By Goodluck Ikiebe
The Nigeria Football Federation NFF says it has reached an agreement with German football manager, Bruno Labbadia, to become the Head Coach of Nigeria’s Senior Men’s National Football
Team, Super Eagles.
“Bruno is the new manager of the Super Eagles”, NFF confirms.
According to the NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, “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.”
Labaddia was born in Darmstadt, Germany on 8th February 1966.
Labbadia was a former player, who played as a striker and won two caps for Die Mannschaft in his playing career that took him through clubs such as home-town team Darmstadt 98, Hamburger SV, FC Kaiserslautern, Bayern Munich, FC Cologne, Werder Bremen, Armenia Bielefeld and Karlsruher SC.
He 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.
Labbadi’s will lead the Super Eagles to the 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.
Bruno Labbadia replaced Finidi George, who until most recently, was the head coach of the Super Eagles.
