Sven-Göran Eriksson, commonly referred to just by his nickname Svennis in Sweden, is a Swedish football manager and former player. Eriksson won 17 major trophies as a manager, 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 different countries. He later managed the national teams of England, Mexico and Côte d'Ivoire, and three clubs in England. He is currently the manager of Chinese Super League club Guangzhou R&F.
He has worked in nine different countries; Sweden, Portugal, Italy, England, Mexico, Ivory Coast, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates and China.
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