Vera Pauw

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Vera Pauw
Personal information
Full nameVera Pauw
Date of birth (1963-01-18) 18 January 1963
Place of birthAmsterdam, Netherlands
Playing positionDefender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
sv Bredorodes
vv Vreeswijk
19881990CF Modena
Puck Deventer
SV Saestum
National team
1983–1998Netherlands89(2)
Teams managed
1998–2004Scotland Women
2004–2010Netherlands Women
2011Russia Women
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 March 2011. † Appearances (Goals).

Vera Pauw (born 18 January 1963) is a Dutch football coach and former player.

Playing career

Pauw played 89 international matches for the Netherlands, but never qualified for the final tournament of a World Cup or European Championship. She did become the first female Dutch player to play professionally in Italy when she signed for Modena in 1988.[1]

Coaching career

In September 1998 Pauw was appointed coach and technical director of the Scotland women's national football team, while husband Bert van Lingen was working as assistant manager of Rangers in Glasgow.[2] She departed in October 2004 to take up a similar role with the Netherlands and led her home country to the semifinal of UEFA Women's Euro 2009.

In April 2011 she succeeded Igor Shalimov as coach of the Russia women's national football team.[3] In September 2011 she was replaced by Farid Benstiti.[4] After that she was appointed as a technical director of Russian team.

References

  1. "Pauw bows out". She Kicks. 2010-03-29. Retrieved 2011-08-14. 
  2. "Going Dutch". Daily Mirror. 1998-09-17. Retrieved 2011-08-14. 
  3. "Pauw in for Shalimov in Russia". UEFA.com. 2011-04-28. Retrieved 2011-08-14. 
  4. UEFA


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