Head coach of the Nigeria
Women U-20 team has been
shortlisted by the world football
governing body for the Fifa
Women coach of the year
honour
Oct 24, 2014 11:16:00



The Federation of
International
Football
Association has
released the
shortlists for the 2014 Fifa Coach
of the Year for Women shortlists
with Nigeria Women’s U-20 coach,
Peter Dedevbo making the cut in
the ten-man list.

The roll was compiled by Fifa’s
Committee for Women's Football
and a group of experts from
France Football.

Under the guidance of Dedevbo,
Nigeria went within inches of
becoming the first African nation
to become women’s world
champions after losing to
Germany 1-0 in the final of the Fifa
U-20 Women’s World Cup in
Canada.

He also boasts a strong
connection with the many young
stars of Nigerian women’s
football, having also coached the
U-17 national team at Azerbaijan
2012 prior to his breakthrough
effort with the Super Falconets at
Canada 2014.

The named will be pruned to three
on December 1, 2014 while the
winner will be announced at the
Fifa Ballon d’Or Gala on 12 January
2015.

FULL LIST OF NOMINEES

1. Philippe Bergeroo (France/
France national team)

2. Peter Dedevbo (Nigeria/Nigeria
U-20 national team)

3. Laura Harvey (England/Seattle
Reign FC)
4. Ralf Kellermann (Germany/VfL
Wolfsburg)
5. Maren Meinert (Germany/
Germany U-20 national team)
6. Norio Sasaki (Japan/Japan
national team)
7. Pia Sundhage (Sweden/Sweden
national team)
8. Asako Takemoto Takakura
(Japan/Japan U-17 national team)
9. Jorge Vilda (Spain/Spain U-17
national team and U-19 national
team)
10. Martina Voss-Tecklenburg
(Germany/Switzerland national
team)