Even Pellerud... speaks Norwegian and English... football family (wife Anne)...

served as Canada's Head Coach at two FIFA Women’s World Cup (USA 2003 and China 2007) and one Women's Olympic Football Tournament (Beijing 2008)…

after qualifying for his fifth FIFA Women’s World Cup as a coach, he told FIFA.com, “though I’ve been fortunate enough to take several teams through to the finals, the feeling you get when you qualify is always the same: fantastic”...

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coached four men’s premier teams in Norway and Denmark... served on CONCACAF’s Women’s Technical Committee... served as a coach mentor in the inaugural FIFA Coach Mentorship Program in 2018-19 (alongside mentor coach Hope Powell)... 

served as Norway’s women’s national head coach... coached Norway to second place at the 1991 UEFA Women’s Championship... coached Norway to second place at the FIFA Women’s World Cup China 1991... 

coached Norway to first place at the 1993 UEFA Women’s Championship... coached Norway to third place at the 1995 UEFA Women’s Championship... coached Norway to first place at the FIFA Women’s World Cup Sweden 1995... coached Norway to third place at the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament Atlanta 1996... 

served as Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team Head Coach (from 1999 to 2008)... all-time, posted 62 wins, 22 draws, and 52 losses in 139 international “A” matches as Canada’s head coach... left Canada as the program’s all-time leader in wins (62) and matches (139)... coached Canada at two FIFA Women’s World Cups (2003, 2007) and one Women’s Olympic Football Tournament (2008)... coached Canada at five Concacaf tournaments (three silver, one bronze) and one Pan American Games (bronze)... with Canada, featured 71 different Women’s National Team players at the international “A” level from 2000 to 2008... 

served as Canada’s head coach when the team finished fourth at the 2000 CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup... served as Canada’s head coach when the team finished second at the 2002 CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup... led Canada to a national record 10-match unbeaten streak in 2003 (since surpassed), with nine wins and one draw from 19 May to 14 September... served as Canada’s head coach when the team finished fourth at the FIFA Women’s World Cup USA 2003... was the first person to coach two different teams at the FIFA Women’s World Cup (Norway and Canada)... served as Canada’s head coach when the team finished third at the 2004 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualification Tournament (Canada did not qualify for Athens)... 

served as Canada’s head coach when the team finished second at the 2006 CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup (Canada qualified for China 2007)... served as Canada’s head coach when the team won a bronze medal at the XV Pan American Games Rio 2007... served as Canada’s head coach at the FIFA Women’s World Cup China 2007... set the record for most matches coached at the FIFA Women’s World Cup (21 matches from 1991-2007)... served as Canada’s head coach when the team finished second at the 2008 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualification Tournament (Canada qualified for Beijing 2008)... served as Canada’s head coach at the 2008 Women’s Olympic Football Tournament in Beijing (Canada lost 1:2 a.e.t. to USA in the quarter-final stage)... 

served as Trinidad and Tobago’s youth coach at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Trinidad and Tobago 2010... served as Trinidad and Tobago’s youth coach at the 2012 CONCACAF Women’s Under-17 Championship... 

again served as Norway’s women’s national coach (starting 6 December 2012)...