Bev Priestman
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Full name | Beverly Priestman[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 29 April 1986 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Consett, England | ||||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
2013–2016 | Canada U17 | ||||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Canada U20 | ||||||||||||||||
2018–2020 | England (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
2020– | Canada | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Beverly Priestman (born 29 April 1986) is an English professional football manager who is the current head coach of the Canada women's national team.
Early life[edit]
At age 12, Priestman signed-up for futsal in Consett, under John Herdman, who was at the time a university lecturer and a part-time football coach. Priestman graduated from Liverpool John Moores University and worked for Everton under Mo Marley.[2][3]
Coaching career[edit]
Early career[edit]
Priestman has coached Canada's U-17 and U-20 women's squads and was assistant coach for the Canada women's national soccer team under head coach Herdman. She coached England's women's U-17 squad, and she was assistant coach of the England women's national football team under head coach Phil Neville from 2018 to 2020.[3]
Canada women[edit]
In October 2020, Priestman was appointed as the head coach of Canada women's national soccer team, leading them to the gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics on August 6, 2021.[4]
Personal life[edit]
Priestman is married to Emma Humphries, a former midfielder with the New Zealand football team. Their son Jack was born in 2018.[3]
Managerial statistics[edit]
- As of matches played 6 March 2024
Team | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
Canada Women | 28 October 2020 | Present | 52 | 31 | 10 | 11 | 82 | 35 | +47 | 59.62 | [5][6][7] |
Honours[edit]
Canada Women[edit]
- Summer Olympics: 2020
- CONCACAF Women's Championship runner-up: 2022[8]
Individual
References[edit]
- ^ "Women's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020: Squad list, Canada" (PDF). FIFA. 7 July 2021. p. 3. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ Taylor, Louise (5 August 2021). "Bev Priestman's road from County Durham to Olympic final with Canada". The Guardian.
- ^ a b c Davidson, Neil (28 October 2020). "After stint as England's No. 2, Bev Priestman takes over Canada women's soccer team". The Toronto Star. The Canadian Press. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
- ^ Butler, Signa. "Bev Priestman takes over Canada's women's soccer team ahead of Olympic medal pursuit". CBC Sports. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ "Bev Priestman Managerial Statistics www.playmakerstats.com". www.playmakerstats.com. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021.
- ^ "Bev Priestman Managerial Statistics www.sofascore.com". www.sofascore.com. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021.
- ^ "Canada Women Fixtures www.sofascore.com". www.sofascore.com. Archived from the original on 12 April 2016.
- ^ Das, Andrew (19 July 2022). "U.S. Women Beat Canada to Claim Spot in Paris Olympics". The New York Times.
External links[edit]
- 1986 births
- Association football coaches
- Canada women's national soccer team managers
- English expatriate football managers
- English expatriate sportspeople in Canada
- Expatriate soccer coaches in Canada
- English football managers
- English LGBT sportspeople
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Consett
- 21st-century British LGBT people
- 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup managers
- Female association football managers
- Coaches at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Canadian soccer biography stubs