Vera Pauw

Vera Pauw

Personal information
Full name	Vera Pauw
Date of birth	(1963-01-18) 18 January 1963
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	sv Bredorodes
	vv Vreeswijk
1988–1990	CF Modena
	Puck Deventer
	SV Saestum
International career
1983–1998	Netherlands	89	(2)
Managerial career
1998–2004	Scotland Women
2004–2010	Netherlands Women
2011	Russia Women
2014–	South African Women
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 March 2011

Vera Pauw (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈveːraː pʌu]; born 18 January 1963) is a Dutch football coach and former player.

Playing career

Pauw played 89 international matches for the Netherlands, but never qualified for the final tournament of a World Cup or European Championship. She did become the first female Dutch player to play professionally in Italy when she signed for Modena in 1988.

Coaching career

In September 1998 Pauw was appointed coach and technical director of the Scotland women's national football team, while husband Bert van Lingen was working as assistant manager of Rangers in Glasgow. She departed in October 2004 to take up a similar role with the Netherlands and led her home country to the semi–final of UEFA Women's Euro 2009. She stepped down as Dutrch coach in the first half of 2010.

In April 2011 she succeeded Igor Shalimov as coach of the Russia women's national football team. In September 2011 she was replaced by Farid Benstiti. After that she was appointed as a technical director of Russian team.

Since March 2014 she coaches the South African women's team.