Who is Sarina Wiegman? England manager on the hunt for historic third consecutive Euros title | OneFootball

England manager Sarina Wiegman could make history this summer at Euro 2025, as she looks to become the first manager to win three tournaments in a row with multiple nations.

Sarina Wiegman’s home success

Before she took charge of the Lionesses, Sarina Wiegman was manager of her home nation in the Netherlands.

Wiegman was awarded the role of head coach in 2017 after various successes in Dutch domestic football and the same year she was hired by the Oranje’s she shocked the world by leading her team to win the Euros.

In Wiegman’s first major tournament in charge the Dutch were simply unstoppable and after three comfortable wins in the group stage the team advanced to the knockouts as one of the tournament favourites.

The Netherlands cruised past Sweden in the quarter finals before unceremoniously dumping the Lionesses out in the semi’s, with the team earning a spot in the final against Denmark having conceded just one goal in the tournament.

In the final, Wiegman’s side was truly challenged for the first time and with the score level at half time (2-2) the championship was hanging in the balance.

The Dutch prevailed in the second half though, with goals from Vivianne Miedema and Sherida Spitse writing the Netherlands into the history books.

Sarina Wiegman celebrates her first European Championship after beating Denmark 4-2 in Euro 2017 Final

After leading her nation to a first ever major international trophy in 2017, Wiegman proved her ability as a manager in the 2019 World Cup as again her team advanced all the way to the final. This time there was heartbreak at the final hurdle though as the Netherlands lost 2-0 to the USA.

First success with England

After another loss to the USA at the 2020 Olympic Games, Wiegman announced that she would be departing the Dutch national team with England calling.

At the end of 2020 Wiegman took over from Phil Neville as the full-time Lionesses manager with the hopes that a first non-English manager could finally bring the nation some success.

Just over a year after being put in charge, the Dutch manager took on the biggest challenge of her career to date with England hosting Euro 2022.

The Lionesses didn’t concede in the group stage and with 14 goals after three games the team was looking unstoppable to kick off the tournament.

While the group stage was a walk in the park, England had a much stiffer test in the knockouts as they were immediately pit against one of the other tournament favourites in Spain.

The Lionesses survived a scare in the quarter final after going 1-0 down, with Ella Toone sending the game to extra time with just six minutes left on the clock.

Georgia Stanway grabbed an extra time winner and after a fairly straightforward 2-0 win against Sweden in the semi-finals, England were into the Euro’s final for just the third time in competition history.

The final was one for the ages as again Toone scored and the game finished 1-1 after 90 minutes.

In extra time Chloe Kelly became a national hero as her goal in the 110th minute secured the Lionesses – and English football on the whole – with a first major trophy.

Under Wiegman England proved to be unstoppable at the tournament and with the Dutch manager at the helm yet again this year, the Lionesses are primed as one of the favourites to win yet again.

Chasing down iconic managers

There are already two managers who have won three Women’s European Championships during their career and Wiegman could etch her name amongst some of the greats with another win this summer.

Both of the managers who have won three Euros already are from Germany and Gero Bisanz was the first to complete the hat-trick with wins in 1989, 1991 and 1995.

The next manager to achieve the task of three wins was Tina Theune, who not only has three European Championships to her name, but all of the wins came in consecutive tournaments between 1997 and 2005.

With a win this summer, Wiegman would become the first manager in history to win the Euros three times with more than one nation.

Wiegman named a strong squad at the beginning of the month and despite some big names retiring just before the tournament, she will fancy her Lionesses to go far once again in Switzerland.