lennart
30-10-03, 02:47
Perugia target top female
Italian club Perugia have set their sights on signing Sweden's leading female footballer, Hanna Ljungberg to play in Italy's top-flight.
The Serie A club aim to become the first professional team to field a mixed side.
"Ljungberg is one of a few players we are interested in," a Perugia spokesman told this website.
"We are interested in two or three female players but a final decision will not be made until January."
Perugia president Luciano Gaucci is behind the plan to find a female footballer capable of playing in Italy's elite league.
"Our president wants Perugia to be the first team in the world to play a female alongside men in the Italian league," added the Perugia spokesman.
GAUCCI'S SCHEMES
Appointed Carolina Morace as coach of Italian club Viterbese in 1999 - she was the first female coach of a men's side but quit after 8 matches
Signed Saadi Gaddafi, son of Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in June 2003
Plundered new markets by signing Japan's Hidetoshi Nakata and South Korean Jung-Hwan Ahn for Perugia
Controversially sacked Ahn after he scored the goal which put Italy out of the World Cup
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/3093147.stm
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Italian club Perugia have set their sights on signing Sweden's leading female footballer, Hanna Ljungberg to play in Italy's top-flight.
The Serie A club aim to become the first professional team to field a mixed side.
"Ljungberg is one of a few players we are interested in," a Perugia spokesman told this website.
"We are interested in two or three female players but a final decision will not be made until January."
Perugia president Luciano Gaucci is behind the plan to find a female footballer capable of playing in Italy's elite league.
"Our president wants Perugia to be the first team in the world to play a female alongside men in the Italian league," added the Perugia spokesman.
GAUCCI'S SCHEMES
Appointed Carolina Morace as coach of Italian club Viterbese in 1999 - she was the first female coach of a men's side but quit after 8 matches
Signed Saadi Gaddafi, son of Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in June 2003
Plundered new markets by signing Japan's Hidetoshi Nakata and South Korean Jung-Hwan Ahn for Perugia
Controversially sacked Ahn after he scored the goal which put Italy out of the World Cup
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/3093147.stm
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