Sweden
born coach, Lars Lagerback has been named the new Super Eagles coach,
he replaces Amodu Shaibu who has been demoted to the home based Super
Eagles.

The Nigerian Football Federation has given him a semi final target at the South Africa 2010 World Cup.

Lagerback was a Swedish football manager and former player. He is best known as
the former manager of the Sweden national team. He managed the Swedish
national team from 1998 until 2009 leading Sweden in five consecutive
championships, the first time in Swedish history. He resigned as
manager in 2009 after Sweden’s failure to qualify for the 2010 World
Cup in South Africa.