Hope Powell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Hope Powell

English international association football player and manager

Date of Birth: 08-Dec-1966

Place of Birth: London

Profession: association football manager, association football player, autobiographer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Hope Powell

  • Hope Patricia Powell, CBE (born 8 December 1966) is an English former international footballer and women's first-team manager of Brighton & Hove Albion.
  • She was the coach of the England women's national football team and the Great Britain women's Olympic football team until August 2013.
  • As a player, Powell won 66 caps for England, mainly as an attacking midfielder, scoring 35 goals.
  • She made her England debut at the age of 16, and went on to play in the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, England's first World Cup appearance.
  • She was also vice-captain of her country.
  • At club level Powell played in four FA Women's Cup finals and captained Croydon to a League and Cup double in 1996. The Football Association (FA) appointed Powell as England's first-ever full-time national coach in 1998.
  • She led the team at the 2001, 2005, 2009 and 2013 editions of the UEFA Women's Championship.
  • After failing to qualify in 2003, she guided England to the quarter-finals of the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2007 and 2011.
  • England's best results, reaching the final of the UEFA Women's Championship in 1984 and 2009, both featured Powell.
  • She was a player at the former and coach at the latter. As well as managing the England senior team, Powell oversaw the whole structure from Under-15s to the Under-23s, a coach mentoring scheme and The FA’s National Player Development Centre at Loughborough University.
  • In May 2009 Powell's administration implemented central contracts, to help players focus on full-time training and playing, without having to fit it around full-time employment.
  • Initially 17 players signed contracts.
  • In 2003 Powell became the first woman to achieve the UEFA Pro Licence—the highest coaching qualification available.

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