FRENCH SECOND DIVISION club Clermont today named Portuguese Helena Costa as coach, becoming one of the highest-level teams in Europe to put a woman in charge.
Costa, 36, trained with Benfica before coaching the women’s national sides in Qatar and Iran. She has also worked as a scout for Scottish champions Celtic and top clubs in Spain and Portugal.
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She becomes the first-ever female to manage a professional men’s team in France, and will take charge after the club’s final two games of the season.
“This nomination will allow Clermont Foot 63 to enter a new era,” said a club statement announcing the appointment.
French football club names female manager
Updated at 12.55
FRENCH SECOND DIVISION club Clermont today named Portuguese Helena Costa as coach, becoming one of the highest-level teams in Europe to put a woman in charge.
Costa, 36, trained with Benfica before coaching the women’s national sides in Qatar and Iran. She has also worked as a scout for Scottish champions Celtic and top clubs in Spain and Portugal.
She becomes the first-ever female to manage a professional men’s team in France, and will take charge after the club’s final two games of the season.
“This nomination will allow Clermont Foot 63 to enter a new era,” said a club statement announcing the appointment.
Celtic have already given their congratulations to Costa.
© -AFP 2014
Additional reporting by Paul Fennessy
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