The Nigeria Football Federation
(NFF) has reached an agreement with German tactician, Bruno Labbadia to take
charge of the Super Eagles.Secretary General of the NFF,
Mohammed Sanusi made the announcement on Tuesday morning.
“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,” Sanusi said.
Born in Darmstadt, Germany on
8th February 1966, Labbadia, won two caps for Die Mannschaft.
The tactician 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.
Labbadia’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.
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