Tina Theune

Tina Theune
Personal information
Full name Christina Theune
Date of birth (1955-11-04) 4 November 1955
Place of birth Kleve, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Teams managed
Years Team
1996–2005 Germany Women

Christina "Tina" Theune (born 4 November 1953, Kleve, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) is a German graduate sports teacher, and the former national coach of the German women's national football team. After her marriage she bore the surname 'Theune-Meyer' until her divorce in 2008.

Biography

Theune was born into a sporting family. Her father was a track and field athlete, and her mother played handball.[1]

Career

She played from 1974 until 1986 for Grün-Weiß Brauweiler, where she was also later player-manager.

After she completed her teacher training, she became the first woman in Germany to acquire the DFB Fußball-Lehrer (coach) licence in 1985,[2] which is equivalent to the UEFA Pro license.[3]

In 1986 she became assistant coach to the women's national team, and succeeded Gero Bisanz as national coach on 1 August 1996 after the Summer Olympics in Atlanta. In total she won six European championships, three as an assistant to Gero Bisanz, three as national coach, and led the German women's team to victory in the 2003 Women's World Cup. After winning the UEFA Women's Championship in 2005, she retired from the position of national coach, as had already been announced, handing over to her assistant Silvia Neid.[4][5]

Successes

References

  1. ↑ "'Nicer to train women' : The former head coach of the German women's football team tells Ghada Abd El-Kader what her job was like". Weekly.ahram.eg. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  2. ↑ "Theune-Meyer nimmt den Hut". Nach der EM ist Schluss (in German). n-tv.de. 2005-01-23. Retrieved 2013-10-07.
  3. ↑ "Hennes-Weisweiler-Akademie" (in German). Alle Rechte vorbehalten. Retrieved 2013-10-07.
  4. ↑ "Theune-Meyer praises progress". Fifa.com. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  5. ↑ "Women's Coach Walks Off Field a Winner". Dw.de. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  6. ↑ "BBC SPORT | Special Events | Womens Euro 2001 | Germany retain Euro crown". News.BBC.co.uk. 2001-07-07. Archived from the original on 2004-05-18. Retrieved 2012-08-22.


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