The Saudi Arabian Football Association has announced the appointment of Finland’s Rosa Lappi Seppala as the coach of the first women’s national team, replacing Germany’s Monica Stapp, who was appointed technical director of women’s football.
The federation indicated that this decision was made in exchange for Finnish Rosa’s previous experience, as she started her football career as a player in the Finnish team Helsinki and managed to win eight league championships and five cups with him over the course of 13 years before moving to the Belgian Royal Anderlecht, and from there to States United, where she played for the Miami Gladers, before retiring from AC Milan, Italy, where she decided to retire in the 2005 season to then move on to football training , as she has worked with a number of Finnish teams, in addition to her work as a lecturer at training courses approved by the European Union. Football, during which she was chosen as the coach of the Finnish under-23 team, and the Honka team in the Finnish Premier League, in addition to taking the position of assistant coach of the first Finnish national team, she also received a PRO training license from the European Union.
For her part, the German Monika Stubb in her new position will work on developing the women’s football system, creating a structure for national teams, age groups and local championships, especially since she was Stubb’s curator during her training period for the national team, which lasted a year and a half for her first experiences as she hosted over 700 players in Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam, and managed to lead the national team in 7 international matches, during which she recorded 4 wins, two draws and one defeat. She also managed to win the title of international friendly championship, which took place last month in Dammam.
Regarding this decision, Saudi Arabian Football Association board member responsible for the management of women’s football, Lamia bin Bahian, expressed her satisfaction with what Monica has achieved with the national team during the founding of the national teams, noting that she, along with the staff of the women’s administration of the Football Association, has contributed to the development of women’s football. football.
She noted the successes achieved by the German Stapp with women’s management in the federation, so the aspirations and ambitions are great to achieve even greater success, giving Monica the opportunity to expand the tasks of her position in order to contribute to the achievement of high levels that guarantee women’s football. in the Kingdom of national sporting achievements and success in the future, while welcoming Finnish coach Rosa Labi, usually included in the working team, is a great addition to Saudi women’s football, bearing in mind the remarkable presence of the new Al Akhdar coach in the friendly tournament, which passed recently, which played an important role in the speedy completion of the contract, wishing them well in their new mission.
