Renée Slegers
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Slegers in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Renée Josina Anna Slegers | ||
| 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) | ||
| 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 | ||
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*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.