Sarina Wiegman

England's coach Sarina Wiegman has a hard-fought journey to get where she is today.

A year later she was asked to take the England manager role, and this time she didn’t hesitate - much to the disappointment of Dutch football fans. She was also at the forefront of the fight for equal rights for women footballers in her country. Sarina continued playing for Ter Leede until the age of 33 when she and her husband, childhood sweetheart, and fellow coach Marten Glotzbach, decided to start a family. Eventually, she was able to join a women’s team, HSV Celeritas, and was later called up to the national team at the age of 16. "Sarina only begins a new adventure when she’s ready for it," explained her husband at the time. She said: "She tried to fight for that at every moment. She also trained with the men of her local team at ADO Den Haag several times a week, and eventually joined Ter Leede, a club based in Saanheim, around 40 minutes from her home in The Hague. The short girl with bright blue eyes soon proved she was as good as any of them, a feisty midfielder tirelessly running around telling her teammates what to do. Jeanet van der Laan, one of her teammates at Ter Leeds and now a Dutch politician, remembers Sarina’s ability to lead. She proceeded to give her male Spanish counterpart a tactical masterclass - all without losing her nerve, or the steely glint in her eyes, by bringing on some crucial subs. While most of the country was already resigned to the depressingly inevitable, coach Sarina Wiegman wasn't. Born in The Hague in 1969, Wiegman began playing football on the streets with her twin brother, the Mirror reports.

Wiegman will lead England in the Euro 2022 final on Sunday evening, having become a legend in her native country of the Netherlands as both a player and a ...

So make sure that you, as a team, go to the Olympics an go for gold," he said. “I said to him that it was 20 years ago that I played my 100th game for the Netherlands and he presented me with an award for that as well. Wiegman would lead the Netherlands to being runner's up at the World Cup in 2019. In recognition of her achievement, she was handed a special award by then men's national team boss Van Gaal, who paid tribute to her. She won two Dutch championships and the KNVB Cup as a player, as well as starring on the international stage. It would take Frank de Boer another two years to follow in Wiegman's footsteps to become the first male Dutch footballer to make 100 appearances at international level.

Former England goalkeeper Rachel Brown-Finnis is hoping England can finish the job and win Euro 2022 when they face Germany at Wembley on Sunday.

Investment into the Women’s Euros legacy includes £1million of National Lottery funding, invested through Sport England, to get more women playing the game in each host city The best thing England can do is just to carry on doing exactly what they have been. But we beat Germany in the Arnold Clark Cup in February, we have had an extra 24 hours to prepare for Sunday’s final and now it is about who shows up on the day. Some of the world’s best players just have not known how to fix the problems England have given them. For Sarina, it is about managing the occasion. England scored at good times while Sweden were unconvincing in front of goal and that first goal from Beth Mead must have deflated them.

Like his wife, Sarina's husband Marten is also involved in sport, having worked for twenty years as a trainer and coach with various football associations in ...

Receiving a Bachelor of Education degree in 2009, Marten also works as an Economics teacher and football coach at a secondary school in The Hague area. Sarina Wiegman is married to Marten Glotzbach and the couple have been together for over twenty years. Sarina was born in The Hague, Netherlands in 1969, making her currently 52-years-old.

England's run to the final of Women's Euro 2022 has generated a great feeling of pride among both male and female football fans. It's been inspirational.

Sarina Wiegman has been masterful in getting the most out of her squad. Overall, I’ve been really impressed with the quality of football. Wiegman has a knack of getting her substitutions just right.

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A second wrote: "What a nice picture with your beautiful girls. Sarina took a mere one week off to allow herself to grieve alongside her family. We can really use your support so see you at the stadiums," on an epic photo as she posed alongside England's three-lion emblem. I can't wait to get started. Merry Christmas from Scotland," with two blue hearts. A fourth said: "Merry Christmas Sarina, to you and your family.