Ex-England soccer supervisor Sven-Goran Eriksson has been identified with pancreatic most cancers and has at greatest “maybe a year” to reside, he mentioned 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 12 months that he was stepping again from public appearances “due to health issues”. “Everyone understands that I have a disease that is not good. Everyone guesses that it’s cancer, and it is. But I have to put up a fight as long as I can,” Eriksson informed public broadcaster Sveriges Radio in an interview.

Eriksson mentioned that in his physician’s evaluation he had “at best maybe a year (to live), at worst a little less”.

“You have to trick your brain,” he added.

“I could think about it all the time, and sit home and mope, feel unlucky and so on. I think it’s easy to end up like that,” he informed the broadcaster.

“See the positive in things,” he mentioned.

“Don’t bury yourself due to adversity. This is the biggest adversity of course, but try to make something 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 grew to become 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.

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

They additionally made the quarters 4 years later the place Portugal got here out on prime in a penalty shoot-out in a sport 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 in addition controversy over his private life.

“Sad news this morning. Thoughts are with Sven Goran-Eriksson and his family. A brilliant coach and a special person. Loved and respected by everyone. We’re all with you Sven, keep fighting,” 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 City, considered one of Eriksson’s former golf equipment, mentioned on ‘X’: “Everyone at Manchester City is thinking of Sven-Göran Eriksson, and we wish to express our collective support to our former manager, and his family and friends, during this time.”

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