Pia Sundhage

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Pia Sundhage
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Personnel
birthday February 13, 1960
place of birth Ulricehamn ,  Sweden
Juniors
Years station
Ulricehamns IFK
Women
Years station Games (goals) 1
1978 Falköpings KIK
1979-1981 Jitex BK
1982-1983 Östers Växjö (65)
1984 Jitex BK
1985 Lazio Rome (17)
1985 Stattena IF
1985 Jitex BK
1986 Hammarby IF
1987-1989 Jitex BK
1990-1996 Hammarby IF
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1975-1996 Sweden 146 (71)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1992-1994 Hammarby IF (player-coach)
1998-1999 Vallentuna BK (assistant trainer)
2000 AIK Solna (assistant trainer)
2001-2002 Philadelphia Charge (Assistant Trainer)
2003 Boston Breakers
2004 Kolbotn IL
2005-2006 KIF Örebro
2007 China (assistant trainer)
2008–2012 United States
2012-2017 Sweden
2019– Brazil
1 Only league games are given.

Pia Sundhage (born February 13, 1960 in Ulricehamn ) is a Swedish soccer coach and former soccer player .

Career

Pia Sundhage was the head coach of the United States women's national team . She played 146 times for the Swedish national team and scored 71 goals. Both were record values for a long time , but have now been exceeded. In 1991 and 1995 she took part in the World Cup tournaments with Sweden and in 1996 in the first women's Olympic football tournament.

Sundhage has played for Ulricehamns IFK , Falköpings KIK , Jitex BK , Östers Växjö , Lazio Rom and Hammarby IF throughout her career . In 1984 she became European champion with the Swedish selection . At national level, she won the Swedish championship and the Swedish cup four times . She ended her active career in 1996.

Her first coaching position after several assistant coaching positions were the Boston Breakers ( WUSA ), with whom she won the championship in 2003. After the financial end of the WUSA, she took over the coaching position at the Norwegian club Kolbotn IL and in 2005 moved to the coaching bench of KIF Örebro . During the 2007 World Cup, she worked as an assistant coach for her compatriot Marika Domanski Lyfors , who was in charge of the Chinese women 's national soccer team . On November 13, 2007 it was announced that she would be training for the United States women's national team . She was able to achieve her first significant success with the USA at the Olympic Games in Beijing when she led the US team to the gold medal. In 2012 she was able to repeat the success at the Olympic Games in London , but announced on September 1, 2012 that she would return to her home country Sweden after her contract expired in November. At the 2011 World Cup , she had also led the US team to the final, but her team failed there on penalties to Japan . She coached the US team in 107 games, 91 of which were won and only 10 lost. At the same time, the Swedish Association announced that Sundhage will be the new coach of the Swedish women's national team from December 1, 2012. In the last game under Sundhage, on September 19, 2012, the US team won 6-2 against Australia .

At the European Women's Football Championship in her home country in 2013 , the Swedish national team she coached reached the semi-finals, where they lost 1-0 to Germany . The 2015 World Cup was also the end of the line against Germany, this time in the round of 16 with 1: 4. At the 2016 Summer Olympics , she was able to reach the Olympic final with Sweden but also failed there against Germany, this time with 1: 2. At the 2017 European Championships, they both met again, with the first draw between the Swedes and the Germans. After beating Russia, they reached the quarter-finals despite a defeat against Italy, but lost it to the hosts and later European champions. After that, her job as national coach ended as previously announced.

In July 2019 Sundhage took an offer from the Brazilian Football Federation CBF , which football team of women to care.

Success as a player

Success as a trainer

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pia Sundhage Named Head Coach of the US Women's National Team ( Memento from April 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ [http://de.fifa.com/aboutfifa/footballdevelopment/technicalsupport/women/news/newsid=1693470/index.html fifa.com: Trainer Sundhage leaves US team] (Link not available)
  3. ↑ ussoccer.com: Pia Sundhage to Return Home to Pursue Opportunities in Sweden
  4. ↑ svenskfotboll.se: Pia Sundhage ny förbundskapten för damlandslaget ( Memento from September 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ ussoccer.com: US Women's National Team Provides Head Coach Pia Sundhage with 6-2 Victory in Final Match in Charge ( Memento from February 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ sportschau.de: "Sweden's Pia Sundhage after the defeat against Germany."
  7. ↑ National coach Brazil , report on spiegel.de from July 25, 2019, accessed on July 25, 2019
  8. ↑ svenskfotboll.se:Best scorers in Damallsvenskan 1982- ( Memento from August 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ↑ svenskfotboll.se: Diamantbollen ( Memento of August 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  10. ↑ fifa.com: "Nominations for the awards of the FIFA Ballon d'Or 2013"
personal data
SURNAME Sundhage, Pia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish football player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Ulricehamn , Sweden