Renée Slegers

Renée Josiena Anna Slegers (born 5 February 1989) is a Dutch football coach and former international midfielder. As a player she represented Willem II, as well as Swedish Damallsvenskan clubs Djurgårdens IF and Linköpings FC. She won 55 caps for the Netherlands women's national football team and appeared at UEFA Women's Euro 2013. Slegers has served as assistant coach of Arsenal since September 2023.

Club career
Slegers started her youth career with local Someren side SSE. 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. In 2011 Slegers left Willem II for Swedish club Djurgårdens IF. When Djurgårdens were relegated in 2012, she moved to Linköpings FC for the following season.

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.

International career
On 5 March 2009 Slegers debuted for the senior Netherlands women's national football team, against Russia in the Cyprus Cup. 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. 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.

International goals

 * Scores and results list the Netherlands goal tally first.

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. In March 2021 she was appointed Head coach for Sweden's U23 National team. She went on to manage Rosengard B, before succeeding Jonas Eidevall as head coach of the club's first team in June 2021. Slegers led the team to successive Damallsvenskan titles in 2021 and 2022. She left the post in April 2023. In September 2023, Slegers joined Arsenal, where she became Eidevall's assistant coach.

Honours

 * Linköpings FC
 * Damallsvenskan (1): 2016
 * Svenska Cupen (2): 2013–14, 2014–15