Spain's RFEF football federation on Tuesday named Montse Tome as the new coach for its World Cup winning women's squad.
The Spanish football federation said on Tuesday it had fired controversial coach Jorge Vilda who oversaw Spain winning the Women’s World Cup last month following a major sexism scandal.
In a letter signed by its interim president Pedro Rocha, the RFEF offered its “most sincere apologies… for the totally unacceptable behaviour of its highest institutional representative during the final of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 and in the moments that followed”. Shortly afterwards, the federation announced it was firing Jorge Vilda, 42, who had served as coach to the national team since 2015, and naming its first-ever woman to coach the World Cup-winning squad.“The RFEF… has decided to dispense with the services of Jorge Vilda as sports director and women’s national team coach,” the RFEF said in a statement, later naming Montse Tome as his replacement.
Vilda came under fire a year ago after 15 national players said they would not wear the La Roja shirt while he remained as coach, pointing to incidents under his leadership that were affecting their performance on the pitch. A day later, the federation accused her of “lies” over the incident, threatening legal action against her.In its apology, the federation said Rubiales’ statements after the incident were “inappropriate and meaningless” and “not of the RFEF” which was “saddened and embarrassed” by the distress they had caused.
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