Vera Pauw

Vera Pauw (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈveːraː pʌu]; born 18 January 1963) is a Dutch football coach and former player. She currently manages the Republic of Ireland women's national football team. She has managed several national women's football teams, including Scotland, Netherlands, Russia and South Africa.

Vera Pauw
Personal information
Full name Vera Pauw
Date of birth (1963-01-18) 18 January 1963
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Playing position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1981 VV Brederodes
1981–1988 VSV Vreeswijk
1988–1990 CF Modena
Puck Deventer
SV Saestum
National team
1983–1998 Netherlands 89 (2)
Teams managed
1998–2004 Scotland
2004–2010 Netherlands
2011 Russia
2014–2016 South Africa
2018 Houston Dash
2019– Republic of Ireland
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

As a child, Pauw played football with her two brothers on the streets, when she was 13 years SV Bredorodes started a women's team which Pauw joined, and at the age of 18 she moved to VSV Vreeswijk to play in a higher level.[1] Soon she arrived at the Netherlands women's national football team and from 1983 to 1998 played 89 international matches, 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 outside the country, when she signed for Italian club CF Modena in 1988.[2][3] After two years in Italy, she returned to the Netherlands and played for Puck Deventer and SV Saestum.[4][5]

International goals
Scores and results list the Netherlands goal tally first.[6]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.19 March 1990Solitude, Belfast, Northern Ireland Northern Ireland3–06–01991 UEFA Women's Euro qualification
2.16 March 1995Estádio José Arcanjo, Olhão, Portugal Sweden1–11–21995 Algarve Cup

Coaching career

In September 1998, Pauw was appointed coach and technical director of Scotland women's national football team, at the same time her husband Bert van Lingen was working as assistant manager of Rangers F.C. in Glasgow.[7] 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 the Dutch coach in the first half of 2010.[8]

In April 2011, she succeeded Igor Shalimov as coach of the Russia women's national football team on an interim basis.[9] In September 2011 she was replaced by Farid Benstiti.[10] After that she was appointed as a technical director of Russian team.[11]

In March 2014, she becomes the South Africa women's national football team coach,[12] replacing Josepha Mkhonza who became a selector for the national team. She said at the time "I am excited to become part of this ambitious project in which we can develop our girls into international stars. SAFA is aiming high with women’s football." Pauw explained that she had previously had a great deal of involvement with the South Africa setup due to the frequency of friendlies with the Dutch while she was managing them.

She resigned as South Africa head coach following the 2016 Olympics.[13]

On 27 November 2017 Pauw was hired as the new head coach of the Houston Dash.[14] On 20 September 2018 Pauw departed from the club.[15]

On 4 September 2019, Pauw was appointed as the new manager of the Republic of Ireland Women's National Football Team.[16]

References
  1. Dessing, Babette (25 May 2010). "5 vragen aan Vera Pauw, voormalig bondscoach van het Nederlands vrouwenelftal". Sport Knowhow XL (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  2. "Pauw bows out". She Kicks. 29 March 2010. Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  3. "Vera Pauw vertrekt bij KNVB". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). 25 March 2010. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  4. "Vera Pauw vindt nieuwe club in Verenigde Staten". vrouwenvoetbalnieuws.nl (in Dutch). 27 November 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  5. "Vera Pauw benoemd tot bondsridder van de KNVB". KNVB (in Dutch). 16 July 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  6. "Profile". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  7. "Going Dutch". Daily Mirror. 17 September 1998. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  8. "Pioneer Pauw leaves Netherlands helm". UEFA. 25 March 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  9. "Pauw in for Shalimov in Russia". UEFA.com. 28 April 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  10. "Italy and Russia in 'very important' fixture". UEFA. 25 October 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  11. "Vera Pauw has been appointed the new Banyana Banyana (South Africa) Women's coach". Goal.com. 13 March 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  12. "Vera Pauw named as new Banyana coach". safa.net. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  13. "Safa should go local with new Banyana coach – IOL".
  14. "Dash hire Dutch legend Vera Pauw as head coach". chron.com. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  15. https://www.houstondynamo.com/post/2018/09/20/houston-dash-coach-vera-pauw-departs-club-return-holland
  16. "Ex-Netherlands boss Vera Pauw appointed as new Ireland women's manager". Irish Independent. 4 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.