Robert de Pauw

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Robert de Pauw
Personal information
Full name Robert Louis de Pauw [1]
Date of birth (1981-07-24) 24 July 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Nijmegen, Netherlands
Team information
Current team
 none
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
?-2007 Unknown Tweede Divisie club(s)
Managerial career
1994–? NEC Nijmegen (U15, U19, U23)
2017-2018 Achilles '29 Vrouwen
2018–2020 Netherlands Women's U-17
2021–2022 FC Twente Vrouwen
2022–2024 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Women
2024 Aston Villa Women
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Louis de Pauw (born 24 July 1981) is a Dutch professional football coach and former player who was most recently the manager of Women's Super League side Aston Villa Women. He has also managed FC Twente Vrouwen and Bayer 04 Leverkusen Women.

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Playing career

Tweede Devisie

Robert de Pauw played football within the Tweede Divisie until he retired at the age of 26 due to several injuries, and to also focus on his managerial career. [2]

Managerial career

NEC Nijmegen Youth

Robert de Pauw began his managerial career at the age of 13 after his father, who was the then sporting director at SCE Nijmegen, offered him to help train the 7 to 8-year-olds. After coaching several youth teams, he was able to coach the first teams at the professional level with the U15, U19 and U23 teams of NEC Nijmegen. [2]

Achilles '29 Vrouwen

The first senior team managed by de Pauw was Achilles '29 Vrouwen and he was appointed as their manager in May 2017; he stayed until the end of the 2017-18 season. [2]

Netherlands under-17 Women

He was then appointed as the manager of the Netherlands Women's U-17 national team during qualification for the 2019 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship; he also managed the team that lost in the final of the competition on penalties to Germany. [3]

FC Twente Vrouwen

He then joined FC Twente Vrouwen as their manager in 2021, and in 2022, he completed the double with them by winning both the 2021-22 Eredivisie Vrouwen and the 2021-22 Eredivisie Cup. [4] [1] [5]

Bayer 04 Leverkusen Women

de Pauw joined Bayer 04 Leverkusen Women in the summer of 2022. [6] In the 2022-23 season, he guided the club to fifth, and during the 2023-24 season, his club placed sixth within the Frauen-Bundesliga. [6]

Aston Villa Women

On 29 June 2024, it was announced that Robert de Pauw joined Aston Villa Women as their next manager on a three-year contract with an option to extend this contract further by one more year, [7] [4] becoming the first Dutch manager to manage a club in the Women's Super League.

His first match in charge of Aston Villa was a 1–0 friendly win against Liverpool on 17 August 2024. [8]

On 11 December 2024, Aston Villa announced that de Pauw had left the club. [9] At the time of his departure, Aston Villa were one point above the relegation zone of the Women's Super League, having won one league game in nine since de Pauw took charge. [10]

Personal life

De Pauw is the father of two daughters, and in 2004, he graduated from the University of Arnhem and Nijmegen with a Bachelor of Social Work. [11]

De Pauw lives with his family in Nijmegen and has an apartment in Leverkusen. [2]

Honours

FC Twente Vrouwen [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Robert de Pauw :: Aston Villa :: Coach Profile". www.playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Der Architekt - Robert de Pauw im Porträt | Bayer04.de" (in German). Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  3. ↑ "Netherlands-Germany | Women's U-17 2019 Final". www.uefa.com. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Aston Villa Women appoint Robert de Pauw as new manager following Carla Ward departure". www.skysports.com. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  5. 1 2 "FC Twente - - Frauenfußball auf soccerdonna.de" . Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  6. 1 2 "WOMEN'S HEAD COACH ROBERT DE PAUW TO LEAVE BAYER 04 AT END OF SEASON". www.bayer04.de. 13 March 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  7. ↑ "Robert de Pauw appointed new Women's manager". Aston Villa Football Club. 2024-06-29. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  8. ↑ "Liverpool 0–1 Aston Villa". Aston Villa Football Club. 17 August 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  9. ↑ "Club Statement". Aston Villa FC. Aston Villa Football Club. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  10. ↑ Feringa, Megan; Tanswell, Jacob (11 December 2024). "Aston Villa sack women's manager Robert de Pauw". The Athletic . The New York Times Company.
  11. ↑ Tobias Krell (2022-08-10). "Bayers Frauen-Coach Robert de Pauw im Interview: „Die Entwicklung ist nicht mehr aufzuhalten"" (in German). Retrieved 2024-02-14.
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