The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has approved the German tactician, Bruno Labbadia, to become the Head Coach of Nigeria's Senior Men National Team, Super Eagles. A statement by Ademola Olajire, NFF's Director of Communications, indicates that NFF General Secretary, Mohammed Sanusi, said Labbadia's appointment was with immediate effect. 'The NFF Executive Committee has approved the recommendation of its Technical and Development Sub-Committee to appoint Bruno Labbadia as the Head Coach of the Super Eagles. 'The appointment is with immediate effect,' he said. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 58-year-old gaffer was born in Darmstadt, Germany on Feb. 8, 1966. Labbadia won two caps for Die Mannschaft in his playing career that took him through clubs such as home-town team Darmstadt 98, Hamburger SV, and FC Kaiserslautern. Others include; Bayern Munich, FC Cologne, Werder Bremen, Armenia Bielefeld and Karlsruher SC. He triumphed in the German Bundesliga with Bayern Munich as a player i n 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 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 (Sept. 7 in Uyo) and Rwanda (Sept. 10 in Kigali). Four other matches would conclude the qualifying race following in the months of October and November. List of fomer Super Eagles Coaches John Finch (England) - 1949 Daniel Anyiam (Nigeria) - 1954-1956; 1964-1965 Les Courtier (England) - 1956-1960 Moshe Beit Halevi (Israel) - 1960-1961 George Vardar (Hungary) - 1961-1963 Joey Blackwell (England) - 1963 - 1964 József Ember (Hungary) - 1965-1968 Sabino Barinaga (Spain) - 1968-1969 Peter 'Eto' Amaechina (Nigeria) - 1969-1970 Karl-Heinz Marotzke (Germany) - 1970-1971; 1974 Jorge Penna (Brazil) - 1972-1973 Jelisavcic 'Father Tiko' Tihomir (Yugoslavia) - 1974-1978 Otto Glória (Brazil) - 1979-1982 Gottlieb Göller (Germany) - 1981 Adegboye Onigbinde (Nigeria) - 1983-1984; 2002 Chris Udemezue (Nigeria) - 1984-1986 Patrick Ekeji (Nigeria) - 1985 Paul Hamilton (Nigeria) - 1987; 1989 Manfred Höner (Germany) - 1988-1989 Clemens Westerhof (Netherlands) - 1989-1994 Amodu Shaibu (Nigeria) - 1994-1995;1996-1997; 2001-2002; 2008-2010 Johannes Bonfrere (Netherlands) - 1995-1996; 1999-2001 Philippe Troussier (France) - 1997 Monday Sinclair (Nigeria) - 1997-1998 Bora Milutinovic (Yugoslavia) - 1998 Thijs Libregts (Netherlands) - 1999 Christian Chukwu (Nigeria) - 2002-2005 Augustine Eguavo en (Nigeria) - 2005-2007; 2010; 2022 Berti Vogts (Germany) - 2007-2008 Lars Lagerbäck (Sweden) - 2010 Samson Siasia (Nigeria) - 2010-2011; 2016 Stephen Keshi (Nigeria) - 2011-2014; 2015 Sunday Oliseh (Nigeria) - 2015-2016 Gernot Rohr (Germany) - 2016-2021 José Peseiro (Portugal) - 2022-2024 Finidi George (Nigeria) - 2024 Bruno Labbadia (Germany) - 2024-?. Source: News Agency of Nigeria