial service featured the Swedish coach's long time companion Nancy Dell' Olio.Tributes streamed in from prime ministers, clubs as well as former gamers following the headlines of his death while nationwide crews including England and also Sweden played with black arm bands during the course of the the September global break.Eriksson, understood in Sweden just as "Svennis," led England to the 2002 and also 2006 World Mug quarterfinals, and also to the 2004 European Championship, dealing with a gold generation of players that besides Beckham consisted of stars including Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney and Steven Gerrard.He started developing his international reputation when he guided Swedish club IFK Gothenburg to the UEFA Cup in 1982 and also took place to succeed silverware as coach of Portugal's Benfica and Italian nightclubs Roma, Fiorentina, Lazio and Sampdoria.Unable to end England's prize drought, he left the helm of the national edge in 2006, happening to coach Manchester Area and also Leicester Area and also Mexico and Cream color Shoreline as well as clubs in China as well as Philippines.Information from the Associated Press helped in this file.