Pia Sundhage

Pia Sundhage

Pia Sundhage in January 2013
Personal information
Full name	Pia Morrow Sundhage
Date of birth	(1960-02-13) 13 February 1960 (age 59)
Place of birth	Ulricehamn, Sweden
Club information
Current team	Sweden (Manager)
Youth career
1975	IFK Ulricehamn
1975–1976	SGU Falköping
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1977–1978	Falköpings KIK
1979–1981	Jitex BK
1982–1983	Östers IF		(65)
1984	Jitex BK
1985	S.S. Lazio		(17)
1985	Stattena IF
1985	Jitex BK
1986	Hammarby IF DFF
1987–1989	Jitex BK
1990–1996	Hammarby IF DFF
National team‡
1975–1996	Sweden	146[1]	(71[1])
Teams managed
1992–1994	Hammarby IF DFF (player/manager)
1998–1999	Vallentuna BK (assistant)
2000	AIK Fotboll Dam (assistant)
2001–2002	Philadelphia Charge (assistant)
2003	Boston Breakers
2004	Kolbotn Fotball
2005–2006	KIF Örebro DFF
2007	China (assistant)
2008–2012	United States
2012–2017	Sweden
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:53, 25 October 2009 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:53, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

Pia Mariane Sundhage (Swedish pronunciation: [²piːa ²sɵnːdˌhɑːɡɛ]; born 13 February 1960) is a Swedish former professional football player who played most of her career as a forward, but had stints as a midfielder as well as a sweeper. Sundhage was the head coach of the United States women's national team from 2008 to 2012; during which her team won two Olympic gold medals and finished second at the World Cup. Sundhage was the 2012 FIFA World Coach of the Year. She became head coach of the Sweden women's national football team on 1 December 2012. Sundhage can be seen in the Sveriges Television documentary television series The Other Sport from 2013.

Contents

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  1 Playing career
  
  
  
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    1.1 Club
    
  
  
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    1.2 International
    
  
  
  
  


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  2 Coaching career
  
  
  
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    2.1 Pre-United States
    
  
  
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    2.2 United States Women's National Team Manager
    
  
  
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    2.3 Sweden Women's National Team Manager
    
  
  
  
  


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  3 Personal life
  


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  4 Honours
  
  
  
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    4.1 Player honours
    
  
  
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    4.2 Managerial honours
    
  
  
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    4.3 Individual
    
  
  
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    4.4 Managerial statistics
    
  
  
  
  


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  5 References
  


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  6 External links
  

Playing career

Club

Sundhage started with IFK Ulricehamn as a youth player and eventually moved to Falköpings KIK in 1978. She then joined Jitex BK from 1979 to 1981. Sundhage played 1982 to 1983 with Östers IF, scoring 30 times in her first season with the club and chipping in 35 more in her second season. 1984 saw a move back to Jitex BK, while 1985 saw Sundhage split time between Stattena IF, S.S. Lazio (where she scored 17 times), and Jitex BK. She played the 1986 season with Hammarby IF DFF, before she moved back to Jitex BK from 1979 through 1989. Sundhage finished her career with Hammarby IF DFF, playing from 1990 until she retired in 1996.

She won four Damallsvenskan championships, all with Jitex BK, as well as two additional Svenska Cupen with the club. She also won two Svenska Cupen with Hammarby IF DFF.

International

Sundhage made her first appearance for the Swedish National Team as a 15-year-old in 1975, eventually amassing 146 caps and scoring 71 goals for her country.^[2] Her 71 goals gave her joint-lead with Lena Videkull for the most in the Swedish National Team history, a record which has since been surpassed by Hanna Ljungberg.

She participated for Sweden in the 1991 (a third-place finish) and 1995 editions of the FIFA Women's World Cup and the 1996 Summer Olympics. She won, and was the top scorer, in the 1984 UEFA Women's Championship. Her image appeared on a Swedish postage stamp in 1988.^[3] In 1989 Sundhage scored the first goal in a women's match at Wembley Stadium, as Sweden beat England 2–0 in a curtain–raiser for the Rous Cup.^[4]

In 2000, Sundhage finished sixth in the voting for FIFA Women's Player of the Century.

Coaching career

Pre-United States

Sundhage got her start in coaching as a player/manager when she was with Hammarby IF DFF from 1992 to 1994. She then took assistants jobs with Vallentuna BK (1998 to 1999) and AIK Fotboll Dam (2000) before moving across the Atlantic Ocean to become an assistant with Philadelphia Charge of the new Women's United Soccer Association in the United States. She eventually was hired on by Boston Breakers as the head coach, winning the league title and being named the 2003 WUSA Coach of the Year in the process. Once the WUSA folded however, it was back to Scandinavia to take on further coaching positions.

Her relationship with the Boston Breakers led United States Women's National Team captain Kristine Lilly and fellow USWNT player Kate Markgraf joining her in the Swedish Damallsvenskan when Pia coached KIF Örebro DFF from 2005 to 2006, after a brief stint with Kolbotn IL in 2004. Lilly said she "wanted to play for Pia again."

Sundhage served as an assistant to Marika Domanski-Lyfors for the China Women's National Team during the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup.

United States Women's National Team Manager

Pia Sundhage was announced as the United States Women's National Team head coach on 13 November 2007.^[5] She became the seventh head coach in the U.S. team's history and the third woman. Lauren Gregg was in charge for 3 games in 2000, April Heinrichs led the squad from 2000–2004 and won the 2004 Summer Olympics, while Sundhage served as a scout for the United States during the 2004 Olympics.

United States women's national team at the 2012 Summer Olympics

While at the helm of the United States, Sundhage won the 2008 Algarve Cup and Gold medals at both the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics. She was on the verge of winning the 2009 Algarve Cup, but the United States lost out to Sundhage's native Sweden on penalties. However, she did win the 2010 Algarve Cup a year later, defeating World and European Champions Germany 3-2 in the final.

She coached the Women's team to the final of the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, where the team advanced to the final for the first time since 1999. However, they were upset by Japan, losing 3-1 on penalty kicks. A year later, Sundhage coached the USWNT to another gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, defeating Japan 2-1 in a Women's World Cup final rematch, with Carli Lloyd scoring both goals.

On 1 September 2012, Sundhage announced she was stepping down as the U.S Women's head coach having expressed a desire to seek opportunities in her native Sweden. Sundhage announced she would coach the U.S. team's games on 16 and 19 September on the team's Olympic victory tour before officially resigning. "I have days where I think, 'What am I doing?' and there are other days where I'm like, 'I'm all up for this next challenge'" Sundhage said upon announcing her departing the US women's national team.^[6] She coached her last game against Australia as part the team's Olympic victory tour on 19 September, defeating them 6-2. With this final win Sundhage was able to leave the team with a 91-6-10(Win-Loss-Tie) record that included two Olympic Gold medals and a second-place finish at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.^[7]

Sweden Women's National Team Manager

The Swedish Football Association announced early 2 September 2012 that Sundhage signed a four-year contract that starts on 1 December. The announcement came hours after Sundhage's match as coach of the U.S. women's team, an 8-0 win in a friendly match against Costa Rica; the first of a series organized to celebrate the winning of gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics. Sundhage replaced Thomas Dennerby, who resigned after Sweden failed to reach the semifinals in 2012 Olympics.^[8] "I have long dreamed of becoming Sweden coach and now I am so happy" Sundhage said.^[9] First major tournament for Sundhage as coach of Sweden team, was the 2013 European championship which Sweden hosted;^[10] Sweden lost 0-1 in the semi-final to Germany, which won the championship.

Personal life

In January 2010, Sundhage mentioned in a Swedish TV interview that as a lesbian she has not felt any homophobia as a coach. "There has been no problem for me to be openly gay as head coach in the U.S.," said Sundhage.^[11]

Honours

Player honours

Sweden

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  UEFA Women's Championship: Winner 1984, Runner-up 1987, Third place 1989, Runner-up 1995
  


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  1979 European Competition for Women's Football: Third place (non-official competition)


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  FIFA Women's World Cup: Third place 1991, Quarter-final 1995
  


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  1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta: Group stage


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  Damallsvenskan: Winner 1979, 1981, 1984, 1989


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  Svenska Cupen: Winner 1981, 1984, 1994, 1995


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  Women's Nordic Football Championship: Winner 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, Runner-up 1982


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  Algarve Cup: Third place 1994, Winner 1995, Runner-up 1996


• Cyprus Tournament: Winner 1990, 1992


• North America Cup: Winner 1987

Managerial honours

United States Women

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  Olympic Gold Medal: 2008, 2012
  


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  FIFA Women's World Cup Runner-up: 2011
  


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  Four Nations Tournament: 2008, 2011
  


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  Algarve Cup: 2008, 2010, 2011
  

Sweden Women

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  Olympic Silver Medal: 2016
  

Individual

• Top scorer in Damallsvenskan: 1982, 1983


• Top scorer 1984 European Competition for Women's Football
  


• Best player 1984 European Competition for Women's Football
  


• Top scorer Women's Nordic Football Championship
  


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  FIFA World Women's Coach of the year:
  
  • Third place 2010, Second place 2011, Winner 2012, Third place 2013
  
  


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  The Best FIFA Football Coach: Third place 2016


• 2003 WUSA Coach of the Year

Managerial statistics

All competitive league games (league and domestic cup) and international matches (including friendlies) are included.

As of 8 June 2015

Team	Nat	Year	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Hammarby IF		1992–1994	66	33	13	20	050.00
Boston Breakers		2003	21	10	7	4	047.62
Kolbotn		2004	18	9	1	8	050.00
Örebro DFF		2005–2006	44	16	11	17	036.36
United States women		2007–2012	107	91	10	6	085.05
Sweden women		2012–	39	20	8	11	051.28
Career Total			295	179	50	66	060.68

References

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   ^ "Fakta och meriter för medlemmarna i SFS Hall of Fame". SFS (in Swedish). Retrieved 2011-10-03.
   


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   ^ "New Coach for Women's U.S. Soccer Team". The New York Times. 14 November 2007. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
   


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   ^ U.S. coach Pia Sundhage steps down, ESPN.com. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
   


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   ^ "Sweden women's soccer coach quits following Olympic loss". Associated Press via foxnews.com.
   


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   ^ "Sundhage appointed Sweden coach". Associated Press via Yahoo! Sports.
   


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    ^ "Sundhage to be new Sweden coach". AFP via Yahoo! Sports.
    


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    ^ "Head coach Pia Sundhage of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team comes out". AfterEllen. 13 January 2010. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
    

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  Pia Sundhage – FIFA competition record


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Awards

v t e Swedish Women's Footballer of the Year Årets fotbollstjej award 1980: Svenjeby 1981: Sundhage 1982: Börjesson 1983: Leidinge 1984: Videkull 1985: Andersson 1986: Axén 1987: Hultin 1988: Videkull 1989: Hultin Diamantbollen 1990: Zeikfalvy 1991: Leidinge 1992: Andelén 1993: Videkull 1994: Bengtsson 1995: Andersson 1996: Swedberg 1997: Karlsson 1998: Svensson 1999: Sandell 2000: Nordlund 2001: Moström 2002: Ljungberg 2003: Svensson 2004: Bengtsson 2005: Marklund 2006: Schelin 2007: Sjögran 2008: Östberg 2009: Seger 2010: Sjögran 2011: Schelin 2012: Schelin 2013: Schelin 2014: Schelin 2015: Lindahl 2016: Lindahl 2017: Asllani 2018: Fischer v t e Damallsvenskan top scorers 1982: Sundhage 1983: Sundhage 1984: Videkull 1985: Nilsson 1986: Axén 1987: Carlsson 1988: Videkull 1989: Hultin 1990: Videkull 1991: Videkulll 1992: Andelén 1993: Andelén 1994: Andelén 1995: Wahlgren 1996: Videkull 1997: Videkull & Wahlgren 1998: Svensson 1999: Pendyk 2000: Pendyk 2001: Svensson 2002: Ljungberg 2003: Svensson 2004: Kalmari & Marta 2005: Lundin & Marta 2006: Schelin 2007: Schelin 2008: Marta & Melis 2009: Liljegärd 2010: Melis 2011: Melis & Viðarsdóttir 2012: Mittag 2013: Press 2014: Mittag 2015: Enganamouit 2016: Harder 2017: Chawinga 2018: Mittag v t e UEFA Women's Championship Golden Player 1984: Sundhage 1987: Støre 1989: Fitschen 1991: Neid 1993: Riise 1995: Prinz 1997: Morace 2001: Ljungberg 2005: Mäkinen 2009: Grings 2013: Angerer 2017: Martens v t e UEFA Women's Championship top scorers 1984: Sundhage 1987: Stendal 1989: Grude & Lohn 1991: Mohr 1993: Mackensie 1995: Videkull 1997: Morace, Pettersen & Roujas 2001: Müller & Smisek 2005: Grings 2009: Grings 2013: Schelin 2017: Taylor v t e FIFA Women's Coach of the Year FIFA World Coach of the Year 2010: Neid 2011: Sasaki 2012: Sundhage 2013: Neid 2014: Kellermann 2015: Ellis The Best FIFA Football Coach 2016: Neid 2017: Wiegman 2018: Pedros v t e Football at the Summer Olympics – Women's tournament winning managers 1996: DiCicco 2000: Høgmo 2004: Heinrichs 2008: Sundhage 2012: Sundhage 2016: Neid

Pia Sundhage international tournaments

Sweden squads v t e Sweden squad – 1984 European Competition for Women's Football winners (1st title) GK Arnesson GK Leidinge DF Burevik DF Börjesson (c) DF Gjellan DF Kåberg DF Jansson DF Nicklasson MF C.Andersson MF E.Andersson MF Svenjeby MF Åhman-Svensson FW Axén FW Hansson FW Johansson FW Sundhage FW Uusitalo FW Videkull FW Ödlund Coach: Lyfors v t e Sweden squad – 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup Third Place 1 Leidinge 2 Lundgren 3 Hansson 4 Fors 5 Zeikfalvy 6 Swedberg 7 Sundhage (c) 8 Hedberg 9 H. Johansson 10 Videkull 11 Andelén 12 Olsson 13 Ewrelius 14 Svensson-Gustafsson 15 Nilsson 16 I. Johansson 17 Karlsson 18 Larsson Coach: Paijkull v t e Sweden squad – 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Leidinge 2 Lundgren 3 Jakobsson 4 Sundhage (c) 5 Bengtsson 6 Pohjanen 7 Videkull 8 Hedberg 9 Andersson 10 Andelén 11 Kalte 12 A. Nilsson 13 Nessvold 14 Lönnqvist 15 Olsson 16 Zeikfalvy 17 Flink 18 H. Nilsson 19 Bozicevic 20 Johansson Coach: Simonson v t e Sweden women's football squad – 1996 Summer Olympics 1 Nilsson 2 Sandell 3 Jakobsson 4 Nessvold 5 Bengtsson 6 Pohjanen 7 Sundhage (c) 8 Swedberg 9 Andersson 10 Kalte 11 Videkull 12 Karlsson 13 Svensson-Gustafsson 14 Kun 15 Carlsson 16 Ljungberg 17 Larsson 18 Lönnqvist 19 Bowall 20 Wahlgren Coach: Simonsson v t e Sweden squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2013 Semi-finalists 1 K. Hammarström 2 Rohlin 3 Segerström 4 Ilestedt 5 Fischer 6 Thunebro 7 Dahlkvist 8 Schelin (c) 9 Asllani 10 Jakobsson 11 Göransson 12 Lindahl 13 Konradsson 14 Öqvist 15 Sjögran 16 Nilsson 17 Seger 18 Samuelsson 19 Magnusson 20 M. Hammarström 21 Lundgren 22 Schough 23 Hjohlman Coach: Sundhage v t e Sweden squad – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Lindahl 2 Rohlin 3 Sembrant 4 Berglund 5 Fischer 6 Thunebro 7 Dahlkvist 8 Schelin 9 Asllani 10 Jakobsson 11 Hjohlman 12 Carlén 13 Diaz 14 Ilestedt 15 Sjögran 16 Nilsson 17 Seger (c) 18 Samuelsson 19 Lundh 20 Appelqvist 21 Söberg 22 Schough 23 Rubensson Coach: Sundhage v t e Sweden women's football squad – 2016 Summer Olympics – Silver medalists 1 Lindahl 2 Andersson 3 Sembrant 4 Berglund 5 Fischer 6 Eriksson 7 Dahlkvist 8 Schelin (c) 9 Asllani 10 Jakobsson 11 Blackstenius 12 Schough 13 Rolfö 14 Appelqvist 15 Samuelsson 16 Rubensson 17 Seger 18 Carlén 19 Hammarlund Coach: Sundhage v t e Sweden squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2017 1 Lindahl 2 Andersson 3 Sembrant 4 Berglund 5 Fischer 6 Eriksson 7 Dahlkvist 8 Schelin 9 Asllani 10 Spetsmark 11 Blackstenius 12 Carlén 13 Johansson 14 Folkesson 15 Samuelsson 16 Glas 17 Seger (c) 18 Rolfö 19 Hammarlund 20 Larsson 21 Lundberg 22 Schough 23 Rubensson Coach: Sundhage v t e United States women's soccer squad – 2008 Summer Olympics – Gold Medalists 1 Solo 2 Mitts 3 Rampone (c) 4 Buehler 5 Tarpley 6 Kai 7 Boxx 8 Rodriguez 9 O'Reilly 10 Wagner 11 Lloyd 12 Cheney 13 Heath 14 Cox 15 Markgraf 16 Hucles 17 Chalupny 18 Barnhart Coach: Sundhage v t e United States squad – 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup runners-up 1 Solo 2 Mitts 3 Rampone (c) 4 Sauerbrunn 5 O'Hara 6 LePeilbet 7 Boxx 8 Rodriguez 9 O'Reilly 10 Lloyd 11 Krieger 12 Cheney 13 Morgan 14 Cox 15 Rapinoe 16 Lindsey 17 Heath 18 Barnhart 19 Buehler 20 Wambach 21 Loyden Coach: Sundhage v t e United States women's soccer squad – 2012 Summer Olympics – Gold Medalists 1 Solo 2 Mitts 3 Rampone (c) 4 Sauerbrunn 5 O'Hara 6 LePeilbet 7 Boxx 8 Rodriguez 9 O'Reilly 10 Lloyd 11 Leroux 12 Cheney 13 Morgan 14 Wambach 15 Rapinoe 16 Buehler 17 Heath 18 Barnhart Coach: Sundhage

v t e Sweden women's national football team – managers
Molander (1973) Karlsson (1974–1976) Grip (1977–1978) Bergquist (1979) Lyfors (1980–1987) Paijkull (1988–1991) Simonsson (1992–1996) Domanski-Lyfors (1996–2005) Dennerby (2005–2012) Sundhage (2012–2017) Gerhardsson (2017–)

v t e United States women's national soccer team – managers
M. Ryan (1985) Dorrance (1986–94) DiCicco (1994–99) Gregg (a.i.) (1997–2000) Heinrichs (2000–05) G. Ryan (2005–07) Sundhage (2008–12) Ellis (a.i.) (2012) Sermanni (2013–14) Ellis (a.i.) (2014) Ellis (2014–)

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