LONDON, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following is the profile of Sven-Goran Eriksson, who left his post as Leicester manager following the club's mediocre start to the season on Monday.
1948: Born in Torsby, Sweden, February 5.
1975: Finishes playing career in Sweden with his only club, Degerfors.
1976: Takes over as coach at Degerfors.
1979: Takes over as coach of IFK Gothenburg, winning two cups and a league title.
1982: Joins Benfica where he wins Portuguese championship twice and domestic cup, but loses in final of the UEFA Cup to Anderlecht.
1984: Takes over at Roma where he wins Coppa Italia in his second season.
1987: Leaves Roma to join Italian rivals Fiorentina.
1989: Rejoins Benfica and takes them to 1990 European Cup final, losing 1-0 to AC Milan.X 1992: Leaves Benfica to join Sampdoria with whom he wins the Coppa Italia in 1994.
1996: Named as new Blackburn manager but later changes his mind about the job and in 1997 joins Lazio.
1998: Wins Coppa Italia and Italian Super Cup.
1999: Wins European Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Super Cup.
2000: Wins Italian Serie A title and Coppa Italia.
October - Agrees five-year contract to become first foreign manager of the England national team from summer 2001.
2001: January 9 - Resigns as Lazio manager and takes up England post.
September 1 - England beat Germany 5-1 in Munich in World Cup qualifying.
2002: April - Eriksson's World Cup preparations are disrupted by revelations of his affair with TV presenter Ulrika Jonsson.
June 21 - Despite taking the lead through Michael Owen, England slip out of the World Cup as they go down 2-1 to Brazil in Shizuoka in the quarter-finals.
2004: June 24 - England lose a penalty shoot-out to Euro 2004 hosts Portugal in the quarter-finals.
2005: September 7 - Fans chant for his sacking as England lose to Northern Ireland 1-0 in Belfast.
October - Wins over Austria and Poland see England qualify for the World Cup finals as group winners.
2006: January 23 - FA announce Eriksson will leave his post after the 2006 World Cup.
July: England are knocked out of the World Cup by Portugal in the quarter-finals via another penalty shoot-out, after some unconvincing displays in the tournament.
2007: Appointed Manchester City manager.
2008: June 2 - Eriksson leaves City by "mutual consent" and is appointed coach of Mexico the following day.
2009: April 2 - After an unsuccessful spell in Mexico, during which he is also linked with the manager's position at Portsmouth, Eriksson is sacked.
July 22 - Appointed director of football at League Two outfit Notts County following their takeover by a Middle Eastern consortium.
2010: February - Walks away from the role following the club's takeover by Ray Trew.
March 28 - Cote d'Ivoire national federation announce Eriksson will be their manager for the World Cup.
June - After failing to guide Cote d'Ivoire through a group including Brazil, Portugal and DPR Korea, Eriksson's contract is not renewed.
October 3 - Appointed manager of Championship side Leicester City on a two-year contract to replace Paulo Sousa.
2011: May - Leicester finish the season 10th.
October 22 - A 3-0 home defeat by Millwall leaves the Foxes 13th in the Championship.
October 24 - Eriksson leaves the club by "mutual agreement" despite the team being just two points off the play-offs and five off automatic promotion.
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