His agent Bo Gustavsson told Reuters he had passed away Monday morning.
The following is the draw for the Champions League last 16 which was held in Nyon on Monday:
Images from the Champions League Round of 16 matches.
IMAGRS from the soccer matches played across European leagues on Friday
Roundup of Champions League matches played on Wednesday night
Manchester United, winners of the competition in 2017, will have a lot of travelling to do to Eastern Europe after being drawn alongside Kazakhstan side Astana, Serbia's Partizan Belgrade and Dutch side AZ Alkmaar.
The two-legged ties will be played from February 16.
Major world record deals are here.
Heavyweights Arsenal, Atletico Madrid and Lazio took big steps towards reaching the Europa League semi-finals after convincing home first-leg victories and RB Leipzig also stayed on course with a 1-0 win over Olympique de Marseille on Thursday.
Manchester United humbled Manchester City 4-2 in the continent's big derby of the weekend.
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