Nigeria has opened talks with 2012 FIFA World Coach of the Year Pia Sundhage to take over African champions Super Falcons.
The 55-year-old Swede coach is leading her native Sweden at the Women’s World Cup in Canada.
“Top officials are keen to have the highly-rated coach take over the Falcons,” a highly-placed official told AfricanFootball.com
“The Falcons have very talented players like (Asisat) Oshoala and (Desire) Oparanozie, but their problem is basically coaching and that is why they opened talks with Pia in Canada during the World Cup.”
Falcons have over the years been headed by local coaches but some European coaches like Jo Bonfrere and Thomas Obliers from Germany have also coached the country’s women’s team.
Pia, as she is fondly called, won two Olympic gold medals with United States of America between 2008 and 2012. She was also in charge when the US were upset by Japan in the final of the World Cup in 2011. In the meantime, the Falcons final group game against USA in Vancouver will be played by 1am Wednesday morning in Nigeria.
The African champions must win to stand any chance of progressing beyond the group stage of the World Cup.
