FIFA Nominates Omagbemi For Best Women’s Coach Award

Former Super Falcons of Nigeria head coach Florence Omagbemi has been shortlisted for The Best FIFA Women’s Coach 2017 award.

Omagbemi’s inclusion in a 10-man shortlist was announced on FIFA’s official website on Thursday. The shortlist was chosen by a panel of women’s football experts that includes notable names like Unites States women’s football great Mia Hamm, Nadine Kessler of Germany, and Sisi of Brazil amongst others.

Omagbemi led the Super Falcons to win the Africa Women’s Cup of Nations in Cameroon in 2016 but has not been retained by the Nigeria Football Federation.

Other names in the shortlist are Sarina Wiegman who won the European Women’s Champpionship with the Netherlands, Germany’s Ralf Kellermann, Olivier Echouafni and Gerard Precheur both from France, Dominik Thalhammer of Austria and Bracelona’s women’s team coach Xavi Llorens.