{"id":4137,"date":"2026-04-13T08:33:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T08:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/4137\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T08:33:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T08:33:23","slug":"who-is-marie-louise-eta-union-berlins-new-interim-head-coach-and-the-first-woman-to-lead-a-mens-bundesliga-team-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/4137\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Marie-Louise Eta, Union Berlin\u2019s new interim head coach and the first woman to lead a men\u2019s Bundesliga team?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bulinews.com\/steffen-baumgart-and-1-union-berlin-part-ways\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:1. Union Berlin coach Steffen Baumgart was relieved of his duties late on Saturday following a disappointing 3-1 defeat to bottom-placed 1. FC Heidenheim.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;1. Union Berlin coach Steffen Baumgart was relieved of his duties late on Saturday following a disappointing 3-1 defeat to bottom-placed 1. FC Heidenheim.&quot;}\" class=\"link \">1. Union Berlin coach Steffen Baumgart was relieved of his duties late on Saturday following a disappointing 3-1 defeat to bottom-placed 1. FC Heidenheim.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Berlin club have found an interim replacement in their own ranks, handing 34-year-old Marie-Louise Eta responsibility for the remainder of the season, with five games left to play.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The appointment is historic, as Eta becomes the first woman to be appointed head coach of a men\u2019s team in the Bundesliga and across Europe\u2019s top five leagues.<\/p>\n<p>Eta has already made history in the past. In 2023, she was appointed assistant coach to Marco Grote at Union Berlin, becoming the first woman to take on such a role at the club.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, she also became the first woman to lead a Bundesliga team from the dugout, when she deputised for Nenad Bjelica, Union\u2019s then head coach, while he was suspended.<\/p>\n<p>Since the start of the 2025\/26 season, Eta has been working as coach of Union Berlin\u2019s U19 team, and she is set to take over the club\u2019s women\u2019s team in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Won UEFA Women&#8217;s Champions League as a player<\/p>\n<p>Eta is a former player herself, having represented Turbine Potsdam, Hamburger SV, Cloppenburg and Werder Bremen, as well as Germany at various youth levels, before retiring at the end of the 2017\/18 season at the age of 26.<\/p>\n<p>During her time at Turbine Potsdam, she won the UEFA Women\u2019s Champions League in 2010, three Bundesliga titles, and two DFB-Hallenpokal trophies.<\/p>\n<p>She also won the UEFA Women\u2019s Under-17 Championship and the FIFA U-20 Women\u2019s World Cup with Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Eta takes another impressive step in her coaching career, tasked with helping secure Union Berlin\u2019s place in the Bundesliga for another season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"1. 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