Ngozi Eucharia Uche

Nigerian football coach

Uche Eucharia Ngoziaudio speaker iconpronunciation  (born 18 June 1973 in Mbaise, Imo State, Nigeria) is a former Nigerian football player and coach. Ngozi was the head coach of the Nigeria women's national football team. She was the first female assistant coach of the Nigeria national women's team. Later, she became the first female head coach of that team. Today, she is a FIFA and Confederation of African Football instructor. Uche grew up in Owerri, Nigeria.[1][2]

Uche Eucharia Ngozi
Personal information
Full name Uche Eucharia Ngozi
Date of birth (1973-06-18) 18 June 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Mbaise, Nigeria
Position(s) Player(Forward), Coach(Head Coach, Technical Adviser)
Youth career
Edo Queens
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988-1990 Rivers Angels
1990-2000 Delta Queens
National team
1991-2000 Nigeria
Teams managed
2009 - 2011 Nigeria (women's)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

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Ngozi was the first of five childen. She went to the Egbu Girls Secondary School Owerri. After that, she went to Delta State University. While in secondary school, Uche began playing football. She played for Bendel Striking Queens, Edo Queens, Rivers Angels, Ufuoma Babes, and Delta Queens. She later played for the Nigerian National team Super Falcons. She became the first African female to be called the Top Scorer in an international match. She was also the first Nigerian female to score an international hat-trick. This was done in the Nigeria vs Ghana 1999 game. She eventually became that team's first female coach. In 2010, she became the first woman coach to win an African Women's Championship title.[3] She was sacked in October 2011. She was sacked because the Nigeria team did not qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics.[4]

Controversy

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Uche was cautioned by FIFA for things she said in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. She said that homosexuality was a "concerning issue".[5][6]

Honours

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Nigeria

Coach

Club Coach

References

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  1. Ocholi, Danusa (15 February 2009). "Untold Story of Eucharia Uche". Newswatch. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  2. "Falcons Coach Bags FIFA Instructor's Job". 3 February 2011. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  3. The tactician hopes to emerge as the second female trainer to lead any women side to win the Africa Women's Cup of Nations by overcoming the hosts on Saturday in Yaounde "uche first woman to win second" Archived 2017-08-18 at the Wayback Machine. Goal.com
  4. Eucharia Uche, Super Falcons coach, sacked Archived 2020-11-10 at the Wayback Machine. OnlineNigeria News
  5. Longman, Jere. "In African Women’s Soccer, Homophobia Remains an Obstacle." New York Times, 21 June 2011.
  6. "Olakunle Opeyemi. "FIFA cautions Eucharia." Nigerian Tribune, 1 July 2011". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2019.

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