Pia Sundhage

Pia Sundhage ( born February 13, 1960 in Ulricehamn ) is a Swedish football coach and former football player. She was a trainer ( Head Coach) of the women's national team of the United States. She played 146 times for the Swedish national team, scoring 71 goals. Both were long -time record levels, but have now surpassed. She took 1991 and 1995, with Sweden at the FIFA World Cups in 1996 and the first Olympic football tournament of the women participate.

Sundhage played in the course of her career for Ulricehamns IFK, Falköpings KIK, Jitex BK, Östers Växjö, Lazio and Hammarby IF. In 1984 she became European Champion with the Swedish selection. At the national level, she won four times each, the Swedish Championship and the Swedish Cup. Your active career, she finished in 1996.

Your first coaching position after several co -trainer points were the Boston Breakers ( WUSA ) with which they won the championship in 2003. After the financial end of the WUSA, she took over as coach at Norwegian club Kolbotn IL and moved in 2005 to the dugout KIF Örebro. During the 2007 World Cup she worked as an assistant coach for their country Marika Domanski Lyfors, who looked after the Chinese soccer team of women. On 13 November 2007 it was announced that they will take over the training of the women's national team of the United States. The first significant success they could achieve with the United States at the Olympic Games in Beijing, as she led the U.S. team to a gold medal. In 2012 she was able to repeat the success at the Olympic Games in London, but announced on 1 September 2012 that they would return to their contract expires in November in their native Sweden. She supervised the U.S. team in 107 games, of which won 91 and lost only 10. At the same time, the Swedish Association announced that Sundhage from 1 December 2012 new coach of the Swedish women's national team. At the last game under Sundhage, on 19 September 2012, the U.S. team won 6-2 against Australia.

In the Football Championship of Women 2013, coached by her Swedish national team reached the semi-finals, where they lost 0-1 against Germany.

Successes as a player

  • European Champion 1984
  • Swedish Champion: 1979, 1981, 1984, 1989
  • Swedish Cup winners: 1981, 1984, 1994, 1995
  • Algarve Cup winner: 1995
  • Scorer of Damallsvenskan: 1982 and 1983

Success as a trainer

  • Vice World Champion at the World Women's World Cup: 2011 with the U.S.
  • Olympic champion: 2008 and 2012 with the U.S.
  • Algarve Cup winner: 2008, 2010, 2011 with the U.S.
  • WUSA Champion 2003

Awards

  • Svenska Fotbollförbundets and Dagens Nyheters prize for the best football player of 1981 ( forerunner of the diamond Bollen )
  • WUSA Coach of the Year 2003
  • 2012: FIFA coach of the year in women's football
  • 3rd place in the election for the FIFA Women's Football Coach of the Year 2013
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