Patrick De Wilde Appointed New Head Coach For The Nepali Women's National Football Team

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6 June 2025

Patrick De Wilde (Center) addresses a press conference organized by the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) in Kathmandu, Nepal, on June 6, 2025, after being announced as the new head coach of the Nepali women's national football team. Wilde has over 20 years of experience with successes in national and international football. He also has a Bachelor's in Sports Education and Pedagogy. He begins his coaching career in 1999 in the Belgian club competition. His first work abroad is in Ukraine in 2007 when he coaches FC Metalurh Donetsk, a club that goes bankrupt in 2015. Ukraine opens the path to other parts of the world for Wilde. While he returns to Belgium for a season in 2008/09 to coach K.S.K. Beveren, he is in China helping Tianjin Songjiang get promoted to the second division in 2010/11. He is the head coach of the U18 team of FC Red Bull Salzburg in 2011/12 and FC Lifering's U23 squad the next year. He reaches Tunisia's top league in 2013/14, but is back in Belgium in 2015/16. Wilde's first national coaching duty is in 2016 when he is called to Algeria for the A team and the U23 team. He is also the coach of Hungary A in 2018 and a technical director for Lithuania in 2021. He is also an assistant for the China U23 during the Asian Cup last year. Wilde's recent role is in Nepal when he coaches Kathmandu Rayzrs FC in the third season of the Nepal Super League.

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6 June 2025

Patrick De Wilde (Center) addresses a press conference organized by the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) in Kathmandu, Nepal, on June 6, 2025, after being announced as the new head coach of the Nepali women's national football team. Wilde has over 20 years of experience with successes in national and international football. He also has a Bachelor's in Sports Education and Pedagogy. He begins his coaching career in 1999 in the Belgian club competition. His first work abroad is in Ukraine in 2007 when he coaches FC Metalurh Donetsk, a club that goes bankrupt in 2015. Ukraine opens the path to other parts of the world for Wilde. While he returns to Belgium for a season in 2008/09 to coach K.S.K. Beveren, he is in China helping Tianjin Songjiang get promoted to the second division in 2010/11. He is the head coach of the U18 team of FC Red Bull Salzburg in 2011/12 and FC Lifering's U23 squad the next year. He reaches Tunisia's top league in 2013/14, but is back in Belgium in 2015/16. Wilde's first national coaching duty is in 2016 when he is called to Algeria for the A team and the U23 team. He is also the coach of Hungary A in 2018 and a technical director for Lithuania in 2021. He is also an assistant for the China U23 during the Asian Cup last year. Wilde's recent role is in Nepal when he coaches Kathmandu Rayzrs FC in the third season of the Nepal Super League.

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6 June 2025

Patrick De Wilde addresses a press conference organized by the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) on June 6, 2025, after being announced as the new head coach of the Nepali women's national football team. Wilde has over 20 years of experience with successes in national and international football. He also has a Bachelor's in Sports Education and Pedagogy. He begins his coaching career in 1999 in the Belgian club competition. His first work abroad is in Ukraine in 2007 when he coaches FC Metalurh Donetsk, a club that goes bankrupt in 2015. Ukraine opens the path to other parts of the world for Wilde. While he returns to Belgium for a season in 2008/09 to coach K.S.K. Beveren, he is in China helping Tianjin Songjiang get promoted to the second division in 2010/11. He is the head coach of the U18 team of FC Red Bull Salzburg in 2011/12 and FC Lifering's U23 squad the next year. He reaches Tunisia's top league in 2013/14, but is back in Belgium in 2015/16. Wilde's first national coaching duty is in 2016 when he is called to Algeria for the A team and the U23 team. He is also the coach of Hungary A in 2018 and a technical director for Lithuania in 2021. He is also an assistant for the China U23 during the Asian Cup last year. Wilde's recent role is in Nepal when he coaches Kathmandu Rayzrs FC in the third season of the Nepal Super League.