Peter Gerhardsson

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Peter Gerhardsson
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Personal information
Full name Kurt Peter Gerhardsson [1]
Date of birth (1959-08-22) 22 August 1959 (age 65)
Place of birth Uppsala, Sweden
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Sweden Women
Youth career
1967–1977 Upsala IF
1978– Hammarby IF
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
0000–1977 Upsala IF
1978–1987 Hammarby IF 152 (49)
1988–1990 Vasalunds IF 71 (21)
1991–1992 Enköpings SK
Total223(70)
International career
1976 Sweden U16 2 (1)
1976–1977 Sweden U18 17 (2)
1986 Sweden Olympic 3 (0)
Managerial career
1993–1995 Upsala IF
1996 BKV Norrtälje
1997–1998 Bälinge IF
2000–2002 Enköpings SK (assistant coach)
2002–2004 Sweden U17
2005–2008 Helsingborgs IF (assistant coach)
2009–2016 BK Häcken
2017– Sweden Women
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kurt Peter Gerhardsson (born 22 August 1959) is a Swedish football manager and former football player. [2] He was previously the manager of BK Häcken. [3] Before the start of the 2013 Allsvenskan he was ranked as the best manager in the league by newspaper Aftonbladet. [4]

Contents

Gerhardsson became the manager of the Swedish women's national team in 2017, replacing Pia Sundhage after the UEFA Women's Euro 2017. He led the team to third-place finishes in the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2019 and 2023.

Managerial career

With Gerhardsson as manager, the Sweden women's national football team has twice finished third place in the FIFA Women's World Cup, first in 2019 and then in 2023. [5] [6]

Honours

Manager

BK Häcken

Sweden

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References

  1. ↑ "Women's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020: Squad list, Sweden" (PDF). FIFA. 7 July 2021. p. 12. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 October 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "Peter Gerhardsson – Spelarstatistik – Svensk fotboll". svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "BK Häcken" (in Swedish). SvFF. Archived from the original on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
  4. ↑ "Häcken är ett bättre lag i år" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 20 March 2013. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  5. ↑ "Gerhardsson: The music and methods behind a Swedish success story". fifa.com. 22 August 2019. Archived from the original on 29 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "Videos Gerhardsson 'thoroughly enjoyed' Sweden's third place finish". Vodacom Soccer. 21 August 2023. Archived from the original on 29 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
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