The Football Federation of Turkmenistan (FFT) has decided to extend the contract with the head coach of the women’s national football team Kamil Mingazov.

The FFT website published information regarding the extension of the contract with the 54-years-old head coach of the women’s national football team Kamil Mingazov. The current coaching staff will also continue to work with the national team.

Under Kamil Mingazov, the Turkmenistan national team has made some progress, played in the first-ever CAFA women's football championship, and in August 2022 for the first time got into the rating of the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA). In October 2022, for the first time, a football player from Turkmenistan was invited to a foreign club — Maya Musatskaya continued her career at the Turkish club “Dudullu Spor”. The Turkmenistan women's national football team finished the year on the 137th (out of 187) place in the FIFA ranking.

Kamil Mingazov was born in 1968 in Mary. Turkmen football player and football coach. At the club level, he is known for his performances for “Kopetdag”, “Bukovina”, “Zhenis”, “Nisa” and “Shakhter” Karaganda. Seven-time champion of Turkmenistan and six-time winner of the Turkmenistan Cup. At the same time, he played for the national team of Turkmenistan (1992-2005), participated in many qualifying tournaments for the World Cup, Asian Cups. Participant of a number of final tournaments. He played for the national team of Turkmenistan in all positions — striker, midfielder, defender and even goalkeeper at the 1994 Asian Games in Japan in a match against China, which ended with a score of 2:2.

Since 2006, Kamil Mingazov has been engaged in coaching. His son Ruslan Mingazov is a famous football player, a midfielder of Hong Kong “Kitchee” and the national team of Turkmenistan.

Ruslan Mingazov congratulated his father on his reassignment to the post of head coach of the women's national team of Turkmenistan in social networks.

“Congratulations to dad on the new contract as the coach of the women's national team of Turkmenistan”, wrote Mingazov junior.

On January 12, the women’s national football team of Turkmenistan will find out the rivals for the qualification tournament for the 2024 Olympic games in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) zone. From April 3 to 11, 2023, the women’s national team of Turkmenistan will play in a single-round centralized tournament for the right to play in the next selection round for Paris-2024.