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

Biography

Theune was born into a sporting family. Her father was a

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athlete, and her mother played handball.

Career

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

player-manager A player-coach (also playing coach, captain-coach, or player-manager) is a member of a sports team who simultaneously holds both playing and coaching duties. A player-coach may be a head coach or an assistant coach. They may make changes to the s ...

. After she completed her teacher training, she became the first woman in Germany to acquire the DFB Fußball-Lehrer ( coach) licence in 1985, which is equivalent to the UEFA Pro license. 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 The UEFA European Women's Championship, also called the UEFA Women's Euro, held every four years, is the main competition in women's association football between national teams of the UEFA confederation. The competition is the women's equivalen ...

in 2005, she retired from the position of national coach, as had already been announced, handing over to her assistant

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Personal life

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

Honours

Manager

Germany * Summer Olympic Games: bronze medal

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, bronze medal 2004 * FIFA Women's World Cup: 2003 *

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, 2001, 2005

References

External links

*
Official page of the German women's national team
*
Tina Theune - weltfussball.de
1953 births Living people People from Kleve Sportspeople from Düsseldorf (region) German women's footballers Germany women's national football team managers 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup managers 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup managers FIFA Women's World Cup-winning managers German women's football managers UEFA Women's Championship-winning managers Women's association football midfielders Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia Female association football managers {{Germany-women-footy-bio-stub