Career
Pauw played 89 international matches for the Netherlands, but never qualified for the final tournament of a World Cup or European Championship. She did become the first female Dutch player to play professionally in Italy when she signed for Modena in 1988. In September 1998 Pauw was appointed coach and technical director of the Scotland women"s national football team, while husband Bert van Lingen was working as assistant manager of Rangers in Glasgow.
She departed in October 2004 to take up a similar role with the Netherlands and led her home country to the semi–final of Union of European Football Associations Women"s Euro 2009.
She stepped down as Dutrch coach in the first half of 2010. In April 2011 she succeeded Igor Shalimov as coach of the Russia women"s national football team
In September 2011 she was replaced by Farid Benstiti. After that she was appointed as a technical director of Russian team
Since March 2014 she coaches the South African women"s team
