Ngozi Eucharia Uche

Uche Eucharia Ngozi (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.

 Career 
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.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 She was sacked in October 2011. She was sacked because the Nigeria team did not qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics.Eucharia Uche, Super Falcons coach, sacked . OnlineNigeria News

Controversy
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".Longman, Jere. "In African Women’s Soccer, Homophobia Remains an Obstacle." New York Times, 21 June 2011.

Honours
 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

 Other websites 


Official Website of the Nigeria Football Federation
Nigeria at the FIFA website.
 Nigeria at CAF Online.

Category:1973 births
Category:Living people
Category:1991 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Category:1995 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Category:Nigerian footballers
Category:Association football forwards
Category:Nigerian football managers