Bundesliga club Union Berlin have named Marie-Louise Eta as manager, making her the first female head coach in Bundesliga history, after Steffen Baumgart was sacked on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Eta becomes the first female top-flight coach of a men’s team in a major European league. The 34-year-old, who was the first female assistant coach in the Bundesliga, will take over for the remainder of the season.<\/p>\n
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“I am delighted the club has entrusted me with this challenging task,” Eta said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Baumgart was sacked early on Sunday morning after the club’s form flatlined in the second-half of the season, with Saturday’s 3-1 defeat by last-placed Heidenheim the final straw.<\/p>\n
Union have won just two games since Christmas and sit seven points above the relegation play-off spot.<\/p>\n
“We’ve had an absolutely disappointing second-half of the season,” sporting director Horst Held said in a statement.<\/p>\n
“Our situation remains precarious and we desperately need points to stay in the league.<\/p>\n
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“The performances in recent weeks don’t give us the confidence we could turn things around with the current set-up.”<\/p>\n
As a player with Turbine Potsdam, Eta won the Champions League in 2010 along with three Bundesliga titles. She has already committed to take over Union Berlin’s women’s Bundesliga team from summer.<\/p>\n
Women have managed men’s football teams in the lower divisions but never in the top flight. German third tier Ingolstadt FC are currently coached by Sabrina Wittmann, while French second-flight club Clermont were managed by Corinne Diacre for three seasons until 2017.<\/p>\n
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