Nora Häuptle (born 9 September 1983)[1] is a Swiss football manager and former player who has been the manager of the Ghana women's national team since January 2023.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 9 September 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Horn, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ghana women (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1992–1994 | FC Steinach | ||
| 1994–1996 | FC Goldbach | ||
| 1996–1997 | St. Gallen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–2003 | St. Gallen | ||
| 2003–2005 | YB Frauen | ||
| 2005–2008 | Zuchwil 05 | ||
| 2008 | Twente | ||
| 2009–2010 | Rot-Schwarz Thun | ||
| International career | |||
| 2007–2009 | Switzerland | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2009–2012 | Thun (youth) | ||
| 2015–2020 | Switzerland U19 women | ||
| 2020–2021 | SC Sand | ||
| 2021–2022 | Israel women | ||
| 2023– | Ghana women | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
In her playing career, Häuptle played as a defender. She started out at St. Gallen before moving on to play for BSC YB Frauen and FFC Zuchwil 05, all in Switzerland. She later moved to Netherlands to play for FC Twente Enschede. Returning to the Switzerland, she joined FC Rot-Schwarz Thun in addition to subsequently starting her coaching career with the U14-U15 Boys teams.
Häuptle has also been working as a pundit for SRF zwei.
Playing career
editHäuptle grew up in Horn in the canton of Thurgau.[2][3] She played for FC Staad, BSC YB Frauen, FFC Zuchwil 05, FC Twente Enschede, FC Thun and the Switzerland national football team between 1996 and 2010.[2][4][5]
Coaching career
editHäuptle went into coaching in her final season at FC Thun. She was assigned as the coach for the U-14 and U-15 boys' teams and an athletic coach for the U-12 to U-18 boys' teams from 2009 to 2012. At the same time, she studied sports and theater studies at the University of Bern. She then worked as a conditioning coach for tennis player Romina Oprandi.[2]
Swiss U19 women
editIn July 2015, she was hired by Peter Knäbel, the Technical Director of the Swiss Football Association, as coach of the U19 women's national team.[6] The following year, at the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, she led team to the semi-finals of the 2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, unearthing players including future Swiss internationals; Camille Surdez, Géraldine Reuteler, Naomi Mégroz and Cinzia Zehnder. She led the team during the 2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship. The team unfortunately missed out on the semi-finals after picking up four points via a win over Norway and a draw with France. Through the competition she helped on unearthing future top players; Alisha Lehmann, Nadine Riesen and Elvira Herzog, among others.[7] She served in that role until September 2020.
SC Sand
editIn 2018, Häuptle obtained the UEFA Pro coaching license. On 24 August 2020 she took over the coaching position at SC Sand in the Frauen-Bundesliga.[8] She was the only female coach in the Bundesliga at the time.[6][9][10] Four games before the end of the 2020–21 season, Nora Häuptle was released from SC Sand in April 2021 and was succeeded by Alexander Fischinger.
Israel women
editOn 1 November 2021, Häuptle took up the position as Israel women's national coach and first-ever technical director of women's football in Israel.[11][3] She tasked with the responsibility for the growth and development of the women's football for all ages groups, coaching the senior team, managing the Girls Football Academy whilst conducting and spearheading coaching courses in women's football.[12][13] The appointment also made her the first Swiss woman to take over a national team abroad.[11] She later resigned from this post at the end of January for personal reasons.[14][15] The Israeli sports media felt that, the Israeli FA did not co-operate or agree with Häuptle on her decisions within that short stint which caused her to request for a termination of her contract.[16]
Ghana women
editIn the summer of 2022, she served as technical advisor to the Ghana U-20 national team during the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Costa Rica.[17][18] Ghana were eliminated after the preliminary round after three defeats and a goal difference of 1:9.[19]
On 5 January 2023, the Ghana Football Association announced the appointment of Häuptle as the manager of the Ghana women's national team, replacing Mercy Tagoe-Quarcoo who had been in charge since 2019.[20][21][22][23] Her immediate task is to take the team through the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers and qualify them for the 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations along with winning the 2023 WAFU Zone B Women's Cup.[21][24][5]
Television and punditry
editIn June 2015, Häuptle joined SRF zwei as a pundit ahead of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[4] She has since then worked either as a studio or pitch side pundit for their coverage of the FIFA Women's World Cup, UEFA Women's Euro, UEFA European Football Championship, Swiss Women's Super League, FIFA World Cup and UEFA Womens Champions League and qualifiers of the respective competitions. Working with SRF zwei, she has covered major competitions including the 2017 UEFA Women's Euro,[4][25] 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2020–21 UEFA Women Euro Qualification, UEFA Euro 2020 and UEFA Women's Euro 2022 and 2022 FIFA World Cup.[26]
Managerial statistics
edit| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Switzerland U19 | July 2015 | September 2020 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 57.69% |
| SC Sand | August 2020 | April 2021 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 15% |
| Ghana | 5 January 2023 | present | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
Honours
editPlayer
editFFC Zuchwil 05
- Swiss Women's Super League: 2006–07
- Swiss Women's Cup runner-up: 2007
FC Rot-Schwarz Thun
- Swiss Women's Cup: 2009
Manager
editIndividual
- Swiss Olympic Youth team Coach Award: 2016[29][30]
References
edit- ^ "Switzerland - Nora Häuptle - Profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
- ^ a b c "Sie ist eines der grössten Trainertalente - geschlechterübergreifend". Tages-Anzeiger (in German). 17 July 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
- ^ a b Erol, Aylin (14 December 2021). "Interview mit Nora Häuptle: Sie war besser als der beste Bub". St. Galler Tagblatt (in German). Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ a b c "Fussball-EM der Frauen 2017 live bei SRF zwei". SRG Deutschschweiz (in German). 17 July 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Nora Hauptle tasked to revive Ghana women football's golden days". FIFA. Fédération internationale de football association (FIFA). January 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Fußball-Bundesliga: Sand verpflichtet mit Häuptle den einzigen weiblichen Coach der Liga". Der Spiegel (in German). 24 August 2020. ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
- ^ "Équipe féminine M19 : Une sélection suisse de qualité à l'Euro 2018". football.ch (in French). 12 July 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ^ "SC Sand trennt sich von Trainerin Nora Häuptle". SC Sand. 13 January 2023. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021.
- ^ "Nora Häuptle wird Trainerin des SC Sand". SC Sand. 13 January 2023. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021.
- ^ Schweimler, Jasmina (20 December 2020). "Bayern top women's table, but criticism of FIFA Best XI – DW – 12/20/2020". Deutsche Welle (DW). Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ a b Bollag, Eynat (23 November 2021). "Ex-Bundesliga-Trainerin übernimmt israelische Nati". Blick (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ^ "Nora Häuptle will become the first-ever technical director of women's football in Israel". Israel FA Official Twitter. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ^ Schurtz, Mickey (1 November 2021). "לראשונה: מנהלת טכנית בכדורגל נשים" [For the first time: technical director in women's soccer]. Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ "SRF expert Häuptle takes over Ghana national team". Switzerland Times. 5 January 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ^ Lipkin, Gidi (1 February 2022). "המנהלת הטכנית של הנשים "ברחה" מישראל" [The women's technical director "fled" from Israel]. ONE - מספר אחת בספורט. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ איתי, קאשי (3 February 2022). "סוף ידוע מראש? לא נתנו להאפטל להצליח - ספורט 5" [A foregone conclusion? "We didn't let Haftel succeed"]. Sport5.co.il - אתר ערוץ הספורט (in Hebrew). Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ "Nora Häuptle appointed as Technical Advisor of Black Princesses for FIFA Women's U-20 World Cup". Ghana Football Association. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
- ^ "SRF-Expertin Häuptle übernimmt Ghana-Nati". Blick (in Swiss High German). 5 January 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ^ "Nigeria make last eight at U20 Women's World Cup". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ^ "Nora Häuptle takes the reins of Ghana women's football". AfrikPage. 5 January 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- ^ a b Lawrence, Kweku (5 January 2023). "Nora Hauptle gets Black Queens head coach appointment". My Joy Online. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
- ^ "Nora Häuptle appointed as Black Queens Coach – Boatey-Agyei, Aboagye Docosta to assist former Swiss International". Ghana Football Association. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
- ^ "SRF-Expertin Häuptle übernimmt Ghana-Nati". Blick (in Swiss High German). 5 January 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ^ "Swiss Nora Hauptle takes over as Black Queens coach". CAF Online. CAF-Confedération Africaine du Football. 10 January 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ^ "SRF zwei überträgt Frauenfussball-EM". Klein Report (in German). 18 July 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ^ "Nach Out in der Gruppenphase - Häuptle: "Man ist immer wieder zurückgekommen"". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 18 July 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ^ "Nora Häuptle Managerial Statistics". playmarketstats.
- ^ "Nora Häuptle - Trainerinnenprofil". DFB Datencenter (in German). Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ Daniel, Glock. "Nora Häuptle gewinnt «Swiss Olympic Coach Award 2016»". www.football.ch (in German). Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ^ "Swiss Olympic Coach Awards" (PDF). Swiss Olympics. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
External links
edit- Nora Häuptle at Soccerway.com
- Nora Häuptle at WorldFootball.net
