NFF Appoints Swede, Thomas Dennerby As Super Falcons Coach

New Super Falcons Coaches (Photo Credit: thenff.com)

Swedish football coach, Thomas Dennerby, is set to resume as the head coach of Nigeria’s senior national female football team, Super Falcons.

This follows the signing of an agreement to that effect by the Nigeria Football Federation and Dennerby. The contract also enables Dennerby to bring along an assistant in the person of Mr. Jorgen Petersson, another highly experienced Swedish coach nominated by Dennerby himself.

Three other coaches are expected to join the team as assistant coaches and goalkeeper trainers.

“The NFF decided to go for a coach of the calibre of Thomas Dennerby for three reasons: to sustain and enhance the Super Falcons’ dominance on the African scene; to take the Falcons and the other women teams to the next level of challenging for laurels at global competitions like the Olympics and the FIFA World Cup and; to generally lay the foundation for the real development of women’s football in our country,” Shehu Dikko, NFF 2nd Vice President/Chairman of Strategy, told thenff.com.

“Dennerby will live in Nigeria most of the time and support the other women teams whenever he has the time. The contract is until the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo in the initial, with the right for automatic renewal subject to meeting performance milestones as agreed. He will be in Nigeria very soon for the public unveiling.

“The NFF Technical and Development Committee has already shortlisted three Nigerians to work with Messrs Dennerby and Petersson as assistant coaches and goalkeeper trainer. These three will resume work soon to start preparing the team for the upcoming WAFU Cup of Nations in Cote d’Ivoire pending the resumption of Dennerby and Petersson.”