Who is Faria Alam and what has she said about her affair with Sven-Goran Eriksson?

FARIA Alam shot to fame in the noughties when it was revealed that she'd had an affair with the Three Lions manager Sven-Goran Eriksson. The former secretary will talk about her fling with Sven in his self-titled Amazon Prime doc. Who is Faria Alam? Born in Dhaka, East Pakistan on February 13, 1966, Faria Alam is a former Football Association secretary.

When she was young, her family emigrated to the UK, living in Manchester , Bradford, Newcastle and London. After modelling and working as an administrator, in July 2003, she took a job as personal assistant to FA executive director David Davies. Faria had a secret affair with the former England boss in 2004.

Read more on Sven The fling went on while he was dating Italian lawyer Nancy Dell'Olio, and after another affair with TV star Ulrika Jonsson. Shortly after her affair with Sven-Goran Erikkson was exposed, she left the FA. It's not known when they decided to call it quits, but the affair went on throughout 2004.

In his autobiography, Eriksson said he "never regretted" his romance with Faria. Most read in Sport In 2006, Faria appeared on Celebrity Big Brother. She now lives in the United States and is out of the spotlight.

What has Faria Alam said about her affair with Sven-Goran Eriksson? Sven is releasing a self-titled documentary on Amazon Prime which will look at his life in the spotlight, plus his battle with cancer. Talking about their affair on the doc, Faria says: "The noughties were just that, they were naughty. You.