My Dream to Coach The Super Falcons Motivated my switch to Africa says Waldrum.


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The coach of the Super Falcons Randy Waldrum in an exclusive chat with tobexmedia.com  revealed that he had always wanted to coach the Super Falcons. 

A friend of mine Sam Okpodu in the US who had worked with me in some coaching Education courses was the manager of Falcons  at the world cup. I actually fell in love with the players back then.

I felt there was so much talents in the team's


He further explained that since 1999, he had nursed that dream of some day coaching the Super Falcons. 

' I am very excited that the opportunity came along for me now, I am honoured to work for the NFF and the entire Nigeria. 

It is a project I am very excited starting'.


The project started at the Turkish women's tournament 2021 where the Super Falcons defeated the hard fighting ladies from Moscow CSKA by a lone goal. The ladies are poised to play Uzbekistan in their next game.

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