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Union Berlin, where Jung Woo-young (27), plays, has appointed a female head coach for the first time in the history of Europe's top five league men's soccer team.

German Bundesliga Union Berlin officially announced on the 12th (Korea time) that it had parted ways with coach Steffen Baumgart and appointed coach Marie-Louise Etta (35) as interim coach for the rest of the season.

The change of the head coach stems from the recent poor performance and a sense of crisis over staying. Union Berlin currently ranks 11th out of 18 teams with 8 wins, 8 draws and 13 losses (32 points). Although there is a gap with teams in the relegation zone, they have slowed down with no wins (1 draw and 2 losses) in the last three games and cannot be guaranteed to remain.

Berlin director Horst Helt Union said, "I'm disappointed with the performance in the second half. In order to improve the unstable situation without being deceived by the ranking of 11th place, we decided that Eta was the right person," he explained the background of the replacement.

"Considering the difference in points between the lower-ranked teams, the remaining of the Bundesliga has not yet been confirmed," said Eta, interim coach who took the helm. I am confident that everyone will come together in a crisis and win decisive points in the remaining five games," he said.

As a player, Etta played for Hamburg and Werder Bremen and played for the German women's age team. After retirement, he served as the coach of the German women's national team by age, and was appointed as the coach of the men's first team in Union Berlin in the 2023-2024 season, marking the first female coach in the Bundesliga.

Etta, who is currently coaching the club's under-19 (U-19) team, will temporarily lead the men's first team for the remaining five league games before taking over as the next manager of the Union Berlin women's official professional team from next season.

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