US EditionUnion Berlin's Eta becomes first female coach in top-five European leagues
Eta becomes the first woman to coach a men’s team in Europe’s top five leagues as Union tries to secure survival in five matches.
- On Sunday, Bundesliga club Union Berlin appointed Marie-Louise Eta as head coach, making her the first female manager of a men's team in a top-five European league.
- The club sacked Steffen Baumgart late Saturday following a 3-1 defeat to bottom-side Heidenheim, after the team won just two games in 14 matches since the winter break.
- Previously the club's Under-19 coach, Eta became the Bundesliga's first female assistant in 2023 and won the 2010 Women's Champions League with Turbine Potsdam as a player.
- With five games remaining, Eta warned that "survival in the Bundesliga is not yet secure," with the team seven points above the relegation play-off spot.
- Eta will serve on an interim basis before transitioning to head coach of Union's women's team this summer, as originally planned before this emergency appointment.
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