Florence Omagbemi
Nigerian football player
Florence Omagbemi (born 2 February 1975) is a Nigerian former football midfielder. She was part of the Nigeria women's national football team across four FIFA Women's World Cups, several Africa Women Cup of Nations and at the 2000 Summer Olympics. In 2016, she was named interim coach of the national side, having previously been an assistant coach to the Nigeria women's national under-20 football team.
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- I will want to use this opportunity to advise the federations in Africa to do more for their women’s’ teams. We want to try and develop the women’s game.The more competitions we have against ourselves the better for us, the same opportunity we have to improve their performance level just like with the Cameroonian team.
- "Falcons coach, Omagbemi calls for more women competitions in Africa", Daily Post (December 5, 2016)
- We are looking beyond Africa now. And that why I want to plead with Caf to give the women more opportunity to compete for more and not just with the Nations Cup.Because women lifetime in the game is different from the men. Having played Nations Cup two years, we are looking at four years time for the Women’s World Cup.If can engage them more in and out and try to organize more competitions for the
women and we will see everyone around.
- "Falcons coach, Omagbemi calls for more women competitions in Africa", Daily Post (December 5, 2016)
- They should work very hard, remain focused and, most importantly, put God first in all that they do and He will take care of the rest.
- "Omagbemi: Playing in the national team was an honour, a fulfilment…", Naija Times (December 25, 2020)
- Nothing is late in life as long as there is life.
- "Omagbemi: Playing in the national team was an honour, a fulfilment…", Naija Times (December 25, 2020)
- I want to thank the Cameroonian team and the coach for giving us a good game. It was a great final to watch seeing the best two teams in Africa competing.
- I’m speaking out on behalf of Nigeria and the Africa continent. Coming out to the press conferences all the time, we hear different stories about how different federations are struggling for support to get their teams’ ready in women football. Now, we are done with the Nations Cup. We want to focus again and see how we can prepare these teams for a world cup stage
