Randy Waldrum is new Super Falcons’ head coach

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By David Awopetu

After several months of anticipation, the Nigeria Football Federation has finally announced the appointment of Randy Waldrum as the new Head Coach of the senior women’s national team, Super Falcons.

In a statement issued on Monday, the NFF stated Mr Waldrum will work with former Super Falcons’ goalkeeper and Captain, Ann Chiejine, who is the first Assistant Coach, while Wemimo Mathew Olanrewaju will serve as the second Assistant Coach and Auwar Bashir Makwalla will be goalkeepers’ trainer.

An American who played as a midfielder, Waldrum, succeeds Swedish Thomas Dennerby who resigned from the job in October last year.

The American worked largely within the U.S women football circle and was head coach of the Trinidad and Tobago national team between 2014 and 2016.

The NFF president, Amaju Pinnick, has thanked Philips Consulting, the executors of the recruitment process, for a job done.

Pinnick said he was confident that the new technical crew would take the female national team to brand new heights.

“The predominance of the Super Falcons on the African continent has never been in doubt, with nine titles out of 11 editions of the Women AFCON competitions held so far,” he told the NFF website.

“We envision a new Super Falcons squad competing favourably for laurels at the global level, and I believe the new technical crew led by Mr. Waldrum can take us to that level.”

Waldrum has been tasked to lead the Super Falcons through two major campaigns, the African Women’s Cup of Nations, which doubles as the qualifying event for the 2023 Women’s World Cup.

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