Sarina Wiegman

Sarina Wiegman
OON CBE
Wiegman as England coach in 2022
Personal information
Full name Sarina Petronella Wiegman[1]
Date of birth (1969-10-26) 26 October 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth The Hague, Netherlands
Position(s) Central midfielder, defender
Team information
Current team
 England (head coach)
Youth career
GSC ESDO
HSV Celeritas
1987–1988 KFC '71
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989 North Carolina Tar Heels 24 (4)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–2003 Ter Leede
International career
1987–2001 Netherlands 99[2] (3)
Managerial career
2006–2007 Ter Leede
2007–2014 ADO Den Haag
2014–2017 Netherlands (assistant)
2015 Netherlands (interim)
2016 Jong Sparta Rotterdam (assistant)
2016–2017 Netherlands (interim)
2017–2021 Netherlands
2021– England
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Netherlands (manager)
UEFA Women's Championship
Winner 2017 Netherlands
FIFA Women's World Cup
Runner-up 2019 France
Representing  England (manager)
UEFA Women's Championship
Winner 2022 England
UEFA–CONMEBOL Finalissima
Winner 2023 England
FIFA Women's World Cup
Runner-up 2023 Australia and New Zealand
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sarina Petronella Wiegman OON CBE (Dutch pronunciation: [saːˈrinaː peːtroːˈnɛlaː ˈʋixmɑn]; born 26 October 1969), also known as Sarina Wiegman-Glotzbach,[3][4][5] is a Dutch football manager and former player who has been the manager of the England women's national team since September 2021.[6][7][8]

In her playing career, Wiegman started out as a central midfielder[9][10][11] before moving to defence.[9] In 1989, she attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she played for the North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team. Returning to the Netherlands, she joined the women's team of Ter Leede in addition to her job as a physical education teacher. With Ter Leede, she won the Dutch championship and the KNVB Cup once.

Wiegman represented the Netherlands from 1987 to 2001. Although she was capped 104 times for her country (which was initially recognised by the KNVB),[10][12][13] caps won against non-FIFA-affiliated opponents resulted in her official cap total standing just short of a century at 99.

After retiring in 2003, Wiegman began her coaching career with the women's teams of Ter Leede and ADO Den Haag.[4][7] In 2014, she became the assistant national coach of the Dutch women's team.[7] In 2016, Wiegman received her full coaching licence and became the first woman to work as coach for a Dutch professional football team.[7] After being appointed as the head coach of the Dutch national team, Wiegman led them to victory at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017.[14] Two years later, the team became runners-up of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[15] In August 2020, it was announced that Wiegman would manage the England women's national team from September 2021 following the end of Phil Neville's contract.[6] She remained manager of the Netherlands for the Olympics, hoping to bring home a medal at the 2020 Olympics, but the Netherlands were eliminated at the quarter-final stage. She then became the England manager and led the Lionesses to victory at the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 on home soil. It was the first trophy for an English senior team of either gender since the men's team won the 1966 FIFA World Cup.[16]

  1. ^ "Women's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020: Squad list, Netherlands" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 7 July 2021. p. 8. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Sarina Glotzbach-Wiegman". Royal Dutch Football Association. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Assistent-bondscoach Sarina Wiegman" (in Dutch). ekvrouwen.nl. Retrieved 1 June 2016.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ a b El Ouni, Raoul (1 March 2016). "Sarina Wiegman: "Wij gaan ons plaatsen voor de Olympische Spelen"" (in Dutch). AmsterdamFM. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Wissink en Wiegman bondsridder" (in Dutch). OnsOranje. 5 April 2012. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  6. ^ a b Burrows, Ben (14 August 2020). "England Women appoint Sarina Wiegman as new head coach". Independent. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  7. ^ a b c d "Sarina Wiegman bondscoach Nederlands vrouwenelftal" (in Dutch). KNVB. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  8. ^ "Wiegman bondscoach Oranje-vrouwen, De Haan assistent" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  9. ^ a b "De barrières zijn bijna geslecht" (in Dutch). NRC.nl. 17 November 2001. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  10. ^ a b Vissers, Willem (12 April 2001). "Komst meneer Van Gaal vereert Wiegman" (in Dutch). de Volkskrant. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  11. ^ Goff, Steven (19 September 1989). "NORTH CAROLINA SOCCER DOES A NUMBER ON OPPOSITION". The Washington Post. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  12. ^ Buddenberg, Fred (6 June 2015). "Voetbalsters debuteren op WK, dat ontgaat Nederland niet" (PDF) (in Dutch). Trouw. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  13. ^ "Recordinternational zonder miljoenen" (in Dutch). Trouw. 11 April 2001. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  14. ^ "Oranje Europees kampioen na spectaculaire finale" (in Dutch). NOS. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  15. ^ "Oranje houdt lang stand, maar moet wereldtitel aan VS laten" (in Dutch). NOS. 7 July 2019. Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  16. ^ Wrack, Suzanne (31 July 2022). "England crowned Euro 2022 champions after Kelly sinks Germany in extra-time". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 July 2022.