Vincent Kompany sees the appointment of Marie-Louise Eta as head coach of 1. FC Union Berlin as historic. "This is a key moment," said the FC Bayern Munich coach. "It's easy to say she's a coach like everyone else. That's how we have to treat her among colleagues. But ultimately it's something special." The 40-year-old referred to the next generation in his classification. "It opens up opportunities for little girls who are just playing soccer and now think I could be a coach anywhere, be very successful and have a real career. These stories are very important," said Kompany. On Sunday, Eta had been promoted to coach Union following the release of Steffen Baumgart. An unprecedented move in the Bundesliga. For Tatjana Haenni, club boss of RB Leipzig, a "very nice milestone". "Union will have good reasons for this decision, which have nothing to do with the fact that she is a woman, but very good professionally," the 59-year-old Swiss told "Sport-Bild". In her opinion, there are historical reasons why more women have not yet made it into senior positions in the Bundesliga. "That takes time. Soccer was historically male-led, the role of women was different 40, 50 years ago than it is today," said Haenni, highlighting the developments in the Nordic countries. They are on the right track. Haenni doesn't think much of quotas for women: "It's about the right person." On one point, however, Kompany wishes that Eta "wasn't treated like a man". "When it comes to patience. In the coaching job, there's not a lot of patience from the management levels," said the Belgian. Union managing director Horst Heldt had not ruled out on Monday that Eta could remain in charge beyond the end of the season. Copyright 2026, dpa (www.dpa.de). All rights reservedHaenni sees a milestone
Kompany urges patience
