Moving the Goalposts | The Greenlander aiming to turn Japan’s women’s team back into winners
Nils Nielsen, the former Manchester City director of football, believes he can help country’s huge talent flourish as their first foreign manager
Flashback to July 2011 and the jubilant celebrations by Japan’s World Cup heroes as they hoist the trophy high into the Frankfurt night sky and you could easily have thought the Japanese women’s game was going to enjoy a period of sustained prosperity. However, despite history being made that summer evening, success at major tournaments has proved impossible for the Japan FA.
Now, though, there is hope of a new dawn. Enter Nils Nielsen, the former Manchester City women’s director of football and Denmark women’s coach, who has been charged with guiding the Nadeshiko back to the heights of 2011. The appointment serves as a landmark moment with the Greenlander becoming Japan’s first foreign manager.
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