Even Jostein Pellerud (born 15 July 1953) is a Norwegian

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coach and former player.

Career

Pellerud played for several clubs, including

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from 1974 to 1979 and

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from 1983 to 1986. He was head coach for the

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from 1989 to 1996, and led the Norway team to silver medal at the inaugural first 1991 Women's World Cup, to world champions at the second in

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, and to bronze medalists at the

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. In 1997, he was sacked as coach of

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, together with Per Brogeland. He had a brief tenure as manager of

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club

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. He was head coach for the

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from 1999 to 2008. In 2003, he led team Canada to fourth place in the 2003 Women's World Cup. He led team Canada to the

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, where they finished in an impressive 5th place. He announced his retirement at the end of his contract with Canada in December 2008. He has subsequently come out of retirement and on 16 January 2009 it was announced that he was hired to be the coach of the

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as well as the country's women's under-20 and girls' under-17 teams. He was educated at

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. On 6 December 2012, the Norwegian football association (NFF) announced that Pellerud had signed a four-year contract as the chief trainer of the Norway women's national team.Comeback as Norwegian national team chief (in Norwegian)
/ref> On 12 August 2015, he resigned as the chief trainer of the Norway women's national team.

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* 1953 births Living people Norwegian footballers Vålerenga Fotball players Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball players Norwegian football managers Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball managers Norway women's national football team managers Lillestrøm SK managers Canada women's national soccer team managers 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup managers 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup managers 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup managers 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup managers 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup managers FIFA Women's World Cup-winning managers Norwegian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Denmark Expatriate soccer managers in Canada Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Canada Norwegian School of Sport Sciences alumni Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark UEFA Women's Championship-winning managers Association football midfielders Sportspeople from Kongsvinger {{Norway-footy-bio-stub