Florence Omagbemi

Florence Omagbemi (born 2 February 1975) is a Nigerian former football midfielder. She was part of the Nigeria women's national football team. She played in four FIFA Women's World Cups. She also played in many Africa Women Cup of Nations. She played at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She was an assistant coach for the Nigeria women's national under-20 football team. In 2016, she became the interim coach of the Nigeria women's national side.

International playing career
Omagbemi played for the Nigeria women's national football team for over 10 years. She played in four FIFA Women's World Cups.  She became the captain of her team. While captain, she won the Africa Women Cup of Nations in 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2004. She was also part of the Nigerian team in the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Coaching career
Omagbemi coached many American youth teams. She stopped doing this when she was asked to be the assistant coach for the Nigeria women's national under-20 football team. While she was assistant coach, the team reached the semifinals of the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The team lost in the semifinals to the United States. Omagbemi became an interim coach for the senior national side for the 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations.

A month before the start of the tournament, people learned that Omagbemi had not been paid by the Nigeria Football Federation. Because of this, the NFF said that she would be paid before the team left.

On 3 December 2016 Florence Omagbemi became the first woman to win the Africa Women Cup of Nations as both a player and coach.

Honours

 Player 
Nigeria
 African Women's Championship: 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004
Individual

 IFFHS All-time Africa Women's Dream Team: 2021

 Manager 
Individual

 African Women's Championship: 2016

Notes

References


Other websites
 http://pulse.ng/sports/football/florence-omagbemi-super-falcons-coach-loses-dad-id5849243.html 
 http://www.goal.com/en-ng/news/7255/african-women-championship/2016/11/28/29937372/florence-omagbemi-is-a-very-good-coach-says-ngozi-okobi
 http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/12/10/florence-omagbemi-her-crowning-glory/

Category:1975 births
Category:Living people
Category:Nigerian footballers
Category:Nigerian football managers
Category:Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:Association football midfielders
Category:Olympians for Nigeria