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The Nigeria Football Federation has announced that it has reached an agreement with German tactician, Bruno Labbadia, to become the Head Coach of Nigeria’s Senior Men National Team, Super Eagles.

NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, said in the early hours of Tuesday: “The NFF Executive Committee has approved the recommendation of its Technical and Development Sub-Committee to appoint Mr. Bruno Labbadia as the Head Coach of the Super Eagles. The appointment is with immediate effect.”

Born in Darmstadt, Germany on 8th February 1966, Labbadia, who won two caps for Die Mannschaft in his playing career that took him through clubs such as home-town team Darmstadt 98, Hamburger SV, FC Kaiserslautern, Bayern Munich, FC Cologne, Werder Bremen, Armenia Bielefeld and Karlsruher SC, triumphed in the German Bundesliga with Bayern Munich as a player in 1994. He coached famous names Hertha Berlin and VfB Stuttgart this decade, and previously, VfL Wolfsburg, Hamburger SV, Bayer Leverkusen, among others, and holds a UEFA Pro License.

He is only the sixth German, after Karl-Heinz Marotzke (who had two stints between 1970 and 1974), Gottlieb Göller (1981), Manfred Höner (1988-1989), Berti Vogts (2007-2008) and Gernot Rohr (2016-2021) to lead the Super Eagles. Höner led the Eagles to runner-up position at the 1988 Africa Cup of Nations, while Rohr qualified and led Nigeria to the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals in Russia.

Labbadi’s immediate challenge is to take charge of the three-time African champions for two 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches against Benin Republic (Saturday 7th Septemberin Uyo) and Rwanda (Tuesday, 10th Septemberin Kigali), with four other matches to conclude the qualifying race following in the months of October and November.

ruggedtimi:
Someone that was sacked at his last two jobs because of poor performance.

solonnachi:
NFF and Sports Minister we hail ooo. So this is the world class coach we have been waiting for?

Ladiesdoctor:
Holland Nationals performs more better in handling Nigeria teams.

Nigeria plays same pattern as Holland

Holland coaches are the best for Nigeria football Teams

Freshtruth:
una done start again coach never even come .una no wan allow am breathe na una make a good coach like piesero run for him.dear life

Usmanovic95:
Is it bad to hire a renowned coach? Why Is NFF always hand-picking unknown coaches we need to search their history on the internet. He hasn't coach any team outside Germany and SE will be his first National team assignment. This is a gamble, but let's see the surprise he will bring.

deji68:
Lol all the teams he has coach in Germany were almost relegated or relegated