Florence Omagbemi (born 2 February 1975) is a Nigerian former football

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. She was part of the

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across four FIFA Women's World Cups, several

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and at the

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. In 2016, she was named interim coach of the national side, having previously been an assistant coach to the

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International playing career

Omagbemi played for the

for over a decade, appearing in four FIFA Women's World Cups including being a member of the team that reached the second round in

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before losing to

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. As captain, she won the

with the "Super Falcons" on four occasions in

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, 2002 and 2004. She was also part of the Nigerian team which competed the Summer Olympics for the first time in the 2000 tournament in Australia.

Coaching career

Omagbemi began her coaching career with several American based youth teams, before being called up to be the assistant coach for the

. While in that position, the team reached the semifinals of the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup before being eliminated by the

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. Omagbemi was named as an interim coach of the senior national side for the 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations. Nigeria had been without a coach since the sacking of Christopher Danjuma following a poor performance of the team at the

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. A month prior to the start of the tournament, it was revealed that Omagbemi had gone unpaid by the

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. In response, the NFF made assurances that she would be paid before the team departed for the tournament. On 3 December 2016 Florence Omagbemi became the first woman to win the

as both a player and coach.

Honours

;Nigeria As player *

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(4):

, 2002, 2004 As coach *

winner:

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