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Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>Nigeria hired German coach Bruno Labbadia on Tuesday to lead the men\u2019s national soccer team in a bid to get its flagging World Cup qualifying campaign back on track.<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cThe appointment is with immediate effect,\u201d said Mohammed Sanusi, the general secretary of the Nigeria Football Federation.<\/p>\n

The 58-year-old Labbadia has been out of work since April 2023 when Stuttgart fired him after failing to arrest its slide to the bottom of the Bundesliga.<\/p>\n

Nigeria is second from bottom in its 2026 World Cup qualifying group after failing to win any of its opening four games.<\/p>\n

The Super Eagles drew 1-1 with both Lesotho and Zimbabwe in November last year before Portuguese coach Jose\u0301 Peseiro led the team to the final of the Africa Cup of Nations. Nigeria lost the final to host nation Ivory Coast in February.<\/p>\n

The NFF promoted Peseiro\u2019s assistant, Finidi George, to the top position in April after the Portuguese departed, but the former right winger was unable to improve the team’s fortunes in World Cup qualifying.<\/p>\n

George oversaw a 1-1 draw with South Africa followed by a 2-1 defeat in Benin in June. George then reportedly resigned after not being told of the NFF’s plans to appoint a technical advisor to oversee his work. The NFF did not publicly acknowledge the resignation.<\/p>\n

Labbadia only oversaw two wins from his 12 games in charge of Stuttgart during his second stint at the club \u2014 one each in the league and German Cup.<\/p>\n

His successor, Sebastian Hoene\u00df, ultimately saved Stuttgart from relegation and led the team to a club-record points total last season.<\/p>\n

Labbadia previously coached Hertha Berlin, Wolfsburg, Hamburger SV, Bayer Leverkusen and Darmstadt. As a goal-scoring forward, he helped Bayern Munich and Kaiserslautern win Bundesliga titles in the 1990s.<\/p>\n

Labbadia\u2019s first two games in charge of Nigeria will be in 2025 Africa Cup qualifying against Benin and Rwanda on Sept. 7 and 10, respectively.<\/p>\n

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