Football: New coach for Swedish women's team
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Published: 29 Nov, 2016 CET.
Updated: Tue 29 Nov 2016 15:14 CET
Swedish legend football coach Pia Sundhage is stepping down.
Sundhage, whose inspired coaching led the Swedish women's football squad to Olympic silver in Rio, will leave the team in 2017 and be replaced by Peter Gerhardsson, the Football Association announced on Tuesday.
Sundhage, 56, has headed Sweden since 2012 and previously led the United States to gold at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games.
She will stay on in her position through the European Championships in the Netherlands next July-August.
Her replacement, 57-year-old Gerhardsson, is currently the coach of Häcken, a Swedish first-division team that finished tenth out of 16 this year.
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New coach Peter Gerhardsson. Photo: Björn Larsson Rosvall/TT
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Sundhage, whose inspired coaching led the Swedish women's football squad to Olympic silver in Rio, will leave the team in 2017 and be replaced by Peter Gerhardsson, the Football Association announced on Tuesday.
Sundhage, 56, has headed Sweden since 2012 and previously led the United States to gold at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games.
She will stay on in her position through the European Championships in the Netherlands next July-August.
Her replacement, 57-year-old Gerhardsson, is currently the coach of Häcken, a Swedish first-division team that finished tenth out of 16 this year.
READ ALSO: Six times Pia Sundhage proved she's just the coolest
New coach Peter Gerhardsson. Photo: Björn Larsson Rosvall/TT
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