Peter Gerhardsson

Kurt Peter Gerhardsson (born 22 August 1959) is a Swedish football manager and former football player.^[2] He was previously the manager of BK Häcken.^[3] Before the start of the 2013 Allsvenskan he was ranked as the best manager in the league by newspaper Aftonbladet.^[4]

Peter Gerhardsson

Personal information
Full name	Kurt Peter Gerhardsson[1]
Date of birth	(1959-08-22) 22 August 1959 (age 65)
Place of birth	Uppsala, Sweden
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Sweden Women
Youth career
1967–1977	Upsala IF
1978–	Hammarby IF
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
0000–1977	Upsala IF
1978–1987	Hammarby IF	152	(49)
1988–1990	Vasalunds IF	71	(21)
1991–1992	Enköpings SK
Total		223	(70)
International career
1976	Sweden U16	2	(1)
1976–1977	Sweden U18	17	(2)
1986	Sweden Olympic	3	(0)
Managerial career
1993–1995	Upsala IF
1996	BKV Norrtälje
1997–1998	Bälinge IF
2000–2002	Enköpings SK (assistant coach)
2002–2004	Sweden U17
2005–2008	Helsingborgs IF (assistant coach)
2009–2016	BK Häcken
2017–	Sweden Women
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gerhardsson became the manager of the Swedish women's national team in 2017, replacing Pia Sundhage after the UEFA Women's Euro 2017. He led the team to third-place finishes in the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2019 and 2023.

Managerial career

With Gerhardsson as manager, the Sweden women's national football team has twice finished third place in the FIFA Women's World Cup, first in 2019 and then in 2023.^[5][6]

Honours

Manager

BK Häcken

• Swedish Cup: 2015–16

Sweden

• FIFA Women's World Cup third place: 2019, 2023
• Summer Olympic silver medalist: 2020