Hesterine de Reus

Hesterine Jannetje de Reus[1] (born 6 December 1961) is a Dutch former soccer player who's later made a career as coach. She took charge of the China U-20 women team at the end of 2017.

Hesterine de Reus
De Reus coaching during a Matildas camp
Personal information
Full name Hesterine Jannetje de Reus
Date of birth (1961-12-06) 6 December 1961
Place of birth Poortugaal, Netherlands
Youth career
PSV Poortugaal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
DCL
KFC '71
VV Rijsoord
National team
1983–1992 Netherlands 43 (0)
Teams managed
1997–1998 VV Rijsoord
1998–2003 SV Saestum
2002–2004 Netherlands women under-15s
2004–2007 Netherlands women under-17s
2007–2010 Netherlands women under-19s
2010–2011 Jordan women
2012 PSV/FC Eindhoven
2013–2014 Australia women
2017–2018 China U-20 women
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Between 1983 and 1992 de Reus gained 43 caps as a player for the Netherlands women's national football team.[2] In 1994 she began working for the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) as a coach. In 2007, she became the coach for the Dutch national under-19 team. On 1 October 2010 she took up an appointment as technical director and coach of the Jordan women's national football team,[3] who won the following month's 2010 Arabia Cup. In April 2011, three Jordanian players refused to play for de Reus's team because they suspected she was a lesbian.[4]

On June 4, 2012 PSV Eindhoven unveiled de Reus as the new women's coach for season 2012–13, the first season for PSV in the women's BeNe League. PSV entered into a partnership with FC Eindhoven and played as PSV/FC Eindhoven. In early 2013 she left Eindhoven to coach the Australia women's national football team.[5]

De Reus was sacked by Football Federation Australia in April 2014, after a player mutiny brought about by her outspoken personality and demanding coaching methods.[6]

References
  1. "Gesamtliste 2015" (PDF). FIFA. p. 4. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  2. "Speler: Hesterine de Reus" (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Football Association. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  3. "De Reus naar Jordaanse bond" (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Football Association. 2 September 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  4. Tol, Johan van der (28 April 2011). "Row over Dutch 'lesbian' coach in Jordan". Radio Netherlands Worldwide. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  5. "Hesterine de Reus named new Westfield Matildas head coach". footballaustralia.com.au. 22 December 2012. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  6. "Ousting of Matildas coach Hesterine De Reus exposes national team turmoil". The Guardian. 18 April 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.


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