FC Robo Queens have strengthened their technical bench ahead of the 2025-26 Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) season by appointing former Falconets star Fasilat Adeyemo to a coaching role. The Lagos-based club believe her experience as a player and understanding of the women’s game will be valuable as they aim to contend for honours this campaign.
Adeyemo who featured prominently at youth international level and has a reputation for her tactical awareness brings fresh energy to the Robo Queens setup. The club announced that she will join the existing coaching team under Head Coach Emmanuel Osahon, working with both senior players and the development squads.
In a statement, FC Robo outlined that her appointment is part of a broader strategy to blend experienced former players with coaching continuity in order to enhance performance, team cohesion and tactical sophistication. With the club having missed out on the Super Six last season, the addition of Adeyemo is positioned as one of several changes designed to close the gap on the league’s front-runners.
Editorial
To entrust a former player with a position on the technical bench is to believe that experience can evolve into influence. For FC Robo Queens, the appointment of Fasilat Adeyemo is neither symbolic nor sentimental it is strategic. It signifies the club is serious about harnessing legacy and converting it into leadership.
Women’s football in Nigeria is at an inflection point: the margins between the ambitious clubs and the consolidation clubs are narrowing. This means coaching appointments matter not just for identity, but for execution. Adeyemo’s transition from player to coach mirrors a broader trend in professional sport where the value of insight, empathy and institutional memory become competitive assets.
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Yet all the promise in the world does not guarantee results. The challenge for FC Robo is to ensure that Adeyemo’s integration into the technical team enhances not distracts from the platform needed for improved outcomes. Legacy alone is no substitute for clarity of role, coaching structure, and performance measurement.
For Robo Queens supporters, this is a tangible signal: the club is attempting to remake the narrative. Gone are the seasons of unfulfilled potential the club is layering ambition with architecture. Adeyemo’s story becomes a micro-cosm of that. Her capacity to bridge midfield experience, youth empathy, and tactical coaching may well become a mirror for how the club evolves.
In Nigerian women’s football, where talent abounds but structure often lags, the move is refreshing. And if Robo can translate this reinforcement into consistency, then next season could mark a turning point not just for the club, but the league that watches it.
Did You Know?
- Fasilat Adeyemo previously featured for Nigeria’s Falconets youth team and was once cited among the most promising young midfielders in her age group.
- FC Robo Queens will resume pre-season training on Monday 30 June 2025 as they prepare for the 2025-26 NWFL season.
- Last season, Adeyemo was shortlisted for the FC Robo Player of the Year award, even though she did not ultimately win it.
- The Lagos-based club, widely known for youth development, missed out on a spot in the NWFL Super Six playoff last season prompting the decision to strengthen the technical staff.
- The integration of former players into coaching roles, such as Adeyemo’s, reflects a growing emphasis in Nigerian women’s football on bridging development and senior performance through continuity of personnel.
