“You won’t be well received and some people won’t want you there” was one of the many phrases he needed to hear. Helen Lorraine Nkwocha (London, 8/24/1976) when he decided to leave his job as a police officer in Metropolitan Police coordinating riot squads (the last five years of service) after fifteen years of patrolling his city and becoming a coach with the goal of reaching the pinnacle of soccer managing a professional team.
After leading brigades made up of men, she is not afraid to face locker rooms suspicious of her status: “In the police, I got used to being one of the few female supervisors. So when the opportunity came to continue coaching professional players, it wasn’t a big step for me. This is more surprising for the players.
live on a boat
nkwocha was born and raised in the south of London and from the age of 14 it was clear that he wanted to be a policeman and a footballer. At the age of 20, he joined the metropolitan police force after graduating in Literature and combining it with soccer. played on Millwall Lionesseshe Wimbledonhe Crystal palacehe fulham and the Tooting and Mitcham for 23 years. But an anterior cruciate ligament injury forced him to quit in his thirties. At that moment it was clear to him that he could devote himself to training. Five years later, he resigned his police position, sold his house, and settled on a barge anchored at a dock in thames to cut costs because a policeman earns far more than a grassroots football coach.
In football around the world
His coaching background includes a long and diverse cast of stays around the world. Started in 2010 with Ebbsfleet etc. Female FCthen on Millwall Lionesses FChe Gillingham (under 17), the Ridgeway Rovers FC (under 16) and in academia total soccer (sub14) where English ‘scouting’ has to discover new talents. Starting in 2013, he went through the academies and development centers of Arsenalhe new york red bullshe Chelsea, Manchester Utd and the Tottenham to assume in 2016, for almost three years, the role of trainer and coordinator in development schools in shanghai. Then he went through the academy of Liverpool in USA in Chicago until January 2021 when he was offered a position in the Faroe Islands to manage the children’s teams of Tvoroyrar Boltfelag FC (TB).
After so many exotic destinations and diverse training camps, the offer of TB It doesn’t seem too far.
on the island of sheep
In September 2021, the management of TB He proposed to manage the first professional men’s team until the end of the season. The Faroe Islands (in danish Faroe Islands – isla de los corderos) has 300 rainy days a year and the wind is so strong that it’s common to see uprooted goalposts rolling around the pitch.
The Faroe Islands They may not be the perfect place for soccer but they are the smallest community with professional soccer clubs Europe. He TB It is located on the southern island of South: This is the most isolated club in the league and you must travel at least 2 hours by ferry to play away.
The league starts in March and ends in December. nkwocha He debuted with a loss and it is difficult to turn the situation around. He admitted that “When I took over the first team, I knew we were likely to be relegated.” But the experience of leading a team of boys, along with everything he had already accumulated, helped him “expand my horizons as a coach outside of England”.
After that experience, he went to USA where is he at the academy? Evertonwithin Colorado Utd. SCcreated the tactical analysis company tactalize and director of Coaching at the academy Rush Soccer of Albania (NY), to pour all his knowledge into a country where soccer is growing and will grow for the sake of the 2026 World Cup.
Source: La Verdad
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