Pia Sundhage

Pia Sundhage
Sundhage in 2013
Personal information
Full name Pia Mariane Sundhage[1]
Date of birth (1960-02-13) 13 February 1960 (age 64)[2]
Place of birth Ulricehamn, Sweden[2]
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[3]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Switzerland (manager)
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)
International career
1975–1996 Sweden 146[4] (71[4])
Managerial career
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)
2007–2012 United States
2012–2017 Sweden
2018–2019 Sweden U-17
2019–2023 Brazil
2024– Switzerland
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pia Mariane Sundhage (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈpîːa ˈsɵ̂nːdˌhɑːɡɛ], born 13 February 1960) is a Swedish football manager and former professional player. Currently, she is coaching Switzerland.[5] As a player, Sundhage played most of her career as a forward and retired as the top scorer for the Sweden national team.

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.

  1. ^ "Women's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020: Squad list, Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 7 July 2021. p. 2. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Pia Sundhage" (in Swedish). Swedish Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 7 April 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  3. ^ Official Results: Football. Vol. 12. Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games. 1996. p. 14. Archived from the original on 20 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Caps and goals". svenskfotboll.se.
  5. ^ "Sundhage: I'm at the right place at the right time". FIFA. Retrieved 19 October 2021.