Rachel Wadunah is a Papua New Guinean

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manager.

Career

Wadunah worked as assistant manager for the

Papua New Guinea women's national football team The Papua New Guinea women's national soccer team is controlled by the Papua New Guinea Football Association (PNGFA). Its nickname is the Lakatoi, ''Lakatois'', which is a Motuan sailing vessel. Their home ground is the Sir Hubert M ...

for the

2015 Pacific Games The 15th Pacific Games, also known as Port Moresby 2015 or POM 2015, was held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, from 4 to 18 July 2015. It was the fifteenth staging of the Pacific Games as well as the third to be hosted in Port Moresby. More tha ...

and the

2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup The 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was the 8th edition of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, the biennial international Women's association football, women's youth association football, football championship contested by the under-20 national te ...

. After that, she was appointed manager of the

. She has been described as having "a pivotal role in women’s football in Papua New Guinea" and "a large role in youth football development covering both boys and girls".

Personal life

Wadunah has worked as a teacher. She is the mother of Papua New Guinean footballers Ricky Wadunah and Jason Wadunah.

References

Living people Papua New Guinean women's soccer players Papua New Guinea women's international soccer players Papua New Guinean football managers Women's association football managers Year of birth missing (living people) {{PapuaNewGuinea-sport-bio-stub