2023-07-06 13:00:13
Football has always been part of the life of Noelia Troncoso, the young fan of the Unión de Zapala club who became the first female coach of a men’s soccer team in the Neuquén Soccer League. “The clubs should continue to emphasize the importance that we have, just like men,” he said.
«I like football since I was little. I grew up with my brothers and my dad on the court“The 24-year-old girl, coach of a Union training category, continued.
The link with the sport began in the small field of the neighborhood where he lived with his family. In dialogue with newspaper BLACK RIVERthe physical education teacher commented that She started playing soccer since she was little when the discipline had few spaces available for women.
Troncoso directs the tenth category of football at Club Unión de Zapala
«In elementary school it happened to me that boys sometimes didn’t let me play because soccer was really for men. I got the same. I had classmates who did choose me for their teams, but others got angry,” the teacher recalled, adding that this was her great challenge at school.
Upon completion of secondary school, began with her training as a physical education teacher and as she gained knowledge of the sport, her desire to work as a children’s coach began to increase.
The first time he led a group was while he was in his second year of college. «I started in a little school with my teacher Oscar Etayo who had the academy. He offered me the opportunity to take charge of the students so that I can learn and teach the knowledge I had,” he explained.
Over time he started with his own little training school together with his colleague Martín Chuca.
“I started with three girls and then I had a team with which we competed in Community Tournaments.”
Noelia Troncoso, technical director at Club Unión de Zapala
An inherited sense of belonging
Sundays on the pitch are sacred to Noelia’s family, who accompanies Unión in every Lifune game. “Dad and mom are always there. No matter the weather, they are always there and that is what I love»said Noelia, who is also part of the women’s soccer team.
The proposal to be technical director of the tenth division was by Rafael Sánchez Laudari, who works as coordinator of the football subcommittee. Former defender, Rafa played in the training divisions of Boca and the Argentina Under 27 team.
“He knew that I had worked with groups of students and offered me to be a coach. Very happy I said yes because it is a challenge. The competition is different in Lifune,” she said.
The role of women as coaches in the region
Although in recent years the percentage of women’s participation in football increased thanks to the fact that some clubs included discipline in the institutionsthe truth is that the amount is still low in the technical direction.
«I know girls and women who are in the Union school and also in Don Bosco. There are several who are encouraged to direct“, he analyzed and added that “It’s nice that those who love sport can belong and practice it without prejudice because of their gender condition.
Lastly, he stressed that It is important that sports institutions make the commitment to incorporate training categories.
«There are many girls who play soccer and they generally have to be in clubs or in little schools where it is always mixed. It would be really good that they start to form from little ones ».
Noelia Troncoso, technical director at Club Unión
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