The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Tuesday appointed Bruno Labbadia as the new Super Eagles head coach.

The 58-year-old will be working in Africa for the first time.

Labbadia was a striker during his active days and played for a number of top Bundesliga clubs, including Bayern Munich, FC Kaiserslautern, FC Cologne and VFB Stuttgart.

The former Germany international won the DFB-Pokal with Kaiserslautern in the 1989/90 season and Bundesliga with Bayern Munich in 1993/94.

Labbadia represented Germany six times at the U-21 level and scored three goals. He made two appearances for the senior team.

He last managed five-time Bundesliga champions, VFB Stuttgart.

The former Werder Bremen player returned to Stuttgart for a second stint in December 2022. He was sacked in April 2023 after the team dropped to the last place.

Labbadia, who has never coached a national team played for eight clubs in Germany and scored 204 goals in 557 appearances.

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