Former Super Eagles striker Victor Ikpeba has hailed the
achievements of Nigeria’s Senior Women National Team, the Super
Falcons while advocating for further development of the women’s
game in the country. Such is the dominance of the Falcons
in Africa that they have won 9 of the 11 Africa Women Cup of
Nations. However, their supremacy on the continent has not been
replicated on the global stage, with a solitary quarter-final
placement in 1999, their best outing at the FIFA Women’s World Cup.
The 1997 African Footballer of the Year believes Women football has
‘come of age’ in the country and, as such, needs to get to the
‘next level,’ where it can compete favorably and win laurels at the
global stage. “I think Women’s football (in Nigeria) has come of
age, it needs to get to the next level, especially back home.” the
former Monaco striker told brila.net “We
are all looking forward to the day when the (Super) Falcons will
get to the finals of the Olympics, the finals of the World Cup.
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); “But so far,
they’ve done well. I think we should be proud of women football so
far. But we still need to develop our female football back home.
“Should we shy away from that? I think that is where we have to get
it right because our girls are really passionate about female
football. The Nigeria Football Federation recently appointed
American Randy Waldrum as the new Head Coach of the Super Falcons
to replace Swede Thomas Dennerby who left the post last year.
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