Ngozi Eucharia Uche
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Uche Eucharia Ngozi | ||
Date of birth | 18 June 1973 | ||
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 |
Uche Eucharia Ngozipronunciation (help·info) (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]
Career
[change | change source]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
[change | change source]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
[change | change source]- Nigeria
Coach
- African Women's Championship Winner (2): 2010, 2000 (as Assistant Coach)
Club Coach
- Nigeria Women Football League Winner (1): 2003
- Nigeria Women's Cup Winner (2): 2004, 2006
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Ocholi, Danusa (15 February 2009). "Untold Story of Eucharia Uche". Newswatch. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ↑ "Falcons Coach Bags FIFA Instructor's Job". 3 February 2011. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Eucharia Uche, Super Falcons coach, sacked Archived 2020-11-10 at the Wayback Machine. OnlineNigeria News
- ↑ Longman, Jere. "In African Women’s Soccer, Homophobia Remains an Obstacle." New York Times, 21 June 2011.
- ↑ "Olakunle Opeyemi. "FIFA cautions Eucharia." Nigerian Tribune, 1 July 2011". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
Other websites
[change | change source]Quotations from Wikiquote | |
Data from Wikidata |
- [1]
- Official Website of the Nigeria Football Federation
- Nigeria at the FIFA website.
- Nigeria at CAF Online.