Sven-Goran Eriksson appointed Leicester City manager
Eriksson becomes the Foxes' 15th manager since 2004
Sven-Goran Eriksson has been appointed Leicester City's new manager after being unveiled by the club on Sunday.
The ex-England boss replaces Paulo Sousa, who was sacked on Friday with the Foxes languishing at the bottom of the Championship after nine games.
Eriksson, 62, has signed a two-year deal to take charge.
"I am very happy to be here. The club wants to be in the Premier League and I do as well. That is the clear target," he said at a news conference.
The Swede watched from the directors' box at the Walkers Stadium as City beat Scunthorpe 3-1 on Saturday and on Sunday the former Manchester City boss revealed he was encouraged by the display.
He said: "What I saw yesterday, was very good. I liked what I saw. They played very well, they fought with big hearts - well done.
"I think the ambition of the club is fantastic. If they did not have ambition then I would not be interested."
Eriksson had been out of work since managing the Ivory Coast at this summer's World Cup in South Africa, where they failed to reach the knock-out stages.
Prior to that, the former Manchester City manager had a seven-month spell as Notts County's director of football having managed Mexico's national team from June 2008 to April 2009.
Leicester, who were recently taken over by a Thai consortium, reached the play-off semi-finals last season under Nigel Pearson, who subsequently left to take charge at Hull City.
On the back of taking Swansea to the brink of the Championship play-offs last season, former Portugal international Sousa was then recruited by Mandaric but oversaw a woeful start to the season, with only five points gathered from Leicester's first nine league matches.
A Carling Cup run including away wins over Leeds and Portsmouth provided some relief.
But with many fans questioning Sousa's tactics and team selection, his fate was sealed by a 6-1 league defeat by Pompey, followed by a 4-3 loss at Norwich.
Eriksson becomes Leicester's seventh manager since former Portsmouth owner Mandaric took over in 2007.
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