Rwandan soccer coach promotes women's soccer

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2 年前

This Rwandan coach wants to promote women in soccer

LOCATION: Kigali, Rwanda

49-year-old Egidie Kayitesi coaches AS Kigali

one of Rwanda's top women's soccer teams

(SOUNDBITE) (Kinyarwanda) AS KIGALI COACH, EGIDIE KAYITESI, SAYING:"What motivated me to become a coach was the government's policy of encouraging women to take an interest in sports, especially soccer. The women who were high up in the government were leading by example on the field and we were following, so I became a coach."

AS Kigali has recently come into the spotlight

after Rwanda's Salima Mukansanga made history

as the first female lead referee of an AFCON match in January 2022

Kayitesi was in charge of Mukansanga's team when she was a youth player

(SOUNDBITE) (Kinyarwanda) A.S KIGALI COACH, EGIDIE KAYITESI, SAYING:"I am convinced that my purpose here is to inspire young people to love soccer, so that in the future sport and especially soccer will be in our blood."