Place of birth Nigeria Apps (Gls) 2016- Nigeria | Playing position 1991 - 2004 Nigeria | |
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Date of birth (1975-02-02) February 2, 1975 (age 42) Nominations CAF Coach of the Year, African Women Footballer of the Year Similar Desire Oparanozie, Asisat Oshoala, Perpetua Nkwocha, Mercy Akide | ||
Nigeria s florence omagbemi a leading light for female football coaches
Florence Omagbemi (born 1975) is a female Nigerian former football midfielder. She was part of the Nigeria women's national football team across four FIFA Women's World Cups, several Africa Women Cup of Nations and at the 2000 Summer Olympics. In 2016, she was named interim coach of the national side, having previously been an assistant coach to the Nigeria women's national under-20 football team.
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- Nigeria s florence omagbemi a leading light for female football coaches
- Coach florence omagbemi unveils final 21 man squad list for african women championships
- International playing career
- Coaching career
- Honours
- References
Coach florence omagbemi unveils final 21 man squad list for african women championships
International playing career
Omagbemi played for the Nigeria women's national football team for over a decade, appearing in four FIFA Women's World Cups including being a member of the team that reached the second round in 1999 before losing to Brazil. As captain, she won the Africa Women Cup of Nations with the "Super Falcons" on four occasions in 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2004. She was also part of the Nigerian team which competed the Summer Olympics for the very first time in the 2000 tournament in Australia.
Coaching career
She began her coaching career with several American based youth teams, before being called up to be the assistant coach for the Nigeria women's national under-20 football team. While in that position, the team reached the semi finals of the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup before being eliminated by the United States. Omagbemi was named as an interim coach of the senior national side for the 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations. Nigeria had been without a coach since the sacking of Christopher Danjuma following a poor performance of the team at the 2015 African Games. A month prior to the start of the tournament, it was revealed that Omagbe had gone unpaid by the Nigerian Football Federation. In response, the NFF made assurances that she would be paid before the team departed for the tournament., on 3 December 2016 she became the first woman to win the Africa Women Cup of Nations as both a player and coach.
Honours
As Player
2000, 2002, 2004
As Coach
