Diacre takes over as France women’s coach

• Corinne Diacre has been named manager of France’s women’s team
• She replaces Olivier Echouafni, discharged after reduction than a year in a job
• Diacre done headlines as a initial lady to manager a veteran men’s side

The French inhabitant women’s group has a new manager after Corinne Diacre was allocated to reinstate Olivier Echouafni on Wednesday. The 43-year-old becomes a initial womanlike manager of a women’s side given Elisabeth Loisel, who hold a position for roughly 10 years between Aug 1997 and Jan 2007.

Diacre might not be a initial lady to take assign of Les Bleues, though she stairs into a purpose as a genuine trailblazer. Capped 121 times by France, a former defender assumes a reins after apropos a initial lady to manager a veteran men’s team, carrying spearheaded Ligue 2 side Clermont Foot given 12 Sep 2014. In total, she oversaw 50 wins, 39 draws and 44 defeats in 133 games, before that she coached her aged bar ASJ Soyaux and served as partner to her inhabitant group prototype Bruno Bini.

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[PRESS RELEASE] Corinne Diacre has been allocated manager of France’s women’s team

The hurdles confronting Diacre in her new purpose could frequency be some-more intense. France are set to horde a FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019â„¢ and a home republic have done no tip of their enterprise to lift a trophy. Diacre will need to enthuse a patrol that has depressed brief in their final 4 vital tournaments, exiting during a quarter-final theatre of UEFA Women’s EURO 2013, Women’s World Cup 2015, a 2016 Women’s Olympic Football Tournament and Women’s EURO 2017.

“I’m gratified with a appointment of Corinne Diacre,” pronounced a President of a French Football Federation, Noel Le Graet. “Corinne is a really gifted manager who now starts a long-term plan with a vital evident goal: scheming for a 2019 World Cup, that we will host.”

Diacre’s initial exam as France manager will be a assembly with Chile in Caen on 15 September, before Les Bleues tackle Spain in Calais 3 days later.

Article source: http://www.fifa.com/development/news/y=2017/m=8/news=diacre-le-nouveau-guide-des-bleues-2905854-2905936.html