Mancini, Nesta, Nedved, Baggio, Mihajlovic: Serie A and Italy legends coached by Eriksson | OneFootball

During his career, Sven-Goran Eriksson coached some of the best Italian and Serie A players, including Roberto Mancini, Roberto Baggio, Sinisa Mihajlovic and Carlo Ancelotti. Here are the best footballers who played under the former Fiorentina, Lazio, Roma and Samp coach.

Eriksson’s death was confirmed by his family today, Monday, August 26, 2024.

The former Swedish coach had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and said in January that he had “at best” a year left to live.

He won trophies for Roma, Samp and Lazio in Serie A, and several Italian clubs honoured him today.

Eriksson coached some of the best Italian and Serie A players ever. The player with the most appearances under Eriksson was Roberto Mancini, who played for the ex-Swedish tactician at Lazio and Samp.

Overall, Mancio scored 90 goals in 306 games under Eriksson.

Mihajlovic made 202 appearances with Eriksson in charge, also for Lazio and Samp, scoring 39 goals. The former defender died in December 2022, but his wife Arianna paid tribute to Eriksson on Monday, sharing a picture of his husband listening to Sven’s advice on the touchline during the 2000-01 campaign at Lazio.

Attilio Lombardo and Vladimir Jugovic also played under Eriksson at Lazio and Samp, making 189 and 142 appearances, respectively.

Below is a list of the best Italian and Serie A players who worked with Eriksson during their playing careers.

Luca Marchegiani – Lazio 148 appearances

Pavel Nedved – Lazio 149 appearances, 34 goals

Alessandro Nesta – Lazio 136 appearances, three goals.

Pietro Vierchowod – Sampdoria 111 appearances, six goals

Giuseppe Favalli – Lazio 120 appearances, one goal

Alberico Evani – Sampdoria 119 appearances, three goals

Giuseppe Giannini – Roma 104 appearances, 15 goals

Juan Sebastian Veron – Lazio and Samp, 97 appearances 16 goals

Carlo Ancelotti – Roma 93 appearances and five goals

Marcelo Salas – Lazio 103 appearances, 44 goals.

Roberto Pruzzo – Roma 98 appearances, 34 goals

Bruno Conti – Roma 86 appearances, four goals

Matias Almeyda – Lazio 93 appearances, two goals

Gianluca Pagliuca – Sampdoria 73 appearances

Roberto Baggio – Fiorentina 74 appearances, 33 goals

Dejan Stankovic – Lazio 93 appearances, 16 goals

Sergio Conceiçao – Lazio 87 appearances, 11 goals

Zibì Boniek – Roma 66 appearances, 16 goals

Christian Karembeu – Samp 66 appearances, six goals

Ruud Gullit – Samp 63 appearances, 26 goals

Fernando Couto – Lazio 76 appearances, two goals

Walter Zenga – Samp 54 appearances

Alen Boksic – Lazio 77 appearances, 24 goals

Diego Simeone – Lazio 68 appearances, eight goals

Enrico Chiesa – Samp 53 appearances, 24 goals

Francesco Graziani – Roma 52 appearances, 11 goals

Dunga – Fiorentina, 38 appearances, four goals

Simone Inzaghi – Lazio 57 appearances, 26 goals.

Clarence Seedorf – Samp 34 appearances, four goals.