Kurt Peter Gerhardsson (born 22 August 1959) is a Swedish

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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

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. 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

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Honours

Manager

;BK Häcken * Swedish Cup: 2015–16 ;Sweden *

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup was the eighth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international Women's association football championship contested by 24 women's national teams representing member associations of FIFA. It ...

: Third place *

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: Silver medal

References

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