Kurt Peter Gerhardsson (born 22 August 1959) is a Swedish
football
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manager and former football player. He was previously the manager of
BK Häcken
Bollklubben Häcken, more commonly known as BK Häcken or simply Häcken (), is a Swedish professional association football, football club based in Gothenburg. It currently plays in Allsvenskan, the top tier of Swedish football. Formed on 2 Augu ...
. Before the start of the
2013 Allsvenskan he was ranked as the best manager in the league by newspaper
Aftonbladet
''Aftonbladet'' (, lit. "The evening paper") is a Swedish daily newspaper published in Stockholm, Sweden. It is one of the largest daily newspapers in the Nordic countries.
History and profile
The newspaper was founded by Lars Johan H ...
.
On 29 November 2016 it was announced that he would take over as manager of the
Swedish women's national team after
Pia Sundhage
Pia Mariane Sundhage (, 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. As a player, Sundhage played most of her career as a forward and retired as ...
following
UEFA Women's Euro 2017
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.
Honours
Manager
;BK Häcken
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Swedish Cup:
2015–16
;Sweden
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2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
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: Third place
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2020 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July.
Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
: Silver medal
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gerhardsson, Peter
1959 births
Living people
Swedish footballers
Swedish football managers
Hammarby Fotboll players
Vasalunds IF players
Enköpings SK players
BK Häcken managers
Association football forwards
Sweden women's national football team managers
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup managers
Footballers from Uppsala
UEFA Women's Euro 2022 managers