Wednesday, May 07, 2014

French football club picks woman as manager...

French second division club Clermont on Wednesday 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.

Her appointment was announced in a tweet from the club.

"This nomination will allow Clermont Foot 63 to enter a new era," said a club statement placed on its website.

Costa is to be officially presented to the media as Clermont's new coach at the end of the season.

Costa becomes the sixth coach appointed by the club's owner Claude Michy, who according one report in France, always choses his new managers on instinct alone. Full story...

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