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The Nigerian Soccer Federation (NFF) has appointed Bruno Labbadia as the brand new head coach of the Tremendous Eagles, Nigeria’s senior males’s nationwide crew. The German tactician, recognized for his strategic acumen, takes on the position of the thirty seventh head coach following the resignation of Finidi George.
Bruno’s appointment was introduced in a tweet this morning, Tuesday, August twenty seventh, through X (previously Twitter). The assertion read, “The Nigeria Soccer Federation has introduced that it has reached an settlement with German tactician, Bruno Labbadia, to turn into the Head Coach of Nigeria’s senior males’s nationwide crew, Tremendous Eagles.”
His position begins instantly, together with his first problem being to steer the three-time African champions in two essential 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches towards Benin Republic on Saturday, seventh September in Uyo, and Rwanda on Tuesday, tenth September in Kigali. The qualification marketing campaign will proceed with 4 extra matches scheduled for October and November.
Born on eighth February 1966 in Darmstadt, Germany, Bruno Labbadia had a distinguished enjoying career, incomes two caps for the German nationwide crew, Die Mannschaft. His membership profession included stints at Darmstadt 98, Hamburger SV, FC Kaiserslautern, Bayern Munich, FC Cologne, Werder Bremen, Arminia Bielefeld, and Karlsruher SC. Notably, he gained the German Bundesliga with Bayern Munich in 1994.
As a coach, Bruno has managed high-profile groups corresponding to Hertha Berlin, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Wolfsburg, Hamburger SV, and Bayer Leverkusen, and he holds a UEFA Professional License.
Bruno is the sixth German coach to steer the Tremendous Eagles, following within the footsteps of Karl-Heinz Marotzke (1970-1974), Gottlieb Göller (1981), Manfred Höner (1988-1989), Berti Vogts (2007-2008), and Gernot Rohr (2016-2021). His predecessors achieved vital milestones, with Manfred guiding Nigeria to a runner-up end on the 1988 Africa Cup of Nations and Gernot qualifying the crew for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
