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Corinne Diacre is a French professional football coach and former football defender. She played throughout her career for ASJ Soyaux in Division 1 as well as the French national team from 1993 to 2005.

In August 2014, she became the first woman to coach a men's professional football team (Clermont Foot) in a competitive match in France.[1]

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Clermont coach Corinne Diacre says that earning promotion would be a good way to thank the club president for giving her a chance to become the first woman to manage a professional men's team in France.

Diacre, 41, has guided Clermont to fifth in Ligue 2 this season -- just two points off the promotion places -- despite the club having the second-lowest budget in the league.

A former captain of France's women's team, she earned a contract extension in September after Clermont finished 12th in her first season in charge, two places and several points better off than in each of the two previous campaigns.

Diacre has earned an additional reward for the club's steady progression since her arrival in June 2014 by being named by France Football as the French second tier's manager of the year for 2015.

The former Soyaux defender -- who earned 121 caps at international level -- only agreed to do an interview with the magazine because it was focusing on her achievements rather than her gender.

This is very exciting and would bring women into the management pool, and yes even the Premier League and LA Liga. Just imagine her managing a team in CL , pitting her wits against Ancelotti, Pep G, Wenger, or Zidaine. Wow.