World Cup kiss: as Luis Rubiales row rages, striker predicts woman boss of a top European men’s football club within 3 years
- Michael Udebuluzor, who hopes to make his Hong Kong debut this month, has played in Germany under head coach Sabrina Wittman
- He says he will ‘forever respect’ Wittman and backs women bosses to manage at the top level
The Hong Kong-born teenager has played for a woman manager at his German club Ingolstadt, and said he anticipated a woman taking charge of a top-tier men’s team in a major European league within three years.
Having left Hong Kong aged 14 to board at Germany’s DFI football academy, Udebuluzor joined Ingolstadt II’s under-19 team in 2021, just as Sabrina Wittman took over as their boss. She had already been the Bavarian club’s under-17 manager.
He scored 13 goals in 31 games under Wittman – whose side are currently sixth in their Bundesliga under-19 standings – before stepping up to play for Ingolstadt II in Germany’s fifth tier.
“I don’t pay attention to the person’s gender, only the quality of the coaching and management,” Udebuluzor told the Post.