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Vera Pauw Quotes

born 1963 Netherlands

Vera Pauw (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈveːraː ˈpʌu]; born 18 January 1963) is a Dutch football coach and former player who is the manager of the United Arab Emirates women's national team. She has managed several national women's football teams, including Ireland, Scotland, Netherlands, Russia and South Africa.

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In my opinion, no head coach in the world would accept interference of the executives in technical football affairs.

It’s my job to get the best programme on the pitch.

Before that I wanted to be a coach, but I didn’t know how big I could be as a coach.

Five times I became coach of the year. Do you think this is because of my nice glasses or something?

If I would have been a male, this would have never, ever been an issue.

I am the only coach in the world who’s always at the subs training because I know it’s awkward as a sub.

If you really want something and you put all your effort in it together as a group, then anything is possible.

It’s only a woman that can be criticised like that. Do you think Pep Guardiola would get this on his plate?

Where in men's football would a player be given be given the opportunity, who's only played so few minutes (for their club), to go to the World Cup and be apart of it?

I’m Dutch so I am clear in what I want. I think the fact I am maybe different – that is what they have felt. They are not used to women being direct.

Because I’m a female coach, I’m undermined. A male coach who treated their players so well and put himself on the barricades would be praised. I did my job protecting players.

I took care of the players. I’m direct. I’m opinionated, but nobody touches my players.

I never punish. I never shout. I never swear. What are they afraid of?

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Vera Pauw (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.