Coach Sarina Wiegman - 'Pep Guardiola of women's football'

Wiegman rose to prominence in 2017, when he helped the Netherlands win the Euros. Two years later, she again brought her hometown team to the World Cup final, this time losing 0-2 to the US.

Wiegman's tactical talent and leadership ability caught the attention of the English Football Association (FA), deciding to sign a contract in 2021. The military leader born in 1969 did not take long to assert his talent, when he helped He won Euro 2022, the first major title of this country's women's football. In this year's World Cup, Wiegman and his students are facing the opportunity to win.

Born in The Hague, Netherlands, Wiegman revealed his personality from a young age when playing street football with his boyfriends. At the age of six, she joined the ESDO youth soccer academy in Wassenaar, playing alongside male players. She also plays for a local women's club called HSV Celeritas.

In 1987, Wiegman joined the KFC '71 club and won the Dutch National Cup that same year. In 1988, while attending the FIFA Invitation women's football tournament, Wiegman was invited by the US coach Anson Dorrance to study at the University of North Carolina and play for this school's team. She was teammates with legends Mia Hamm, Kristine Lilly and Carla Overbeck. They won the American College Football League (NCAA) in 1989.

Wiegman later said that in a year in the US, she experienced the highest level of football, something that did not exist in the Netherlands - where female players had to work part-time to make a living. Returning to his hometown, Wiegman inevitably finds himself in a similar situation when he has to work as a physical education teacher at Segbroek School. However, that did not make her discouraged. In 1994, Wiegman joined Ter Leede club, where she won two Dutch championships in 2001 and 2003 and the National Cup in 2001. In 2003, Weigman retired after being pregnant with her second child.

In 2006, Weigman started his career as a coach, leading the Ter Leede club. She helped the team win a domestic double the following year. In 2007, Weigman transferred to coach ADO Den Haag, participating in the Dutch Eredivisie Championship. In 2012, she helped the club win the championship and won another National Cup. ADO defended the National Cup title a year later.

In 2014, Weigman was recruited as an assistant. A year later, she took the interim position after coach Roger Reijners was fired. In July 2016, Weigman received his professional coaching license from FIFA. Later that year, after coach Van der Laan was sacked, Weigman was again appointed to the interim position and later became head coach.

Weigman's impact on the player is huge. Students often talk about the change in the team's beliefs and solidarity since working with her. Weigman's influence has not only come on the pitch, but also off the pitch, helping her to forge a good relationship with the players.

Appreciating Wiegman, the Netherlands awarded her the title of OON - which is reserved for individuals who have made a special contribution to society, art, science or sport. The British Royal Family also showed respect when awarding her the honorary CBE medal, to individuals who have made a special and outstanding contribution to the community but are not British, the second most prestigious level in the honor system of the British Royal Family. Surname.

Winning the World Cup, the missing title from Weigman's collection, will be her personal motivation in Sunday's final against Spain. Before the ball rolled, there was information about the respect England would give her after the tournament. Someone called for a pay increase for Weigman to be equal to that of his counterpart Gareth Southgate ($510,000 versus $6.4 million). FA CEO Mark Bullingham even left open the possibility of choosing Weigman to lead the men's team. According to the Telegraph, the British Royal Family plans to bestow her with the title of Honorary Knight, the highest title in the title system.

Whether successful or not, Wiegman is certainly a special phenomenon in the football world and deserves the nickname "Pep Guardiola of women's football".