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Clare-Marie Roberts

Clare-Marie Roberts

Dr Claire-Marie Roberts is a Chartered Psychologist and Performance Director specializing in elite sport psychology and coach development across football and rugby.

Jul 6, 2026

4:58
And was she a likely candidate to be the first woman managing a senior men's football team?
5:06
So just before we dive into some of those details, I just want to acknowledge some previous pioneers before we get to this stage.
5:15
And it's a lesser known fact, but actually there's a number of women that have held similar positions in men's professional football internationally.
5:25
So in 1999, we had Carolina Moraes, who was, she was in Italy.
5:31
I just need to remind myself which club she was in.
5:35
So she was in Vita Besse.
5:37
So she managed that team 1999.

29 MINS LATER

34:12
I mean, even things like, you know, the nature of the injuries that women footballers have had because of where using women's sportswear that's really designed for men are we now at a point where um it's not that it's now effectively becoming um established accepted within the game as a whole of this difference or i mean are we still sort of at a place where the women's game is still trying to quote catch up um in terms of the the issues that that that should be front and center

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