At age 19, when Hauwa Mamza decided to pursue a career in football, she never thought sex was part of the bargain.
Her idea was to earn a jersey at community football level, and by hard work rise to the professional level. And that was why she went on trial at Antua Football Club, an amateur women’s team from Bauchi, north-east Nigeria.
When she displayed extraordinary ball skills barely a week after she joined the club, the coach, Dahiru Mustapha, became attracted to her, for the wrong reasons.
“When I arrived Bauchi, I trained with the other girls for about six days,” said Ms Mamza. “After training, the coach said he liked me and would love to date me. I said no and he threatened he would never select me to play in any major match the team would play.”
True to his threat, the coach never allowed her to feature in any serious matches even when she outperformed the other girls.
Unable to bear the maltreatment and harassment from the coach, Ms Mamza said she gave in to Dahiru’s demands and started having sex with him.
Hauwa holding a football. Photo: naij.com
According to her, it was after Dahiru started having regular bouts of sex with her that she was picked to play in major games.
But most of the sex she had was unprotected, as the coach would not yield to her requests to use a condom.
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