{"id":19346,"date":"2024-08-27T06:40:25","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T06:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=19346"},"modified":"2024-08-27T06:40:25","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T06:40:25","slug":"german-bruno-labbadia-becomes-37th-head-coach-of-the-super-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=19346","title":{"rendered":"German, Bruno Labbadia, becomes 37th Head Coach of the Super Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Nigeria Football Federation has announced that it has reached an agreement with German tactician, Bruno Labbadia, to become the Head Coach of Nigeria\u2019s Senior Men National Team, Super Eagles.<\/span><\/p>\n

NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, said in the early hours of Tuesday: \u201cThe 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.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Born in Darmstadt, Germany on 8th February 1966, Labbadia, who 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, 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.<\/span><\/p>\n

He is only the sixth German, after Karl-Heinz Marotzke (who had two stints between 1970 and 1974), Gottlieb G\u00f6ller (1981), Manfred H\u00f6ner (1988-1989), Berti Vogts (2007-2008) and Gernot Rohr (2016-2021) to lead the Super Eagles. H\u00f6ner 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.<\/span><\/p>\n

Labbadi\u2019s 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 September in Kigali), with four other matches to conclude the qualifying race following in the months of October and November.<\/span><\/p>\n

LIST OF SUPER EAGLES\u2019 COACHES IN HISTORY<\/span><\/p>\n

John Finch (England) \u2013 1949<\/span><\/p>\n

Daniel Anyiam (Nigeria) \u2013 1954-1956; 1964-1965<\/span><\/p>\n

Les Courtier (England) \u2013 1956-1960<\/span><\/p>\n

Moshe Beit Halevi (Israel) \u2013 1960-1961<\/span><\/p>\n

George Vardar (Hungary) \u2013 1961-1963<\/span><\/p>\n

Joey Blackwell (England) \u2013 1963 \u2013 1964<\/span><\/p>\n

J\u00f3zsef Ember (Hungary) \u2013 1965-1968<\/span><\/p>\n

Sabino Barinaga (Spain) \u2013 1968-1969<\/span><\/p>\n

Peter \u2018Eto\u2019 Amaechina (Nigeria) \u2013 1969-1970<\/span><\/p>\n

Karl-Heinz Marotzke (Germany) \u2013 1970-1971; 1974<\/span><\/p>\n

Jorge Penna (Brazil) \u2013 1972-1973<\/span><\/p>\n

Jelisav\u010di\u0107 \u2018Father Tiko\u2019 Tihomir (Yugoslavia) \u2013 1974-1978<\/span><\/p>\n

Otto Gl\u00f3ria (Brazil) \u2013 1979-1982<\/span><\/p>\n

Gottlieb G\u00f6ller (Germany) \u2013 1981<\/span><\/p>\n

Adegboye Onigbinde (Nigeria) \u2013 1983-1984; 2002<\/span><\/p>\n

Chris Udemezue (Nigeria) \u2013 1984-1986<\/span><\/p>\n

Patrick Ekeji (Nigeria) \u2013 1985<\/span><\/p>\n

Paul Hamilton (Nigeria) \u2013 1987; 1989<\/span><\/p>\n

Manfred H\u00f6ner (Germany) \u2013 1988-1989<\/span><\/p>\n

Clemens Westerhof (Netherlands) \u2013 1989-1994<\/span><\/p>\n

Amodu Shaibu (Nigeria) \u2013 1994-1995; 1996-1997; 2001-2002; 2008-2010<\/span><\/p>\n

Johannes Bonfrere (Netherlands) \u2013 1995-1996; 1999-2001<\/span><\/p>\n

Philippe Troussier (France) \u2013 1997<\/span><\/p>\n

Monday Sinclair (Nigeria) \u2013 1997-1998<\/span><\/p>\n

Bora Milutinovi\u0107 (Yugoslavia) \u2013 1998<\/span><\/p>\n

Thijs Libregts (Netherlands) \u2013 1999<\/span><\/p>\n

Christian Chukwu (Nigeria) \u2013 2002-2005<\/span><\/p>\n

Augustine Eguavoen (Nigeria) \u2013 2005-2007; 2010; 2022<\/span><\/p>\n

Berti Vogts (Germany) \u2013 2007-2008<\/span><\/p>\n

Lars Lagerb\u00e4ck (Sweden) \u2013 2010<\/span><\/p>\n

Samson Siasia (Nigeria) \u2013 2010-2011; 2016<\/span><\/p>\n

Stephen Keshi (Nigeria) \u2013 2011-2014; 2015<\/span><\/p>\n

Sunday Oliseh (Nigeria) \u2013 2015-2016<\/span><\/p>\n

Gernot Rohr (Germany) \u2013 2016-2021<\/span><\/p>\n

Jos\u00e9 Peseiro (Portugal) \u2013 2022-2024<\/span><\/p>\n

Finidi George (Nigeria) \u2013 2024<\/span><\/p>\n

Bruno Labbadia (Germany) \u2013 2024-?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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