Renée Slegers

Renée Slegers
Slegers in 2024
Personal information
Full name Renée Josina Anna Slegers
Date of birth (1989-02-05) 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)
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)
2025– Arsenal
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 December 2018
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 December 2018

Renée Josina Anna Slegers (Dutch: [rəˈneː joːˈsinaː ˈʔɑnaː ˈsleːɣərs]; born 5 February 1989) is a Dutch football coach and former player, who is the head coach of Women's Super League club Arsenal.

Slegers played as a midfielder, representing Willem II, as well as Swedish Damallsvenskan clubs Djurgårdens IF and Linköping 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. Five months after she was named head coach, Arsenal won the Women's Champions League.