Peter Gerhardsson
{{Short description|Swedish footballer and manager (born 1959)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Peter Gerhardsson
| image = Peter Gerhardsson.jpg
| caption =
| fullname = Kurt Peter Gerhardsson{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce5/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=Women's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020: Squad list, Sweden |publisher=FIFA |page=12 |date=7 July 2021 |access-date=7 July 2021 |archive-date=15 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211015204200/https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce5/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |url-status=live }}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1959|08|22}}
| birth_place = Uppsala, Sweden
| height =
| position = Forward
| currentclub = Sweden Women
| youthyears1 = 1967–1977
| youthclubs1 = Upsala IF
| youthyears2 = 1978–
| youthclubs2 = Hammarby IF
| years1 = {{0|0000}}–1977
| clubs1 = Upsala IF
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 1978–1987
| clubs2 = Hammarby IF
| caps2 = 152
| goals2 = 49
| years3 = 1988–1990
| clubs3 = Vasalunds IF
| caps3 = 71
| goals3 = 21
| years4 = 1991–1992
| clubs4 = Enköpings SK
| caps4 =
| goals4 =
| totalcaps = 223
| totalgoals = 70
| nationalyears1 = 1976
| nationalteam1 = Sweden U16
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 1976–1977
| nationalteam2 = Sweden U18
| nationalcaps2 = 17
| nationalgoals2 = 2
| nationalyears3 = 1986
| nationalteam3 = Sweden Olympic
| nationalcaps3 = 3
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| manageryears1 = 1993–1995
| managerclubs1 = Upsala IF
| manageryears2 = 1996
| managerclubs2 = BKV Norrtälje
| manageryears3 = 1997–1998
| managerclubs3 = Bälinge IF
| manageryears4 = 2000–2002
| managerclubs4 = Enköpings SK (assistant coach)
| manageryears5 = 2002–2004
| managerclubs5 = Sweden U17
| manageryears6 = 2005–2008
| managerclubs6 = Helsingborgs IF (assistant coach)
| manageryears7 = 2009–2016
| managerclubs7 = BK Häcken
| manageryears8 = 2017–
| managerclubs8 = Sweden Women
}}
Kurt Peter Gerhardsson (born 22 August 1959) is a Swedish football manager and former football player.{{Cite web|title=Peter Gerhardsson – Spelarstatistik – Svensk fotboll|url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/spelarfakta/peter-gerhardsson/891e58d7-f038-4460-9034-4c8e851fcb85/|url-status=live|access-date=30 July 2021|website=svenskfotboll.se.|language=sv|archive-date=30 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730120157/https://www.svenskfotboll.se/spelarfakta/peter-gerhardsson/891e58d7-f038-4460-9034-4c8e851fcb85/}} He was previously the manager of BK Häcken.{{cite web|url= https://svenskfotboll.se/allsvenskan/lag/?flid=25509|title= BK Häcken|accessdate= 15 April 2011|publisher= SvFF|language= Swedish|archive-date= 12 January 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180112185545/http://svenskfotboll.se/allsvenskan/lag/?flid=25509|url-status= live}} Before the start of the 2013 Allsvenskan he was ranked as the best manager in the league by newspaper Aftonbladet.{{cite web|url= http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/sverige/allsvenskan/hacken/article16446742.ab|title= Häcken är ett bättre lag i år|date= 20 March 2013|accessdate= 22 March 2013|publisher= Aftonbladet|language= Swedish|archive-date= 14 December 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191214073926/http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/sverige/allsvenskan/hacken/article16446742.ab|url-status= live}}
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.{{cite web | title=Gerhardsson: The music and methods behind a Swedish success story | website=fifa.com | date=22 August 2019 | url=https://www.fifa.com/news/gerhardsson-the-music-and-methods-behind-a-swedish-success-story | access-date=29 August 2023 | archive-date=29 August 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829041240/https://www.fifa.com/news/gerhardsson-the-music-and-methods-behind-a-swedish-success-story | url-status=live }}{{cite web | title=Videos Gerhardsson 'thoroughly enjoyed' Sweden's third place finish | website=Vodacom Soccer | date=21 August 2023 | url=https://vodacomsoccer.com/video/play/gerhardsson-thoroughly-enjoyed-swedens-third-place-finish | access-date=29 August 2023 | archive-date=29 August 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829041240/https://vodacomsoccer.com/video/play/gerhardsson-thoroughly-enjoyed-swedens-third-place-finish | url-status=live }}
Honours
=Manager=
==BK Häcken==
==Sweden==
- FIFA Women's World Cup third place: 2019, 2023
- Summer Olympic silver medalist: 2020
References
{{Reflist}}
{{BK Häcken managers}}
{{Sweden women's national football team managers}}
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{{Current managers of UEFA women's national teams}}
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Category:Swedish men's footballers
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