Valentine Nguele

Valentine Nguele is a Cameroonian football coach and former goalkeeper who is the head coach of the Cameroon women's national football team. A former Cameroon international goalkeeper, she spent approximately 18 years working as a goalkeeping coach before moving into management. In June 2026, she became the first woman to be appointed head coach of Cameroon's senior women's national team.

Nguele subsequently took charge of the team on an interim basis when Kpoumié was temporarily absent while undertaking a coaching course. Under her interim management, maintained its position at the top of the Guinness Super League, with Cameroon Tribune reporting in May 2026 that the club held a significant advantage over its rivals during the second phase of the season.

Cameroon On 12 June 2026, Nguele was appointed head coach of the Cameroon women's national football team. She succeeded Jean-Baptiste Bisseck, who had been dismissed in October 2025.

Her first major assignment was to prepare Cameroon for the 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.