Former Super Falcons striker and four time CAF African women’s football player of the year, Perpetua Nkwocha has revealed her intentions to go into coaching, as she says she finds it difficult to leave the beautiful game she has been involved in for so many years.
Nkowcha has spent the past decade living in Sweden where she coaches, and even referees. Nkwocha is not lost to her home country, however, and was assistant coach as the Super Falcons retained their continental crown at the 2016 African Championship.
In a chat with Sports247, the three-time top goalscorer CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in 2004, 2006 and 2010 also added that she remains confident the Super Falcons will do well in France under coach Thomas Dennerby, even as they line out to battle the Black Queens of Ghana later today in the WAFU cup semi finals
“I have made up my mind that I want to remain in football because it is not easy for me to just walk away from it because it’s something I’ve been doing for a long time”.
“If I cannot play, I still have to remain in football so I have made up my mind that I want to become a coach which am working hard to achieve it”.
“Am wishing the team all the best ahead of the world cup in France, most especially the coach, have to wish him good luck, am very sure the coach will do well so I wish them good luck”.
Nkwocha shone at her brightest at continental level. Her CV includes five CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nation titles and three top goalscorer awards. Her four-goal haul against Cameroon in the 2004 final is unlikely to ever be bettered.
