Vera Pauw

Vera Pauw
Personal information
Full name Vera Pauw
Date of birth (1963-01-18) 18 January 1963
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Playing position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
sv Bredorodes
vv Vreeswijk
1988–1990 CF Modena
Puck Deventer
SV Saestum
National team
1983–1998 Netherlands 89 (2)
Teams managed
1998–2004 Scotland Women
2004–2010 Netherlands Women
2011 Russia Women
2014– South African Women

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 March 2011.

† Appearances (goals)

Vera Pauw (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈveːraː pʌu]; 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 semi–final of UEFA Women's Euro 2009. She stepped down as Dutrch coach in the first half of 2010.[3]

In April 2011 she succeeded Igor Shalimov as coach of the Russia women's national football team.[4] In September 2011 she was replaced by Farid Benstiti.[5] After that she was appointed as a technical director of Russian team.

Since March 2014 she coaches the South African women's team.[6]

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. ↑ "Pioneer Pauw leaves Netherlands helm". UEFA. 25 March 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Pauw in for Shalimov in Russia". UEFA.com. 2011-04-28. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
  5. ↑ "Italy and Russia in 'very important' fixture". UEFA. 25 October 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "Vera Pauw named as new Banyana coach". safa.net. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2015.


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