Ngozi Eucharia Uche

Uche Eucharia Ngozi
Personal information
Full name	Uche Eucharia Ngozi
Date of birth	18 June 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Mbaise, Nigeria
Position(s)	Player(Forward), Coach(Head Coach, Technical Adviser)
Youth career
	Edo Queens
Senior career*
Years	Team
1988-1990	Rivers Angels
1990-2000	Delta Queens
National team
1991-2000	Nigeria
Teams managed
2009 - 2011	Nigeria (women's)
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Uche Eucharia Ngozipronunciation (help·info) (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.^[1]^[2]

Career[change | change source]

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.^[3] She was sacked in October 2011. She was sacked because the Nigeria team did not qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[4]