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Tina Theune
Personal information
Full name	Christina Theune
Date of birth	4 November 1953 (age 70)
Place of birth	Kleve, West Germany
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1974–1986	Grün-Weiß Brauweiler
Managerial career
1996–2005	Germany
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Christina Theune (formerly Theune-Meyer; born 4 November 1953) is a German former football manager, and the former national coach of the German women's national team.

Biography edit

Theune was born into a sporting family. Her father was a track and field athlete, and her mother played handball.^[1]

Career edit

She played from 1974 until 1986 for Grün-Weiß Brauweiler, where she was also later player-manager.

After she completed her teacher training, she became the first woman in Germany to acquire the DFB Fußball-Lehrer (coach) licence in 1985,^[2] which is equivalent to the UEFA Pro license.^[3]

In 1986 she became assistant coach to the women's national team, and succeeded Gero Bisanz as national coach on 1 August 1996 after the Summer Olympics in Atlanta. In total she won six European championships, three as an assistant to Gero Bisanz, three as national coach, and led the German women's team to victory in the 2003 Women's World Cup. After winning the UEFA Women's Championship in 2005, she retired from the position of national coach, as had already been announced, handing over to her assistant Silvia Neid.^[4]

Personal life edit

Theune married Thomas Meyer, who coached her as a player.^[5] After marriage, she adopted the surname "Theune-Meyer" until her divorce in 2008.^[6]

Honours edit

Manager edit

Germany

Summer Olympic Games: bronze medal 2000, bronze medal 2004
FIFA Women's World Cup: 2003
UEFA Women's Championship: 1997, 2001, 2005

References edit

^ "'Nicer to train women' : The former head coach of the German women's football team tells Ghada Abd El-Kader what her job was like". Weekly.ahram.eg. Archived from the original on 26 March 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
^ "Theune-Meyer nimmt den Hut". Nach der EM ist Schluss (in German). n-tv.de. 23 January 2005. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
^ "Hennes-Weisweiler-Akademie" (in German). Alle Rechte vorbehalten. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
^ "Women's Coach Walks Off Field a Winner". Dw.de. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
^ Mackerodt, Maicke (1999). "Tina Theune-Meyer" (PDF). Konrad Adenauer Foundation (in German). Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
^ "Weltmeister-Trainerin Tina Theune wird 60" [World champion manager Tina Theune turns 60]. German Football Association (in German). 4 November 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2021.