Nigeria Female Coaches Miss Out On FIFA Scholarship

  Nigeria Female Coaches Miss Out On FIFA Scholarship   Sampson Adedeji   Even though being the most successful team in terms of female football in Africa, Nigeria's female coaches have missed out on the list of 47 coaches that will benefit from its scholarship program, BSNsports.com.ng can report.   The football ruling body selected 47 talented female coaches from 27 member associations to benefit from a scholarship, as part of its Coach Education Scholarship programme, designed to increase the number of female coaches working in football.   Earlier in the week, FIFA Women’s Football Division launched the online mentoring element of the programme, which saw scholarship recipients paired up with experienced coaches from the women’s game.   The objectives are to:   Educate and inspire female players and coaches to ensure long careers.   Create easier pathways for players to gain qualifications and increase their opportunities to obtain employment in coaching.   Increase the number of qualified female coaches working in the game.       The current participants represent all six FIFA confederations:   Sharna Naidu (Australia); Eilidh Mackay (Australia); Victoria Guzman (Australia); Mahmuda Akter (Bangladesh); Iris Centeno (Belize); Véronique Yonli (Burkina Faso); Yali Meng (China); Angie Veronica Vega (Colombia); Sandra Salamanca (Colombia); Ana Cordoba (Costa Rica); Anja Heiner-Moller (Denmark); Jeny Herrera (Ecuador); Mabel Velarde Coba (Ecuador); Eydvor Jakobsen (Faroe Islands); Elina Kuronen (Finland); Saija Lehtimaki (Finland); Teija Niemela (Finland); Kyra Densing (Germany); Durva Vahia (India); Amoolya Kamal (India); Khoze Hameed Abdullah (Iraq); Toni Cowan (Jamaica); Aseel Albarbarawi (Jordan); Minjung Kang (Korea Republic); Juhee Song (Korea Republic); Hanan Ghunaim Oqab Al Rashed (Kuwait); Beldine Odemba (Kenya); Chiara Kaya (Netherlands); Annemein Van Seijst (Netherlands); Bianca Koppers (Netherlands); Kim Broers (Netherlands); Niekie Pellens (Netherlands); Felicienne Minnaar (Netherlands); Sandra Van Tol (Netherlands); Stefanie van der Gragt (Netherlands); Mandy van den Berg (Netherlands); Tessa Nicol (New Zealand); Alana Gunn (New Zealand); Annalie Longo (New Zealand); Margaret Aka (Papua New Guinea); Julie McSherry (Scotland); Cheewathan Krueawan (Thailand); Bulega Faridah (Uganda); Twila Kaufman Kilgore (USA); Natalia Astrain (USA); Tracey Kevins (USA); Karima Yuldasheva (Uzbekistan).