An Altach kicker is “bigger” than Rapid. Legionnaire Eleni Rittmann. has 180,000 Instagram followers. Nevertheless, women’s football goes on the offensive.
Altach’s footballers made headlines last season when they inflicted their first Bundesliga defeat on series champions St. Pölten in almost five years and ended the season in third place. And the Vorarlberg women are also busy during the summer break. With the Swiss Eleni Rittmann, they not only caught a strong defensive player, but also an Instagram star. The 23-year-old, who is also studying social work, has no fewer than 180,000 subscribers on the platform. Football comes first “For me, football comes first, Instagram second,” said Eleni, who has more followers than the official Instagram account from Rapid Vienna (111,000) and is only beaten by a trio from Salzburg in the gender-spanning subscriber ranking of Bundesliga stars. New league sponsor Although the end of the Insta flagpole does not seem to have been reached yet. The former team captain, Bayern and Roma legionnaire Carina Wenninger, who has been manager of the women’s Bundesliga since Monday – and has a new name sponsor at her side with the betting giant Admiral, should also ensure this. Goal with Admiral Jürgen Irsigler, managing director: to increase the visibility of women’s football in Austria. Thanks to a social media offensive or by making interviews available to radio stations, for example. No wonder Wenninger says about her new job: “I’m really up for it!”
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