Ex-England soccer supervisor Sven-Goran Eriksson has been identified with pancreatic most cancers and has at greatest “perhaps a yr” to dwell, he stated Thursday. The 75-year-old Swede, who has managed a slew of high-profile groups and took England to World Cup quarter-finals in 2002 and 2006, introduced in February final yr that he was stepping again from public appearances “because of well being points”. “Everybody understands that I’ve a illness that’s not good. Everybody guesses that it is most cancers, and it’s. However I’ve to place up a struggle so long as I can,” Eriksson advised public broadcaster Sveriges Radio in an interview.

Eriksson stated that in his physician’s evaluation he had “at greatest perhaps a yr (to dwell), at worst rather less”.

“You must trick your mind,” he added.

“I might give it some thought on a regular basis, and sit dwelling and mope, really feel unfortunate and so forth. I feel it is simple to finish up like that,” he advised the broadcaster.

“See the constructive in issues,” he stated.

“Do not bury your self because of adversity. That is the most important adversity after all, however attempt to make one thing good out of it.”

Born February 5, 1948 in Sunne in western Sweden, Eriksson, who goes by “Svennis” to Swedes, discovered success as a soccer supervisor after retiring from a modest profession as a defender.

In 1977, he turned supervisor of Swedish membership Degerfors IF. After main the small membership to success in decrease divisions, he attracted the eye of larger golf equipment.

He went on to handle Sweden’s IFK Goteborg earlier than discovering success internationally, managing Benfica in Portugal, in addition to a number of Italian groups together with Roma and Lazio.

His most high-profile place was as the primary foreigner to handle England’s nationwide squad.

Throughout his spell, he took England to the World Cup quarter-finals in 2002, the place they had been knocked out by Brazil.

Additionally they made the quarters 4 years later the place Portugal got here out on high in a penalty shoot-out in a recreation the place Wayne Rooney was red-carded after a conflict with then Manchester United team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo.

Eriksson took England to the last-eight of the 2004 Euros the place Portugal once more knocked them out in one other shoot-out.

He left the England job in 2006 after 5 years.

His time within the hotseat had seen a memorable 5-1 win over Germany in a World Cup qualifier but additionally controversy over his private life.

“Unhappy information this morning. Ideas are with Sven Goran-Eriksson and his household. A superb coach and a particular individual. Beloved and revered by everybody. We’re all with you Sven, preserve combating,” wrote Rooney on ‘X’.

Eriksson has since managed Mexico, Ivory Coast and the Philippines, however by no means his native Sweden’s nationwide squad.

English champions Manchester Metropolis, considered one of Eriksson’s former golf equipment, stated on ‘X’: “Everybody at Manchester Metropolis is pondering of Sven-Göran Eriksson, and we want to specific our collective assist to our former supervisor, and his household and buddies, throughout this time.”

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