The Nigeria Football Federation has announced that it has reached an agreement with German tactician, Bruno Labbadia, to become the Head Coach of Nigeria’s Senior Men National Team, Super Eagles.

NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, said in the early hours of 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 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.

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 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.

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The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF is set to appoint Janne Anderson as the new national team coach

Anderson, Swedish, recently served as Sweden senior men’s national team from 2016 to November 2023.

The 61-year-old failed to qualify Sweden for the past two major tournaments, the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and the 2024 European Championship hosted by Germany but won by Spain leading to his departure last year.

He resigned from his job after failing to help Sweden qualify for the Euro 2024…for the first time in over two decades.

The contractual documents with NFF are not known yet however, Mr Anderson is expected to be announced by the federation this week.

NFF’s Technical Director, Augustine Eguavoen had told newsmen in Abuja last week that the new coach would be announced this weekend.

Anderson has no African football history as he has never managed an African nation prior.

Interestingly, Janne Andersson’s immediate task is to qualify the country to the 2025 AFCON.

His first two official matches will be three weeks from now, first against Benin in Uyo on September 7 and then on 10 take on Rwanda in Kigali.

The match between Benin Republic and Nigeria will hold at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo in Akwa Ibom State bu 5pm.

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