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Renée Josina Anna Slegers (born 5 February 1989) is a Dutch football coach and former player, who is the head coach of Arsenal.
2.jpg) Slegers with the Netherlands team in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Renée Josina Anna Slegers[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 5 February 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Someren-Eind, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Arsenal (head coach) | ||
| Number | 55 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–2006 | SSE | ||
| 2006–2007 | Arsenal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2011 | Willem II | 20 | (7) |
| 2011–2012 | Djurgårdens IF | 33 | (4) |
| 2013–2016 | Linköpings FC | 58 | (8) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2009–2016 | Netherlands | 55 | (15) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2018–2021 | IF Limhamn Bunkeflo | ||
| 2021 | Sweden U23s | ||
| 2021–2023 | FC Rosengård | ||
| 2024– | Arsenal | ||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 December 2018[1] ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 December 2018[2] | |||
Slegers played as a midfielder, representing Willem II, as well as Swedish Damallsvenskan clubs Djurgårdens IF and Linköpings FC. She won 55 caps for the Netherlands women's national football team and appeared at UEFA Women's Euro 2013. After her retirement, Slegers began coaching in Sweden and spent two seasons as head coach of FC Rosengård. She joined Arsenal in September 2023, serving as assistant coach under Jonas Eidevall, and became the interim coach in October 2024, following Eidevall's resignation. In January 2025, Slegers was named head coach of Arsenal, signing a contract until the end of the 2025–26 season.
Slegers started her youth career with local Someren side SSE.[3] She subsequently spent time on the books of Arsenal from 2006 to 2007, before returning to her home country to launch her senior career with Willem II.[4] In 2011, Slegers left Willem II for Swedish club Djurgårdens IF.[5] When Djurgårdens were relegated in 2012, she moved to Linköpings FC for the following season.
A serious knee injury sustained in November 2016 eventually brought about the end of Slegers' playing career and she was forced to announce her retirement in February 2018.[6]
On 5 March 2009, Slegers debuted for the senior Netherlands women's national football team, against Russia in the Cyprus Cup.[2] She was not selected in the squad as the Netherlands reached the semi-final of UEFA Women's Euro 2009.
In June 2013, national team coach Roger Reijners selected Slegers in the Netherlands squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.[7] In March 2016, national team coach Arjan van der Laan selected Slegers for the Netherlands squad for the 2016 UEFA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, in which she appeared for the Netherlands in the games against Norway and Sweden.
Slegers was disappointed when a knee injury ruled her out of UEFA Women's Euro 2017, which the Netherlands hosted and subsequently won. She had previously missed a year and a half of football due to a pelvic injury.[8]
Slegers coached IF Limhamn Bunkeflo's under-19 team in the 2018 season and was promoted to the head coach role in November 2018.[9] In March 2021, she was appointed head coach for Sweden's under-23 national team.[10] She went on to manage Rosengård B, before succeeding Jonas Eidevall as head coach of the club's first team in June 2021.[4] Slegers led the team to successive Damallsvenskan titles in 2021 and 2022.[4] She left the post in April 2023.[11] In September 2023, Slegers joined Arsenal, where she became Eidevall's assistant coach.[4] On 15 October 2024, following Eidevall's resignation as head coach, Slegers took over as interim head coach.[12] Under Slegers, Arsenal went unbeaten in eleven matches, and qualified for the quarter-finals of the Women's Champions League, by finishing at the top of their group. On 17 January 2025, it was announced that Slegers had been appointed head coach, signing a one-and-a-half-year contract.[13]
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 21 November 2009 | Kyocera Stadion, The Hague, Netherlands |  Belarus | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 2. | 22 April 2010 | Milano Arena, Kumanovo, Macedonia |  North Macedonia | 7–0 | 7–0 | |
| 3. | 13 June 2010 | MAC³PARK Stadion, Zwolle, Netherlands |  Belgium | 4–1 | 4–1 | Friendly |
| 4. | 2 March 2011 | GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus |  New Zealand | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2011 Cyprus Cup |
| 5. | 4 March 2011 | Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus |  France | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| 6. | 26 September 2013 | Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania |  Albania | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 7. | 26 October 2013 | Estádio José de Carvalho, Maia, Portugal |  Portugal | 1–0 | 7–0 | |
| 8. | 2–0 | |||||
| 9. | 10 April 2014 | Stadion De Braak, Helmond, Netherlands | Albania | 2–0 | 10–1 | |
| 10. | 3–0 | |||||
| 11. | 4–0 | |||||
| 12. | 7–1 | |||||
| 13. | 10–1 | |||||
| 14. | 7 May 2014 | Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium | Belgium | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| 15. | 20 October 2016 | Tony Macaroni Arena, Livingston, Scotland |  Scotland | 4–0 | 7–0 | Friendly |
| Team | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| IF Limhamn Bunkeflo | November 2018 | March 2021 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 46 | −30 | 13.64 | [14][15] |
| Rosengard | June 2021 | 17 April 2023 | 59 | 38 | 8 | 13 | 145 | 66 | +79 | 64.41 | |
| Arsenal | 15 October 2024 | Present | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 6 | +34 | 85.71 | |
| Career total | 95 | 53 | 14 | 28 | 201 | 118 | +83 | 55.79 | |||
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