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Kim Kulig has presented herself as the new coach of the Basel women in the Women’s Super League. She meets a cruciate ligament ruptured colleague and 7 league colleagues.
In Germany she is one of the big names in women’s football, despite a lot of physical misfortune. For a midfielder, Kim Kulig had 27 goals from 59 games for HSV and 28 games in the national jersey until 2011, when she tore a cruciate ligament.
After numerous comebacks and repeated setbacks, the injured knee won 4 years later: Kulig had to end her active career at the age of 25. But football stayed with her. After two positions as an assistant coach at Frankfurt and Wolfsburg, the 33-year-old can try her hand as head coach for the first time in Basel.
The Cruciate Ligament Colleagues
“I’m very proud, it’s a great honor for me,” said Kulig at her presentation. FCB sports director Theo Karapetsas is also satisfied: “The overall package is right for her.” Incidentally, the two share a story of suffering, as Karapetsas had to end his own playing career at the age of 22 after tearing four cruciate ligaments.
I have high standards, but I’m also supportive.
In terms of sport, both are still stacked deep. “It will be a complete upheaval, so you have to take small steps,” explains the new trainer. But she sees a lot of potential in the team.
7 new Bundesliga mercenaries
Upheaval is the right word for the women of Basel. From the Bundesliga alone, Kulig will join Milena Nikolic (Leverkusen), Ivana Rudelic (Bayern Munich), Noemi Gentile (Turbine Potsdam), Leonie Köster (Frankfurt), Jana Vojtekova (Freiburg), Gloria Adigo (Duisburg) and Antonia Baass (SGS). Essen) half a eleven from Germany to the knee of the Rhine. “It’s also about making changes and bringing in quality,” says Kulig.
The woman from Baden-Württemberg has a clear philosophy: “I have high standards, but I’m also supportive,” said Kulig, before making it clear: “From time to time I’ll annoy the players.” The German, who is active in Switzerland, chooses slightly more subtle words than the Swiss Union coach Urs Fischer, who is active in Germany, recently (“I’ll piss you off again”). The message is probably the same.