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Nigeria’s Omagbemi Nominated For FIFA Best
Women’s Coach Award
Nigeria’s Super Falcons head coach, Florence
Omagbemi has been nominated among 10
coaches shortlisted for the best FIFA Women’s
coach award 2017.
Omagbemi’s nomination on the 10-shortlist
coaches of the year was revealed by the world
football ruling on Thursday, following
recommendations from panel of women’s
football experts.
The former Super Falcons midfielder and
captain guided the Nigerian senior women’s
national team to win the 2016 African Women
Cup Of Nations (AWCON), after beating hosts
Cameroon 1-0 at the Ahmadou Ahidjo
Omnisports Stadium in Yaoundé.
Among those nominated on the list include,
Olivier Echouafni head coach of the French
national team, Emma Hayes of Chelsea Ladies,
Ralf Kellermann head coach of the VFL
Wolfsburg (women) and Xavi Llorens head
coach of FC Barcelona Ladies.
Others on the list are, Nils Nielsen of the
Danish senior women national team, Gerard
Precheur head coach of Olympique Lyonnais
Ladies, Dominik Thalhammer head coach of
Australian women national team, Sarina
Wiegman of Netherlands women national team
and Hwang Yong-Bong both of Korea DPR
women team and Korea DPR U-20 women
national teams.
The winner of the award will be decided by
four main stakeholders involved in football:
national team coaches, captains, selected
media and the fans.Voting commences on
Monday 21 August and closes on 7 September.
The final lists of three nominees for the men’s
and women’s player and coach categories – as
well as for the FIFA Puskás Award, the FIFA
Fan Award and the brand new The Best FIFA
Goalkeeper Award – will be announced in mid-
September.
Meanwhile, all winners will be presented with
their awards at the Best FIFA Football Awards
ceremony will holds Monday 23 October, 2017.
The 10 candidates in full:
* Olivier Echouafni (FRA – French national
team)
* Emma Hayes (ENG – Chelsea Ladies)
* Ralf Kellermann (GER – VfL Wolfsburg)
* Xavi Llorens (ESP – FC Barcelona Femeni)
* Nils Nielsen (DEN – Danish national team)
* Florence Omagbemi (NGA – Nigerian national
team)
* Gerard Precheur (FRA – Olympique Lyonnais
Feminin)
* Dominik Thalhammer (AUT – Austrian
national team)
* Sarina Wiegman (NED – Netherlands national
team)
* Hwang Yong-Bong (PRK – Korea DPR / Korea
DPR U-20 national teams)