National Teams
Super Falcons coach bags CAF Elite Instructor bag in South Africa
By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde
Assistant coach of Nigeria’s senior women’s national team, Ann Agumanu-Chiejine has bagged another international coaching certificate after completing a week-long first-ever CAF Goalkeeping Elite Instructors Course in Johannesburg, South Africa.
This is coming barely one month after she attended the Elite Women Instructors Course organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in Morocco.
The CAF Goalkeeping Elite Instructors Course in Johannesburg which ran from Saturday, December 2 to Saturday, December 9, 2023, is a new program introduced by the continental football governing body as part of its deliberate efforts to develop women’s football in particular and football in general.
According to Prompt News, about 20 participants were invited for the course by CAF with 18 men of which Chiejine was among the two women attendees.
Chiejine also holds CAF Grade A and B Licenses, UEFA and USSF Coaching Certificates as well as Nigeria Institute of Sports (NIS) Diploma in football coaching.
The legendary goalkeeper, Chiejine was in goal for the West African nation in three FIFA Women’s World Cup finals in 1991 in China, 1995 in Sweden, and 1999 in the United States of America (USA) where Nigeria reached the quarter-final stage.
She also played for Nigeria in the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games in Australia as well as three Africa Women Championship (AWC) now Women’s African Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in 1998, 2000, and 2002 before retiring from active football to venture into coaching.
Chiejine also obtained her badge as a CAF Elite Women Instructor a month ago in far away Rabat, Morocco.
