Renée Slegers

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.

Renée Slegers

Slegers in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Renée Josina 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(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)
2024	Arsenal (interim)
2025–	Arsenal
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 December 2018[1] ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15 December 2018[2]

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.

Club career

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 Linköping 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]

International career

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]

Managerial and coaching career

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]

Arsenal

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] On 24 May 2025, Slegers led Arsenal to their second UEFA Women's Champions League trophy, beating FC Barcelona Femení 1-0 in the final.^[14]

Personal life

Slegers has a son with her partner, Maja Krantz, who played for Linkoping as a defender.^[15]

Career statistics

International

International goals

Scores and results list the Netherlands goal tally first.^[2]

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

Managerial statistics

As of 24 May 2025

Managerial record by team and tenure

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	013.64	[16]
Rosengard	June 2021	17 April 2023	59	38	8	13	145	66	+79	064.41
Arsenal	15 October 2024	Present	33	25	1	7	93	34	+59	075.76
Career total			114	66	14	34	254	146	+108	057.89

Honours

Player

Linköping FC

• Damallsvenskan (1): 2016
• Svenska Cupen (2): 2013–14, 2014–15

Manager

FC Rosengård

• Damallsvenskan (2): 2021, 2022
• Swedish Cup (1): 2021-22

Arsenal WFC

• UEFA Women's Champions League (1): 2024–25