 Slegers in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Renée Josiena Anna Slegers[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1989-02-05)5 February 1989 (age 36) | ||
| Place of birth | Someren-Eind, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Arsenal (head coach) | ||
| 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 | Linköping FC | 58 | (8) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2004 | Netherlands U15 | 2 | (0) |
| 2005 | Netherlands U17 | 4 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | Netherlands U19 | 30 | (3) |
| 2009–2016 | Netherlands | 55 | (15) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2018–2021 | IF Limhamn Bunkeflo | ||
| 2021 | Sweden U23 | ||
| 2021–2023 | FC Rosengård | ||
| 2023–2024 | Arsenal (assistant) | ||
| 2024 | Arsenal (interim) | ||
| 2025– | Arsenal | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 December 2018[citation needed] ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15 December 2018[2] | |||
Renée Josiena Anna Slegers (Dutch:[rəˈneːjoːˈsinaːˈʔɑnaːˈsleːɣərs]; born 5 February 1989) is a Dutchfootballcoach and former player, who is the head coach ofWomen's Super League clubArsenal.
Slegers played as amidfielder, representingWillem II, as well as SwedishDamallsvenskan clubsDjurgårdens IF andLinköping FC. She won 55caps for theNetherlands women's national football team and appeared atUEFA Women's Euro 2013. After her retirement, Slegers began coaching in Sweden and spent two seasons as head coach ofFC Rosengård. She joined Arsenal in September 2023, serving as assistant coach underJonas 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. Five months after she was named head coach, Arsenal won the Women's Champions League.
Slegers started her youth career with localSomeren side SSE.[3] She subsequently spent time on the books ofArsenal from 2006 to 2007, before returning to her home country to launch her senior career withWillem II.[4] In 2011, Slegers left Willem II for Swedish clubDjurgårdens IF.[5] When Djurgårdens were relegated in 2012, she moved toLinköping FC for the following season.[citation needed]
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 seniorNetherlands women's national football team, againstRussia in theCyprus Cup.[2] She was not selected in the squad as the Netherlands reached the semi-final ofUEFA Women's Euro 2009.
In June 2013, national teamcoachRoger Reijners selected Slegers in the Netherlands squad forUEFA Women's Euro 2013 inSweden.[7] In March 2016, national team coachArjan van der Laan selected Slegers for the Netherlands squad for the2016 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 ofUEFA 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 manageRosengård B, before succeedingJonas 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 joinedArsenal, 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 theWomen'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] On 24 May 2025, Slegers led Arsenal to their second UEFA Women's Champions League trophy, beatingFC Barcelona Femení 1-0 in thefinal.[14]
Slegers has a son with her partner,Maja Krantz, who played for Linköping as a defender.[15]
| 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 | 1 January 2019 | 22 January 2020 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 46 | −30 | 013.64 | [16] |
| FC Rosengård | 28 June 2021 | 17 April 2023 | 59 | 38 | 8 | 13 | 145 | 66 | +79 | 064.41 | |
| Arsenal | 15 October 2024 | Present | 46 | 31 | 5 | 10 | 119 | 47 | +72 | 067.39 | |
| Career total | 127 | 72 | 18 | 37 | 280 | 160 | +120 | 056.69 | |||
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