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| Full name | Beverly Priestman [1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 29 April 1986 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Consett, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2016 | Canada U17 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Canada U20 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | England (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020– | Canada | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Beverly Priestman (born 29 April 1986) is an English professional football manager who is the current head coach of the Canada women's national team.
At age 12, Priestman signed-up for futsal in Consett, under John Herdman, who was at the time a university lecturer and a part-time football coach. Priestman graduated from Liverpool John Moores University and worked for Everton under Mo Marley. [2] [3]
Priestman has coached Canada's U-17 and U-20 women's squads and was assistant coach for the Canada women's national soccer team under head coach Herdman. She coached England's women's U-17 squad, and she was assistant coach of the England women's national football team under head coach Phil Neville from 2018 to 2020. [3]
In October 2020, Priestman was appointed as the head coach of Canada women's national soccer team, leading them to the gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics on August 6, 2021. [4]
Priestman is married to Emma Humphries, a former midfielder with the New Zealand football team. Their son Jack was born in 2018. [3]
| Team | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
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| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Canada Women | 28 October 2020 | Present | 52 | 31 | 10 | 11 | 82 | 35 | +47 | 59.62 | [5] [6] [7] |
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