Stephen Dunmoye
The former England national team coach, Sven-Goran Eriksson died on Monday while battling from terminal pancreatic cancer at the age of 76 years.
The popular Swede who was in line to manage Nigeria’s Super Eagles to the 2010 World Cup before he was upstaged by compatriot, Lars Lagerbäck passed away following a successful career in the football industry which included stints with England, Manchester City and Leicester City.
Earlier this year, he announced his imminent death, saying that he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and had a year to live in a “best-case scenario”.
The announcement was January this year and eight months down the line, he is no more.
His football career spanned eight different countries .
He was in charge of England for 67 matches including the World Cup tie with Nigeria which ended goalless in 2002.