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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Will Unwin

Why Marie-Louise Eta deserves her historic moment at Union Berlin

Marie-Louise Eta coached Germany at the Women’s Under-17 European Championship this summer.
Marie-Louise Eta coached Germany at the Women’s Under-17 European Championship this summer. Photograph: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile/UEFA/Getty Images

ETA: ABOUT TIME

If you thought the government’s newly-appointed “commonsense tsar”, Esther McVey, had a job on her hands in the UK, wait until she hears about what is happening in Germany. Union Berlin have only gone and appointed Marie-Louise Eta, a real-life woman, as their new assistant coach, in the latest act of wokery to hit football. The 32-year-old is the new assistant to Marco Grote on an interim basis, and will be the first female coach to appear on a Bundesliga bench.

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