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 CoachesJohn Finch (England) - 1949Daniel Anyiam (Nigeria) - 1954-1956; 1964-1965Les Courtier (England) - 1956-1960Moshe Beit Halevi (Israel) - 1960-1961George Vardar (Hungary) - 1961-1963Joey Blackwell (England) - 1963 - 1964József Ember (Hungary) - 1965-1968Sabino Barinaga (Spain) - 1968-1969Peter 'Eto' Amaechina (Nigeria) - 1969-1970Karl-Heinz Marotzke (Germany) - 1970-1971; 1974Jorge Penna (Brazil) - 1972-1973Jelisavcic 'Father Tiko' Tihomir (Yugoslavia) - 1974-1978Otto Glória (Brazil) - 1979-1982Gottlieb Göller (Germany) - 1981Adegboye Onigbinde (Nigeria) - 1983-1984; 2002Chris Udemezue (Nigeria) - 1984-1986Patrick Ekeji (Nigeria) - 1985Paul Hamilton (Nigeria) - 1987; 1989Manfred Höner (Germany) - 1988-1989Clemens Westerhof (Netherlands) - 1989-1994Amodu Shaibu (Nigeria) - 1994-1995;1996-1997; 2001-2002; 2008-2010Johannes Bonfrere (Netherlands) - 1995-1996; 1999-2001Philippe Troussier (France) - 1997Monday Sinclair (Nigeria) - 1997-1998Bora Milutinovic (Yugoslavia) - 1998Thijs Libregts (Netherlands) - 1999Christian Chukwu (Nigeria) - 2002-2005Augustine Eguavo en (Nigeria) - 2005-2007; 2010; 2022Berti Vogts (Germany) - 2007-2008Lars Lagerbäck (Sweden) - 2010Samson Siasia (Nigeria) - 2010-2011; 2016Stephen Keshi (Nigeria) - 2011-2014; 2015Sunday Oliseh (Nigeria) - 2015-2016Gernot Rohr (Germany) - 2016-2021José Peseiro (Portugal) - 2022-2024Finidi George (Nigeria) - 2024Bruno Labbadia (Germany) - 2024-?.Source: News Agency of Nigeria