Former Nigeria international Maureen Mmadu has revealed she will prefer a female coach to handle the country's senior women's national team.
Mmadu received 101 caps from 1993 to 2011 for the West Africans and became the only female player to reach the milestone, featuring at the Women's World Cup four times and the Olympics twice.
She was named as an assistant to Thomas Dennerby in 2018 and they led the team to retain the African Women's Cup of Nations in 2018 and reach the Women's World Cup Round of 16 last year.
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Since Dennerby's resignation last September, the Nigeria Football Federation has been in search of a new substantive coach as the nation seeks to defend their African title.