Ethiopia’s iron lady of football Meseret Manne is poised to become the new Coach of the women’s national team “Lucy”
A source close to Ethiopia Football Federation (EFF) intimated to Soka25east.com that the decision has been agreed upon pending official announcement soon.
If confirmed, she will take over from Nigid Bank’s women’s team Coach Birhann Gizaw who has been handling the team on an interim basis.
Meseret who recently went for further coaching courses in the USA handled the team four years back before taking over at Dire Dawa, a team she managed to promote to the Ethiopian Premier League in the 2015/16 season.
She earned admiration and respect as the only woman in charge of a men’s team in a top flight football league in Africa. Dire Dawa survived the chop under her watch and are set to challenge for the title in the coming season.
Her immediate assignment will be to prepare Lucy for the up coming CECAFA Women’s Championship in Kampala Uganda in September.
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