Bruno Labbadia Wird Der 37. Cheftrainer Der Super Eagles

The Nigeria Football Federation announced today that Bruno Labbadia, a German tactician, has been appointed as the Head Coach of Nigeria’s Senior Men National Team, Super Eagles. The appointment comes after the NFF Executive Committee approved the recommendation of its Technical and Development Sub-Committee. Labbadia’s appointment is effective immediately.

Born in Darmstadt, Germany on February 8th, 1966, Labbadia had an impressive playing career, representing clubs such as Darmstadt 98, Hamburger SV, FC Kaiserslautern, Bayern Munich, FC Cologne, Werder Bremen, Armenia Bielefeld, and Karlsruher SC. As a player, he triumphed in the German Bundesliga with Bayern Munich in 1994. Labbadia holds a UEFA Pro License and has coached renowned teams like Hertha Berlin, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Wolfsburg, Hamburger SV, and Bayer Leverkusen.

Labbadia is the sixth German to lead the Super Eagles, following Karl-Heinz Marotzke, Gottlieb Gller, Manfred Hner, Berti Vogts, and Gernot Rohr. Hner guided the Eagles to the runner-up position at the 1988 Africa Cup of Nations, while Rohr successfully qualified and led Nigeria to the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals in Russia.

Labbadia’s immediate challenge will be to take charge of the Super Eagles in two 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches against Benin Republic and Rwanda. Following these matches, there will be four more qualifiers 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

Jzsef 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

Jelisavi Father Tiko Tihomir (Yugoslavia) – 1974-1978

Otto Glria (Brazil) – 1979-1982

Gottlieb Gller (Germany) – 1981

Adegboye Onigbinde (Nigeria) – 1983-1984; 2002

Chris Udemezue (Nigeria) – 1984-1986

Patrick Ekeji (Nigeria) – 1985

Paul Hamilton (Nigeria) – 1987; 1989

Manfred Hner (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 Milutinovi (Yugoslavia) – 1998

Thijs Libregts (Netherlands) – 1999

Christian Chukwu (Nigeria) – 2002-2005

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

Berti Vogts (Germany) – 2007-2008

Lars Lagerbck (Sweden) – 2010

Samson Siasia (Nigeria) – 2010-2011; 2016

Stephen Keshi (Nigeria) – 2011-2014; 2015

Sunday Oliseh (Nigeria) – 2015-2016

Gernot Rohr (Germany) – 2016-2021

Jos Peseiro (Portugal) – 2022-2024

Finidi George (Nigeria) – 2024

Bruno Labbadia (Germany) – 2024-?


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