NFF signs top Swedish coach, Dennerby, for Super Falcons



The Nigeria Football Federation has signed an agreement with top Swedish football coach, Thomas Dennerby, to take the role of Head Coach of eight –time African champions, Super Falcons.  The contract also enables Dennerby to come into the job with an assistant, Mr. Jorgen Petersson, another highly experienced Swedish coach nominated by Dennerby himself.

More recently, he did scouting and analyses for the Swedish FA at the 2013 and 2017 European Championships, the 2016 Olympics and the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Canada.

 

Petersson has worked with several top Swedish clubs including Moheda IF, Osters IF, Vaxjo, Alvesta Golf, IFK Varmamo, Malmo FF, Kalmar FF and Linkopings FC, was assistant coach of the Swedish U23 women team between 2006-2012 and scouted for the Swedish women national team at last year’s European Championship.

 

The appointment is in line with the pledge made by NFF President Amaju Pinnick to get a world –class coach to take the Super Falcons and other women national teams to the next level (of competing creditably and for laurels at global championships), and who would also work assiduously with the Federation to ensure robust development of women football in Nigeria. Pinnick expressed delight that the process had gone smoothly and assured the coaches of a conducive working environment to achieve the set milestones.

 

“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.


Dikko added: “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.”

 

The three coaches who will work with Dennerby and Petersson will be announced soon.

Watch: Thomas Dennerby keen to start work as @NGSuper_Falcons Head Coach. #SuperFalcons

ignis:
This is what happens when you don't value your own. I believe there are Nigerians that can do far better than this white man and would accept salary of a fraction of this man's pay.

Gamesmart:
SWEDISH?


The will let lesbianism foster well in the team.

Shayneward1:
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x3reme07:
i beg to differ

ignis:
This is what happens when you don't value your own. I believe there are Nigerians that can do far better than this white man and would accept salary of a fraction of this man's pay.

ignis:
This is what happens when you don't value your own. I believe there are Nigerians that can do far better than this white man and would accept salary of a fraction of this man's pay.

SpareNo1:
What's this one saying? So because he's not Nigerian, even if he can resurrect the falcons, he shouldn't be employed?

That's why Buhari keeps putting square pegs in round holes

Have you not seen the great work the Super eagles handler have been doing? Have you not seen how the NFF have been securing endorsement deals?

Go and sit down joor

Psittacus:
Pinick is giving Nigeria football a feel of real picnic... well-done Sir..

Pls, don't even spew out given "our own "
With the array of talents super falcons have possessed over the decades it's is this "our own" mentality that hasn't changed our performance at the world stage.. Plss, joor, Biko
...let the falcons enjoy the foreign benefits too at least ...

if "our own " are so competent, they should go and coach outside this country too... keshi, oliseh are examples and both got their chance to impress..

For the sake of the careers of this young girls, let them enjoy the foreign benefit... se it's working out with the super chickens ...