Football - WIEGMAN Sarina

Date of Birth: 26 Oct 1969

Gender: Female

Function : Head Coach

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events Entered

Discipline	Event	Rank
Football	Women NED Netherlands	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Miyagi Stadium	Women's Group F #04 ZAM Zambia 3 NED Netherlands 10	Finished
	Miyagi Stadium	Women's Group F #10 NED Netherlands 3 BRA Brazil 3	Finished
	International Stadium Yokohama	Women's Group F #15 NED Netherlands 8 CHN China 2	Finished
	International Stadium Yokohama	Women's Quarter-final #20 NED Netherlands 2 (2) USA United States 2 (4) PSO	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

She played for the Dutch national team from 1987 to 2001, and in 2001 she became the first Dutch footballer [male or female] to make 100 senior international appearances. During her club career, she won the Dutch second division title with Ter Leede in 2000/01 and 2002/03, and also won the KNVB Cup with Ter Leede in 2000/01. (amsterdamfm.nl, 01 Mar 2016; womenssoccerunited.com, 13 Jan 2017; medium.com, 03 Jul 2019; sport360.com, 07 Mar 2019)

in 1989 while playing for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill she won the NCAA Division I title. (adofans.nl, 28 Apr 2012)

She was the head coach of the Dutch women's national team that finished runners-up at the 2019 World Cup in France. (forbes.com, 05 Jul 2019; theguardian.com, 02 May 2020)

She coached the Dutch women's team to their first European title at the 2017 edition in the Netherlands. (medium.com, 03 Jul 2019)

In October 2016 she became the first Dutch female coach to serve as assistant manager for a men's professional team when she worked with the U21 team of Sparta Rotterdam in the Netherlands. (sport360.com, 07 Mar 2019)

She led ADO Den Haag to the 2011/12 Eredivisie Vrouwen title and KNVB Cup in the Netherlands. She also won the KNVB Cup the following season [2012/13] with ADO Den Haag. (adofans.nl, 28 Apr 2012; womenssoccerunited.com, 13 Jan 2017)

During the 2006/07 season, she coached Ter Leede women's team to the Dutch second division title and the KNVB Cup. (adofans.nl, 28 Apr 2012; fifa.com, 06 Jul 2019)

In 2020 she was named World's Best National Coach in women's football by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics [IFFHS]. (iffhs.com, 04 Dec 2020)

She was named FIFA Women's World Coach of the Year in 2017 and 2020. (Twitter profile, 17 Dec 2020; sport360.com, 07 Mar 2019; fifa.com, 17 Dec 2020)

She was named Sports Coach of the Year at the 2019 Hague Sports Gala in the Netherlands. She has received the award on two other occasions. (ad.nl, 18 Dec 2019)

In 2017 she was named a Knight of the Order of Orange Nassau along with the women's national team in recognition of their victory at the 2017 European Championship on home soil in the Netherlands. (blauwbloed.eo.nl, 25 Oct 2017; equalizersoccer.com, 30 Dec 2017)

Appointment:

Previous role:

She served as assistant coach of the Dutch women's national team between 2014 and 2017. She was assistant coach of Sparta Rotterdam's U21 men's team in the Netherlands between October and December 2016. She has also coached the Dutch women's teams ADO Den Haag [2007-14] and Ter Leede [2006-07].

General Interest

General
UPCOMING ROLE
She will take over as head coach of the England women's national team after the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (theguardian.com, 15 Aug 2020)

COACHING HUSBAND
Her husband Marten Glotzbach has worked as a football coach for various clubs in the Netherlands, including a role as U17 women's coach with ADO Den Haag. (ad.nl, 18 Dec 2019; Marten Glotzbach LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2020; adovrouwen.nl, 15 May 2020)

COACHING BADGES
In 2016 she earned her UEFA Pro coaching license after completing a Dutch Football Association [KNVB] coaching course which included a one-year internship with Dutch football team Sparta Rotterdam. As part of the course she worked as an assistant coach from October to December that year with Sparta's U21 men's team. During her playing career, she earned her UEFA A coaching license and worked as a physical education teacher until 2007 when she became coach of ADO Den Haag women's team. (amsterdamfm.nl, 01 Mar 2016; transfermarkt.co.uk, 31 Dec 2016; womenssoccerunited.com, 13 Jan 2017; medium.com, 03 Jul 2019; theguardian.com, 02 May 2020)

EDUCATION
She studied at The Hague Academy of Physical Education [HALO] in the Netherlands between 1990 and 1994. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2020)

COLLEGIATE FOOTBALL
She played one season of university football when she won the 1989 NCAA Division I title with University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill [Tar Heels] in the United States of America. "Playing there completely changed my mindset of football. In the Netherlands people thought I was too engrossed in the sport as I wanted to play every day, but with the Tar Heels it was football paradise for young women. After I came home I wanted to make a difference in Dutch women's football by improving the facilities, coaching and introduce programmes. Thankfully 20 years later we finally have a system that matched my initial ambition." (adofans.nl, 28 Apr 2012; medium.com, 03 Jul 2019; theguardian.com, 02 May 2020)

BOYS TEAM
At age six she cut her hair short in order to play on a boys team with her twin brother in The Hague, Netherlands. "The opinion was that soccer was for girls who wanted to be boys. I had friends whose parents wouldn't let them play, but my parents were open-minded and said, 'You should do what you like, and we'll support you'." (medium.com, 03 Jul 2019; theguardian.com, 02 May 2020)

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
PSO:: Penalty Shoot-out

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