Overview
- Union Berlin announced Friday that 34-year-old Marie-Louise Eta will lead the women’s first team starting next season.
- She will succeed Ailien Poese, who moves to the club’s youth academy to coach the junior girls.
- Eta will remain in charge of Union’s U19 side through the end of the current season to keep the pathway stable.
- Her profile grew in late 2023 when she worked on the men’s Bundesliga staff, including two interim spells with Marco Grote, after joining Union in summer 2023.
- She recently entered the DFB Pro-License course, as Union’s newly promoted women’s team plays its first Bundesliga season in ninth after 22 matchdays.