Tony Gustavsson (born 14 August 1973) is a Swedish professional football

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and former player who works as head coach of the Australia women's national team. He is best known for his managerial success in women's football, leading

Tyresö FF Tyresö Fotbollsförening is a Sweden, Swedish association football, football club in Tyresö, a municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Stockholm County. The club was founded in 1971 and is primarily known for its main women's team, which compe ...

to the 2014 UEFA Women's Champions League Final and helping the

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to two world championships in 2015 and

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as an assistant.

Management career

Early career in men's football

Gustavsson first managed Degerfors IF. He was then in charge of Hammarby IF from 2006 but was sacked when the club was relegated from the top flight in 2009. On 27 April 2010, Gustavsson signed a 44-day contract with the Norwegian

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-club

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, but he decided later on to stay till the end of the season. After being relegated with Kongsvinger, Gustavsson did not use his option to extend his contract by one year, and left the club.

Tyresö FF

Under Gustavsson's leadership

won their first

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title in 2012, after a dramatic last day win over rivals Malmö. Madelaine Edlund scored the winning goal after

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's shot had hit the post. Gustavsson also led Tyresö to a 4–3 defeat by

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in the 2014 UEFA Women's Champions League Final. Tyresö became insolvent in 2014 and were kicked out of the

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season, expunging all their results and making all their players

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s. The Stockholm County Administrative Board published the employees' salaries, showing Gustavsson was among the higher earners at SEK 75 000 per-month.

United States women

In April 2012, Gustavsson joined the

as an assistant coach to compatriot

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Australia women

On 29 September 2020, he joined

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as the head coach.

Managerial statistics

References

External links

Hammarby Profile
Living people 1974 births People from Sundsvall Swedish footballers Association football forwards Swedish football managers Hammarby Fotboll managers Hammarby Fotboll non-playing staff Degerfors IF managers Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball managers Australia women's national soccer team managers Swedish expatriate football managers Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate soccer managers in the United States Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Australia Expatriate soccer managers in Australia Sportspeople from Västernorrland County {{Sweden-footy-bio-stub