Nigeria has appointed experienced German Bruno Labbadia as the country’s new coach. The 58-year-old will lead the team against Benin and Rwanda in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers next month. Nigeria welcome Benin to Uyo on September 7, before a trip to Rwanda three days later. It was expected that after the failure of the country’s legend Finidi George, the football federation would find a proper manager who could take a huge number of Nigeria’s stars and transform them into a cohesive unit since the Super Eagles are in the penultimate spot in Group C of the World Cup qualifying group. German, Bruno Labbadia, becomes 37th Head Coach of the @NGSuperEagles 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. pic.twitter.com/AKq92upW4g— The NFF 🇳🇬 (@thenff) August 27, 2024 However, they opted for a foreign manager with lots of experience but not much success in recent times. In his last four appointments, Labbadia only made a positive win/lose ratio in one of them (Wolfsburg 22/18)! In Hamburger, he posted a 16/22 score (2015/16), we went 8/14 before being sacked by Hertha in 2021, and he was at the bottom of the Bundesliga with Stuttgart in April 2023 when he was sacked after a 2/7 record. He has a negative record in total, even when we count in his last six appointments. In all those clubs he was sacked. He looks like a retirement-ready manager, not the oneFinidi explains his resignation, Osimhen called to apologizeLabbadia has managed various Bundesliga clubs, including VfB Stuttgart, Bayer Leverkusen, and Wolfsburg. He is the sixth German to lead the Super Eagles.”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” NFF general secretary Mohammed Sanusi said in a statement.##NAJAVA_MECA_8298318##
