The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has concluded an agreement with German tactician, Bruno Labbadia to take charge of the Super Eagles as the new head coatch.. Secretary General of the NFF, Mohammed Sanusi made this known this morning while briefing newsmen.
Sanusi said, “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”.
The new coach, born in Darmstadt, Germany in February 1966, Labbadia, won two caps for Die Mannschaft.
Bruno Labiddia, popularly called, Hertha Berlin and VfB Stuttgart this decade, and previously, VfL Wolfsburg, Hamburger SV, Bayer Leverkusen, among others, and holds a UEFA Pro License.
The appointment made Labiddia 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.
According to professionals in the NFF, his 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 Septemberin Kigali), with four other matches to conclude the qualifying race following in the months of October and November.
