The Nigeria Football Federation NFF has announced the appointment of a German tactician, Bruno Labbadia, as the new Super Eagles coach, with immediate effect.
Labbadia’s appointment was disclosed in an early morning tweet on Tuesday via the NFF’s X handle, tweeting as #thenff.
The statement read, “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’s national team, Super Eagles.”“
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,” according to the federation’s General Secretary, Dr Mohammed Sanusi.Labbadia becomes the 37th Head Coach of the Super Eagles after the resignation of former coach, Finidi George.
Like George, Labbadia is a former player-turned-coach.
In his playing days, he was on the roster of FC Kaiserslautern, Bayern Munich, Darmstadt, Hamburger, FC Köln, Werder Bremen, Arminia Bielefeld and Karlsruher SC.As a coach, he has managed Darmstadt, Greuther Fürth, Bayer Leverkusen, Hamburger SV, Hertha BSC, and Wolfsburg.His last coaching job was as manager of Stuttgart.
He was sacked in April 2023 after the team dropped to the last spot on the Bundesliga table.
With the appointment, Labbadia will lead the Super Eagles to execute the coming matches for the 2025 African Cup of Nations qualifiers.
The Nigerian team will play a home game against Benin Republic on September 7 at the Nest of Champions, Uyo before traveling to Rwanda for their next match three days later.
The Super Eagles camp is expected to open on the 1st of September in Uyo.
