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]
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Full name | Ngozi Eucharia Uche | ||
Date of birth | (1973-06-18) 18 June 1973 (age 49) | ||
Place of birth | Mbaise, Nigeria | ||
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Nigeria | |||
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Nigeria (women's) |
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]
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]
Coach
Nigeria squad – 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup | ||
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Nigeria squad – 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup | ||
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Nigeria squad – 2010 African Women's Championship winners (8th title) | ||
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Nigeria squad – 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup | ||
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