Ngozi Eucharia Uche

Ngozi Eucharia Uche (born 18 June 1973 in Mbaise, Imo State, Nigeria) is a former football player and a former head coach of the Nigeria women's national football team. Uche grew up in Owerri, Nigeria.[1][2]

Ngozi Eucharia Uche
Personal information
Full name Ngozi Eucharia Uche
Date of birth (1973-06-18) 18 June 1973
Place of birth Mbaise, Nigeria
National team
Nigeria
Teams managed
Nigeria (women's)

Early life

The first of five children, she was brought up in a middle class environment. She attended the Egbu Girls Secondary School Owerri before heading to Delta State University. While in secondary school, Uche began playing soccer. She later played for the national team Super Falcons, and became their 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 after Nigeria failed to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics.[4]

Controversy

Uche was cautioned by FIFA for remarks she made during the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, in which she called homosexuality a "dirty issue" and "spiritually wrong".[5][6]

Honours
Nigeria

Coach

References
  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". Goal.com
  4. Eucharia Uche, Super Falcons coach, sacked. 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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