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​'They know their jobs and how to perfectly deliver' - Okobi backs Nigerian coaches for Super Falcons post

Nigeria's Francisca Ordega asked for a foreign coach recently but her teammate believes the local tacticians can do better

Eskilstuna United midfielder Ngozi Okobi has thrown her weight behind Nigerian coaches to get the nod in the race for the vacant senior women's national team coaching role.

The Super Falcons have had no substantive coach since Thomas Dennerby quit the post despite a 2018 Africa Women's Cup of Nations triumph and a 2019 Women's World Cup Round of 16 berth.

Since his exit last September, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has begun the search to fill the void, with its president Amaju Pinnick vowing to appoint a world-class coach for the team.