German, Bruno Labbadia, becomes 37th Head Coach of the Super Eagles

 


 




 


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 September in Uyo) and Rwanda (Tuesday, 10th September in Kigali), with four other matches to conclude the qualifying race following in the months of October and November.


 


LIST OF SUPER EAGLES’ COACHES IN HISTORY


 


John Finch (England) – 1949


Daniel Anyiam (Nigeria) – 1954-1956; 1964-1965


Les Courtier (England) – 1956-1960


Moshe Beit Halevi (Israel) – 1960-1961


George Vardar (Hungary) – 1961-1963


Joey Blackwell (England) – 1963 – 1964


József Ember (Hungary) – 1965-1968


Sabino Barinaga (Spain) – 1968-1969


Peter ‘Eto’ Amaechina (Nigeria) – 1969-1970


Karl-Heinz Marotzke (Germany) – 1970-1971; 1974


Jorge Penna (Brazil) – 1972-1973


Jelisavčić ‘Father Tiko’ Tihomir (Yugoslavia) – 1974-1978


Otto Glória (Brazil) – 1979-1982


Gottlieb Göller (Germany) – 1981


Adegboye Onigbinde (Nigeria) – 1983-1984; 2002


Chris Udemezue (Nigeria) – 1984-1986


Patrick Ekeji (Nigeria) – 1985


Paul Hamilton (Nigeria) – 1987; 1989


Manfred Höner (Germany) – 1988-1989


Clemens Westerhof (Netherlands) – 1989-1994


Amodu Shaibu (Nigeria) – 1994-1995; 1996-1997; 2001-2002; 2008-2010


Johannes Bonfrere (Netherlands) – 1995-1996; 1999-2001


Philippe Troussier (France) – 1997


Monday Sinclair (Nigeria) – 1997-1998


Bora Milutinović (Yugoslavia) – 1998


Thijs Libregts (Netherlands) – 1999


Christian Chukwu (Nigeria) – 2002-2005


Augustine Eguavoen (Nigeria) – 2005-2007; 2010; 2022


Berti Vogts (Germany) – 2007-2008


Lars Lagerbäck (Sweden) – 2010


Samson Siasia (Nigeria) – 2010-2011; 2016


Stephen Keshi (Nigeria) – 2011-2014; 2015


Sunday Oliseh (Nigeria) – 2015-2016


Gernot Rohr (Germany) – 2016-2021


José Peseiro (Portugal) – 2022-2024


Finidi George (Nigeria) – 2024


Bruno Labbadia (Germany) – 2024-?

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