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On 1 July 2011, Eta transferred to Hamburger SV, where she was initially supposed to play for the first team for two years. After HSV withdrew from the Frauen-Bundesliga, she joined 2. Frauen-Bundesliga club BV Cloppenburg on 12 June 2012. Cloppenburg won the North division and were promoted to the Bundesliga in 2013. Eta made her debut for BV Cloppenburg in the Bundesliga on 8 September 2013 (matchday 1) in a 3–3 draw away against SGS Essen. Cloppenburg finished second-to-last in the table and were relegated from the Bundesliga after just one season. Eta left the club and announced her transfer to 2. Bundesliga side Werder Bremen in July 2014. Eta retired from playing at the end of the 2017–18 season, aged 26.
As an Germany under-19 international, she played at the 2009 and 2010 UEFA Under-19 European Championships.
In 2023, after being appointed assistant coach to Marco Grote at Union Berlin, Eta became the first woman to serve in this role with a men's Bundesliga side, and with a team in the men's UEFA Champions League. In 2024, Eta became the first woman to take charge of a men's team in a Bundesliga game, upon temporarily replacing Union Berlin's head coach Nenad Bjelica, who was serving a three-game ban. On 11 April 2026, after Union Berlin sacked Steffen Baumgart after only two wins in the last 14 games, Eta was appointed as the interim head coach, which made her the first ever woman to manage a team in the Bundesliga and the top five European football leagues. The appointment was met with sexist abuse on social media aimed at Eta, who was defended by the club. A month later, on 10 May, Eta became the first female head coach ever to win a match across Europe's top 5 leagues following Union Berlin's 3–1 away victory over Mainz. She had another victory, defeating FC Augsburg 4–0. Concluding her five-match tenure with two wins, two losses and one draw. As it was already agreed on before her stint with the men's team, she took over the role of head coach of Union's women's side with the start of the 2026/27 season.
- Club
- SV Werder Bremen (2014–)
- Club
- 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam (2008–2011)
- Club
- Hamburger SV Women (2011–2012)
- Club
- BV Cloppenburg (2012–2014)
- Club
- Germany women's national under-15 association football team (2006–2006)
- Club
- Germany women's national under-17 association football team (2006–2006)
- Club
- Germany women's national under-17 association football team (2007–2008)
- Club
- Germany women's national under-19 association football team (2009–2010)
- Club
- Germany women's national under-20 association football team (2010–2010)
- Club
- Germany women's national under-23 association football team (2010–2012)
- National team
- Germany
Personal
She married Benjamin Eta in 2014. He had represented her as a player agent from 2012.
Clubs
- SV Werder Bremen2014current
- Germany women's national under-15 association football team2006–2006
- Germany women's national under-17 association football team2006–2006
- Germany women's national under-17 association football team2007–2008
- 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam2008–2011
- Germany women's national under-19 association football team2009–2010
- Germany women's national under-20 association football team2010–2010
- Germany women's national under-23 association football team2010–2012
- Hamburger SV Women2011–2012
- BV Cloppenburg2012–2014
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Identifiers & aliases
Marie-Louise Eta is a German professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Frauen-Bundesliga club Union Berlin. A former midfielder, she played for clubs 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam and Werder Bremen, among other teams.
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