Nicola Demaine
{{Short description|English football manager}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Nicola Demaine{{Cite web|url=https://www.oceaniafootball.com/demaine-moving-on-to-new-challenges/|title=Demaine moving on to new challenges|publisher=oceaniafootball.com}}
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|birth_place = England
|currentclub = Bhutan (technical director)
|manageryears1 = 2018–2019
|managerclubs1 = Samoa
|manageryears2 = 2021–2023
|managerclubs2 = Papua New Guinea
|manageryears3 = 2024–
|managerclubs3 = Bhutan
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Nicola Demaine is an English football manager, who was the head coach of the Bhutan women's national football team.
Career
In 2018, Demaine was appointed manager of Samoa.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aff.org.nz/newsarticle/92472|title=Interview with Nicola Demaine|publisher=aff.org.nz}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.oceaniafootball.com/samoa-aim-to-continue-historic-run/|title=Samoa aim to continue historic run|publisher=oceaniafootball.com}} In 2021, she was appointed manager of Papua New Guinea, helping them win the 2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup, their only major trophy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/radio-australia/programs/pacificbeat/png-soccer-women/13832710|title=New coach targets Women's World Cup place as PNG prepares for first matches since 2019|publisher=abc.net.au}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenational.com.pg/womens-national-team-impresses-coach-demaine/|title=Women’s national team impresses coach Demaine|publisher=thenational.com.pg}}{{Cite web|url=https://postcourier.com.pg/individual-development-vital/|title=Individual Development Vital|publisher=postcourier.com.pg}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenational.com.pg/demaines-team-make-png-history/|title=Demaine’s team make PNG history|publisher=thenational.com.pg}}{{Cite web|url=https://postcourier.com.pg/team-effort-png-womens-coach/|title=Team Effort: PNG Women's Coach|publisher=postcourier.com.pg}}{{Cite web|url=https://fijilive.com/sports/football/news/2022/07/we-need-to-tidy-our-game-against-fiji-demaine/48614.Fijilive|title=We need to tidy our game against Fiji: Demaine|publisher=fijilive.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://pasifikasisters.com/2022/04/19/demaine-reflects-on-singapore-success/|title=DEMAINE REFLECTS ON SINGAPORE SUCCESS|publisher=pasifikasisters.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://archive.today/20220811151841/https://translate.google.com/?sl=auto&tl=en&text=PNG%20here%20to%20make%20history:%20Coach%0ATamanitoakula%20urges%20fans%20to%20supprt%20them%20in%20tonight%E2%80%99s%20OFC%20final%0A%0AFiji%20Sun30%20Jul%202022LEONE%20CABENATABUA%20SUVA%0APhoto:%20Fiji%20FA%20Media%0ADigicel%20Kulas%20during%20their%20warm-up%20sesson%20(left-right)%20Sofi%20Diyalowai%20(captain),%20Imeri%20Nai,%20Maria%20Veronika%20and%20Angeline%20Rekha%20at%20the%20HFC%20Bank%20Stadium,%20Suva,%20on%20July%2027,%202022.%0AThe%20Papua%20New%20Guinea%20women%E2%80%99s%20football%20team%20is%20confident%20of%20winning%20tonight%E2%80%99s%20OFC%20Women%E2%80%99s%20Nations%20Cup%20final%20against%20the%20Digicel%20Kula%20at%20the%20HFC%20Bank%20Stadium%20in%20Suva.%0APNG%20head%20coach%20Nicola%20Demaine%20said%20they%20are%20here%20to%20make%20history.%0A%E2%80%9CWe%20are%20definitely%20on%20that%20path%20to%0Ado%20that,%E2%80%9D%20she%20said%20after%20PNG%20walloped%20Samoa%203-0%20in%20the%20semifinal.%0APNG%20captain%20and%20goal%20scoring%20machine%20Meagan%20Gunemba%20said%20they%E2%80%99re%20hopeful%20of%20a%20positive%20result%20in%20the%20final%20so%20they%20could%20make%20the%20World%20Cup%20stage.%0AThe%20Lae,%20Morobe%20woman%20told%20PNG%20Today,%20her%20team%20was%20united%20to%20achieve%20their%20aim.%0A%E2%80%9CThe%20tournament%20is%20different.%20It%20is%20not%20a%20Pacific%20Games.%0A%E2%80%9CIt%20is%20a%20World%20Cup%20qualifier%20for%20one%20sport%20for%20Oceania%20which%20is%20great%20opportunity%20for%20us%20island%20countries%20and%20we%20gave%20our%20best%20to%20book%20the%20sport%20in%20the%20final.%0A%E2%80%9CI%20am%20hoping%20for%20the%20best%20results%20to%20make%20the%20World%20Cup%20stage,%E2%80%9D%20she%20said.%0AThe%202014%20OFC%20Under-20%20Golden%20Boot%20winner%20said%20all%20the%20teams%20came%20prepare%20for%20the%20tournament%20like%20Tonga%20and%20Samoa%20who%20were%20easy%20beats%20as%20in%20previous%20tournament.%0A%E2%80%9CThey%20are%20much%20different%20teams%20from%20the%20past%20with%20players%20coming%20from%20America,%20Australia,%20Canada%20and%20New%20Zealand%20which%20made%20the%20competition%20much%20tougher.%0AKula%20striker%20Luisa%20Tamanitoakula%20urged%20every%20Fijian%20to%20be%20at%20the%20HFC%20Bank%20Stadium%20to%20support%0Athem%20in%20the%20final.%0A%E2%80%9CWe%20need%20your%20support%20so%20please%20be%20there%20for%20us,%E2%80%9D%20she%20said.%0AKula%20head%20coach%20Lisa%20Cole%20said%20to%20beat%20PNG%20required%20a%20team%20effort.%0A%E2%80%9CReally,%20everybody%20needs%20to%20give%20what%20they%20can,%20stay%20with%20the%20gameplan,%20make%20sure%20they%20know%20their%20role,%20do%20their%20role%20well%20and%20make%20sure%20they%20keep%20their%20agreements,%E2%80%9D%20Cole%20said.%0A%E2%80%9CIf%20we%20do%20those%20things%20well%20we%20are%20going%20to%20be%20a%20tough%20team%20to%20beat%20but%20we%20have%20also%20got%20to%20defend%20really%20well%20against%20a%20good%20Papua%20New%20Guinea%20squad.%E2%80%9D%0AThe%20final%20kicks%20off%20at%207pm.&op=translate|title=PNG here to make history: Coach|publisher=fijisun.com.fj (Archived)}}
References
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Category:English expatriate sportspeople in Samoa
Category:English women's football managers
Category:Expatriate football managers in Papua New Guinea
Category:Expatriate football managers in Samoa
Category:Samoa women's national football team managers
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
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