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    NFF appoints German Bruno Labbadia as Super Eagles head coach

    The Nigeria Football Federation has announced German Bruno Labbadia as the new head coach of the Super Eagles.

    Labbadia replaces Finidi George, who quit the position in June after only four matches in charge.

    NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, said on 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 February 8, 1966, Labbadia, who won two caps for Die Mannschaft in his playing career that took him through clubs such as hometown 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.

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    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 September 7 in Uyo) and Rwanda (Tuesday,  September 10 in Kigali), with four other matches to conclude the qualifying race following in the months of October and November.

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    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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