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Even Pellerud

Even Pellerud
Personal information
Full name Even Jostein Pellerud
Date of birth (1953-07-15) 15 July 1953 (age 71)
Place of birth Brandval, Norway
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1979 Vålerenga 93 (10)
1983–1986 Kongsvinger 87 (8)
Total 180 (18)
Managerial career
1987–1989 Kongsvinger
1989–1996 Norway (women)
1997 Lillestrøm
1998 Ikast
1999–2008 Canada (women)
2008–2012 Trinidad & Tobago (women)
2012–2015 Norway (women)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Even Jostein Pellerud (born 15 July 1953) is a Norwegian football coach and former player.[1]

Career

Pellerud played for several clubs, including Vålerenga from 1974 to 1979 and Kongsvinger from 1983 to 1986. He was head coach for the Norway women's national football team from 1989 to 1996, and led the Norway team to silver medal at the inaugural first 1991 Women's World Cup, to world champions at the second in 1995, and to bronze medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics. In 1997, he was sacked as coach of Lillestrøm,[2] together with Per Brogeland. He had a brief tenure as manager of Danish Superliga club Ikast fS.[3]

He was head coach for the Canada women's national soccer team from 1999 to 2008. In 2003, he led team Canada to fourth place in the 2003 Women's World Cup.[4] He led team Canada to the 2008 Summer Olympics, where they finished in an impressive 5th place. He announced his retirement at the end of his contract with Canada in December 2008.[5][6] He has subsequently come out of retirement and on 16 January 2009 it was announced that he was hired to be the coach of the Trinidad and Tobago women's national football team as well as the country's women's under-20 and girls' under-17 teams.[7]

He was educated at Norwegian School of Sport Sciences.[8]

On 6 December 2012, the Norwegian football association (NFF) announced that Pellerud had signed a four-year contract as the chief trainer of the Norway women's national team.[9] On 12 August 2015, he resigned as the chief trainer of the Norway women's national team.

Family Life

Even has a wife and two twin daughters with her, Tora and Hedvig. He spends the majority of his time between various work obligations taking him through Europe (mainly Norway) and North America (Canada).[10]

References

  1. ^ Ole Petter, Pedersen. "Even Jostein Pellerud". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 26 May 2009.
  2. ^ "arkiv/Trenere/Trenere". lskhistorikk.com. Archived from the original on 13 June 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Svenske trænere langt mere populære end norske | Tipsbladet". tipsbladet.dk. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  4. ^ "Even Pellerud fikk pris i Canada" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 2003. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
  5. ^ Jim Morris (2008). "Even Pellerud moving on after shaping soccer team". Canadian Press. Archived from the original on 2 September 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
  6. ^ "Pellerud ferdig i Canada" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. 2008. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
  7. ^ "Pellerud Tobago job". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  8. ^ Bugge, Mette (5 September 2008). "40 år og fortsatt full fart". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 20.
  9. ^ Comeback as Norwegian national team chief (in Norwegian)
  10. ^ Tora Pellerud, daughter.


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