2022 FIFA World Cup: Who is the coach for Canada?
John Herdman (born 19 July 1975) is the current head coach of the Canadian men’s national football team.
Herdman began teaching football at a young age while a student and part-time university lecturer at Northumbria University in England. Until 2001, he worked as a development coach for Sunderland’s youth program before moving to New Zealand.
Herdman was named head coach of Canada’s men’s national soccer team on January 8, 2018. “He also becomes men’s national director, with responsibility for all age groups from under-14s onward.
He led the Canadian women’s national soccer team to a gold medal finish at the 2011 Pan American Games in Mexico shortly after taking over as coach.
In 2021, he led the club from 72nd to 40th in the FIFA World Rankings, its highest rank to date, earning the team the title of “Most Improved Side” of the year. He moved Canada up to 33rd in the FIFA World Rankings on February 10, 2022.
On March 27, 2022, he led the team to qualification for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, its first World Cup in 36 years, becoming the first manager to successfully lead both a nation’s national women’s and men’s teams to a World Cup.
