The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Tuesday announced the appointment of German tactician, Bruno Labbadia as the 37th coach of the Super Eagles in the history of Nigerian football.
The announcement was made in a statement by the NFF General Secretary, Dr Mohammed Sanusi, in the early hours of Tuesday.
The statement partly reads, “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.”
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In this article, Sporting Tribune takes a look at all 37 coaches of the Super Eagles since 1949.
1. John Finch (England): 1949
2. Daniel Anyiam (Nigeria): 1954-1956; 1964-1965
3. Les Courtier (England): 1956-1960
4. Moshe Beit Halevi (Israel): 1960-1961
5. George Vardar (Hungary): 1961-1963
6. Joey Blackwell (England): 1963-1964
7. József Ember (Hungary): 1965-1968
8. Sabino Barinaga (Spain): 1968-1969
9. Peter ‘Eto’ Amaechina (Nigeria): 1969-1970
10. Karl-Heinz Marotzke (Germany): 1970-1971; 1974
11. Jorge Penna (Brazil):1972-1973
12. Jelisavčić ‘Father Tiko’ Tihomir (Yugoslavia): 1974-1978
13. Otto Glória (Brazil): 1979-1982
14. Gottlieb Göller (Germany): 1981
15. Adegboye Onigbinde (Nigeria): 1983-1984; 2002
16. Chris Udemezue (Nigeria): 1984-1986
17. Patrick Ekeji (Nigeria): 1985
18. Paul Hamilton (Nigeria): 1987; 1989
19. Manfred Höner (Germany): 1988-1989
20. Clemens Westerhof (Netherlands): 1989-1994
21. Amodu Shaibu (Nigeria): 1994-1995;1996-1997; 2001-2002; 2008-2010
22. Johannes Bonfrere (Netherlands): 1995-1996; 1999-2001
23. Philippe Troussier (France): 1997
24. Monday Sinclair (Nigeria): 1997-1998
25. Bora Milutinović (Yugoslavia): 1998
26. Thijs Libregts (Netherlands): 1999
27. Christian Chukwu (Nigeria): 2002-2005
28. Augustine Eguavoen (Nigeria): 2005-2007; 2010; 2022
29. Berti Vogts (Germany): 2007-2008
30. Lars Lagerbäck (Sweden): 2010
31. Samson Siasia (Nigeria): 2010-2011; 2016
32. Stephen Keshi (Nigeria): 2011-2014; 2015
33. Sunday Oliseh (Nigeria): 2015-2016
34. Gernot Rohr (Germany): 2016-2021
35. José Peseiro (Portugal): 2022-2024
36. Finidi George (Nigeria): 2024
37. Bruno Labbadia (Germany): 2024-present.
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