Coach Heidi Scheunemann

Passionate football coach for talented teenage girls and mentor for young football coaches in Indonesia

Since 2002 she has invested her money and time in coaching teenagers as a volleyball and soccer coach  in Papua, Indonesia.

From 2002 until 2008 she coached two U-19 Volleyball teams in Papua. 

Since 2009 Heidi is a football coach in Papua. She holds a UEFA-B license from Germany and her passion is to help develop girls/women football in Indonesia. 2009 she founded the team Galanita Persipura and started coaching 12-16 year old soccer talents. The team became Papuan champion in 2010 and Papua Futsal champions in 2011 and 2012.  2015 the team won against all teams from Australia and Hong Kong in an international tournament in Bali. 5 players from Heidis team played in the national team in 2015, and many more after that. 

Since 2021 Heidi is the technical advisor of the Karuna girls football academy in Goa, India.

Heidis husband Rainer is a pastor, teacher, song writer and singer.