NFF names Dedevbo as Falconets coach

Nigeria Football Federation has named
Peter Dedevbo as coach of the national
U-20 women’s team, the Falconets.
Dedevbo was coach of the U-17
women’s team, Flamingos, before his
new appointment.
The Delta State-born led the Flamingos
to quarter-final berths at the FIFA World
Cup finals in Trinidad and Tobago in
2010 and in Azerbaijan in 2012.
He will be assisted by Toyin Ayinla and
Haruna Uche, who is the goalkeeping
coach.
Already, Dedevbo has invited 30 players
for camping ahead of the qualifiers for
the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in
Canada next year.
The Falconets, runners-up at the
Germany 2010 World Cup and semi-
finalists at the following edition in Japan
in 2012, are up against Burkina Faso in
the first round fixtures. Nigeria host the
first leg encounter later this month.
The camping begins in Abuja on Monday
with six players each from Delta Queens
and Rivers Angels.
Some of the players are Saran Nnodim
(Delta Queens), Victoria Aidelomon
(Pelican Stars), Fasilat Adeyemo
(Confluence Queens), Oluchi Ofoegbu
(Delta Queens), Halimat Ayinde (Delta
Queens), Bidemi Aluko (Rivers Angels),
Cynthia Aku (Rivers Angels), Patience
Okaeme (Delta Queens), Mabel Michael
(Ibom Queens) and Jiroro Idike (Delta
Queens).