Pia Sundhage

Pia Mariane Sundhage (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈpîːa ˈsɵ̂nːdˌhɑːɡɛ], born 13 February 1960) is a Swedish football manager and former professional player. She is the head coach of the Brazil women's national team.[4] As a player, Sundhage played most of her career as a forward and retired as the top scorer for the Sweden national team, but she also had stints playing as a midfielder and a sweeper.

Pia Sundhage
Sundhage in 2013
Personal information
Full name Pia Mariane Sundhage[1]
Date of birth (1960-02-13) 13 February 1960
Place of birth Ulricehamn, Sweden
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Brazil Women
Youth career
1975 IFK Ulricehamn
1975–1976 SGU Falköping
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1978 Falköpings KIK 3 (2)
1979–1981 Jitex BK 54 (86)
1982–1983 Östers IF 40 (65)
1984 Jitex BK 18 (33)
1985 S.S. Lazio 23 (16)
1985 Stattena IF
1985 Jitex BK 9 (4)
1986 Hammarby IF DFF 18 (17)
1987–1989 Jitex BK 65 (41)
1990–1996 Hammarby IF DFF 111 (21)
National team
1975–1996 Sweden 146[3] (71[3])
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
2018–2019 Sweden U-17
2019– Brazil
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sundhage was the head coach of the United States women's national team from 2008 to 2012 and led the team to two Olympic gold medals and a silver medal at the World Cup. Her success led to her winning the 2012 FIFA World Coach of the Year. Sundhage later became the head coach of her native Sweden women's national football team from 2012 to 2017, winning an Olympic silver medal in 2016.

Club career

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 career

Sundhage made her first appearance for the Sweden national team as a 15-year-old in 1975, eventually amassing 146 caps and scoring 71 goals for her country.[5] 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 both Hanna Ljungberg and Lotta Schelin.

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.[6] 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.[7]

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

Pia Sundhage was announced as the United States women's national soccer team head coach on 13 November 2007.[8] 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.[9] 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.[10]

Sweden women's national team

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.[11] "I have long dreamed of becoming Sweden coach and now I am so happy" Sundhage said.[12] Sundhage's first major tournament as coach of the Sweden team was the 2013 European championship, which Sweden hosted;[13] Sweden lost 0–1 in the semi-final to Germany, which won the championship.

After the UEFA Women's EURO 2017 tournament, in August 2017, Sundhage left the women's national team. In November 2017, the Swedish Football Association announced the appointment of Sundhage as the new Sweden women's national under-17 football team head coach. Sundhage took over her new duties on 1 January 2018.[14]

Brazil women's national team

In July 2019, Sundhage accepted an invitation from the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) to become the new coach of the Brazil women's national football team.[15]

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.[16]

Career statistics

Matches and goals scored at World Cup and Olympic tournaments
Key (expand for notes on “world cup and olympic goals”)
Location Geographic location of the venue where the competition occurred
Lineup Start – played entire match
on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time

off minute (on player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time
(c) – captain

Min The minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal.
Assist/pass The ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information.
penalty or pk Goal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.)
Score The match score after the goal was scored.
Result The final score.

W – match was won
L – match was lost to opponent
D – match was drawn
(W) – penalty-shoot-out was won after a drawn match
(L) – penalty-shoot-out was lost after a drawn match

aet The score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation
pso Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parenthesis; the match was tied at the end of extra-time
Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournament
Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament
Goal Match Date Location Opponent Lineup Min Score Result Competition
China 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup
1
 1991-11-17[m 1] Panyu  United States Start

2–3 L

 Group match
1
2
 1991-11-19[m 2] Foshan  Japan Start 34 6–0

8–0 W

 Group match
2
3
 1991-11-21[m 3] Panyu  Brazil Start 42 1-0

2–0 W

 Group match
3
4
 1991-11-24[m 4] Guangzhou  China Start 3 1-0

1–0 W

 Quarter-Final
5
 1991-11-27[m 5] Panyu  Norway Start

1–4 L

 Semi-Final
4
6
 1991-11-29[m 6] Guangzhou  Germany Start 11 2-0

4–0 W

 3rd Place Match
Sweden 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup
7
 1995-6-5[m 7] Helsingborg  Brazil Start

0–1 L

 Group match
5
8
 1995-6-7[m 8] Helsingborg  Germany Start 80 2-2

3–2 W

 Group match
9
 1995-6-9[m 9] Västerås  Japan Start

2–0 W

 Group match
10
 1995-6-13[m 10] Helsingborg  China Start

1–1 (pso 3–4) (L)

 Quarter-Final
Atlanta 1996 Women's Olympic Football Tournament
11
 1996-7-21[m 11] Miami  China Start

0–2 L

 Group match
12
 1996-7-23[m 12] Orlando  United States Start

1–2 L

 Group match
13
 1996-7-25[m 13] Orlando  Denmark Start

3–1 W

 Group match

Matches and goals scored at European Championship tournaments
Goal Match Date Location Opponent Lineup Min Score Result Competition
1984 European Championship
1
1
 1984-3-1[m 14] Rome  Italy Start 50 2-2

3–2 W

 Semi-Final 1st Leg
2
2
 1984-4-1[m 15] Linköping  Italy Start 57 2-1

2–1 W

 Semi-Final 2nd Leg
3
3
 1984-5-27[m 16] Göteborg  England Start 57 1-0

1–0 W

 Final 1st Leg
4
 1984-5-27[m 17] Luton  England Start

0–1 L[note 1]

 Final 2nd Leg
1987 European Championship
5
 1987-6-11[m 18] Moss  England Start

3–2 W

 Semi-Final
6
 1987-6-14[m 19] Oslo  Norway Start

1–2 L

 Final
1989 European Championship
7
 1989-6-28[m 20] Lüdenscheid  Norway Start

1–2 L

 Semi-Final
4
8
 1989-6-30[m 21] Osnabrück  Italy Start 43 1-1

2–1 W

 3rd Place Match
1995 European Championship
9
 1995-2-26[m 22] Kristiansand  Norway Start

3–4 L

 Semi-Final 1st Leg
10
 1995-3-5[m 23] Jönköping  Norway Start

4–1 W

 Semi-Final 2nd Leg
11
 1995-3-26[m 24] Kaiserslautern  Germany Start

2–3 L

 Final

International goals
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.19 November 1991New Plaza Stadium, Foshan, China Japan6–08–01991 FIFA Women's World Cup
2.21 November 1991Ying Tung Stadium, Guangzhou, China Brazil1–02–0
3.24 November 1991Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou, China China1–01–0
4.29 November 1991Guangdong Provincial Stadium, Guangzhou, China Germany2–04–0

Managerial statistics

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

As of 20 July 2021
Team Nat Year Record
GWDLWin %
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 2012–2017 39 20 8 11 051.28
Brazil women 2019–Present 19 12 5 2 063.16
Career total 314 191 55 68 060.83

Honours

Player

Jitex BK

  • Damallsvenskan: 1979, 1981, 1984, 1989
  • Svenska Cupen: 1981, 1984

Hammarby IF DFF

  • Svenska Cupen: 1994, 1995

Sweden

  • FIFA Women's World Cup: third place 1991
  • UEFA European Women's Championship: 1984; runner-up 1987, 1995; third place 1989
  • European Competition for Women's Football: third place 1979 (non-official competition)
  • Women's Nordic Football Championship: 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981; runner-up 1982
  • Algarve Cup: 1995
  • Cyprus Tournament: 1990, 1992
  • North America Cup: 1987

Individual

  • European Competition for Women's Football top scorer: 1984
  • European Competition for Women's Football best player: 1984
  • Damallsvenskan top scorer: 1982, 1983
  • Women's Nordic Football Championship top scorer

Managerial

United States Women

Sweden Women

  • 2016 Olympic Silver Medal

Brazil Women

  • Copa América Femenina: 2022

Individual

  • FIFA World Women's Coach of the year: 2012; finalist 2010, 2011, 2013
  • Best FIFA Women's Coach: finalist 2016
  • 2003 WUSA Coach of the Year

Awards

Sundhage was awarded the Illis quorum in the eighth size by the Swedish government in 2021.[18]

See also
  • List of women's footballers with 100 or more international caps
  • List of FIFA Women's World Cup goalscorers
  • List of UEFA Women's Championship goalscorers
  • List of UEFA Women's Championship records
  • List of women's Olympic football tournament records and statistics
  • List of LGBT sportspeople

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  1. The 1984 European Championship was won by Sweden on penalty kicks when both legs ended 1-0.[17]
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