Super Eagles are definitely one of the best teams on the African continent especially after rising to fifth position on the FIFA rankings in 1994.
The west African footballing nation also boats of three African Cup of Nations titles with six World Cup appearances to their rank.
Although, they have not gone beyond the second round stage at the global football showpiece since they made their debut 25 years ago.
Egypt (7), Cameroon (5) and Ghana (4) are the one teams with more AFCON titles than the Eagles since the commencement of the tournament in the 1950s.
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However, no fewer than 19 coaches have taken charge of the team in the past and present - with Gernot Rohr being the gaffer at the helm of affairs at the moment.
The German born tactician took over from Sunday Oliseh in 2016 and two years later qualified them for their sixth World Cup appearance in Russia.
Below are the list of Gernot Rohr and 19 other foreign managers who have coached the Super Eagles:
1. John Finch (England) 1949: He was in charge of Nigeria's first international game against Sierra Leone on October 8, 1949.
His side eventually won the match by 2-0 after which he handed over to Daniel Anyiam who became the first indigenous coach of the national team.
2. Les Courtier (England) 1956-1960: Nigeria recorded her biggest victory under Courtier as the Red Devils (now Super Eagles) beat Dahomey (now Benin) 10-1 on November 28, 1959.
3. Moshe Jerry Beit haLevi (Israel) 1960 -61: He became the third foreign manager in charge of the team.
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Ghana hammered Nigeria 3-0 during his reign in charge of the national team in Lagos and the press called for Beit haLevi to be fired, but decided to stay and helped build a better Nigerian side.
4. George Vardar (Hungary) 1961-1963: The Hungarian failed to make positive impact while in charge as his side suffered in the hands of Ghana and Sudan.
After two years, he made way for Daniel Anyiam who had his second stint with the team.
5. Jorge Penna (Brazil) 1963, 1972-1973: He became the first foreign coach to manage the team twice - first in 1963 and then came back in 1972 and 1973.
6. Joseph Ember (Hungary) 1965-1968: Ember was the second Hungarian tactician to coach Nigeria and under his reign, they failed to qualify for the Nations Cup in Tunisia in 1965 and in Ethiopia in 1968.
His assistant, Peter ‘Eto‘ Amaechina however took over from him and was in charge of the team from 1969-1970.
7. Karl-Heinz Marotzke (Germany) 1973-1974: He first came to Nigeria in 1970 after leaving his role as the Ghanaian national team head coach.
After the Super Eagles were ousted by Senegal in the preliminary competition for the 1972 Munich Olympic Games under the guidance of Penna, he took charge of the team for the second time in 1974.
8. Othman Calder (Germany) 1974: Calder was hired after a new Nigeria Football Association came into power in 1974 to prepare the team for the next edition of the African Cup of Nations.
His first assignment was to screen the over 90 players that had been selected from the National Sports Festival held in August of the same year.
But in the following year, the coach suddenly abandoned his post and left the country. His employers, the National Sports Commission, had been unable to meet his demands which included an official car, a house and a monthly salary of N1, 700.
9. Jelisavic ‘Tiki’ Tihomir (Yugoslavia) 1974-1978: The Slav narrowly missed taking the national team to the Argentina ‘78 World Cup after Godwin Odiye scored an own goal in the match against Tunisia to send Nigeria out of the race.
10. Otto Glória (Brazil) 1978-1982: The Brazilian guided Nigeria to their first ever AFCON triumph in 1980.
Two years after his feat, he left his position as the head coach of the team following his side's poor performances at the 1982 edition of the Nations Cup in Libya.
11. Gottlieb Göller (Germany) 1981
12. Manfred Hoener (Germany) 1988-1989: He was hired after indigenous coaches like Adegboyega Onigbinde, Chris Udemezue and Patrick Ekeji had failed to win silverware for the country.
The German led Nigeria to a second place finish at Maroc‘88 Nations Cup. He was regarded more as a physical trainer than a tactician.
13. Clemens Westerhof (Holland) 1989-1994: The Dutch tactician became the most popular white man in charge of the Super Eagles after winning the 1994 AFCON title and qualifying them for their debut appearance at the World Cup.
Under his reign, Nigeria became the first African team to rise to fifth position on the FIFA Rankings.
14. Johannes Bonfrere (Holland) 1995-1996: He was the second Dutch manager to handle the team after Westerhof.
The 72-year-old also won gold medal at the Atlanta‘96 Olympic Games, and the same year left to manage Qatar national team between 1996 and 97.
Bonfere was hired to manage the Eagles for the second time in 1999 after the sack of Thijs Libregts and he led them to a second place finish at the 2000 Nations Cup co-hosted by Nigeria and Ghana.
Nigeria lost to Cameroun via penalty shootout. He left the team to coach the national team of the United Arab Emirate in 2001 while his assistant, Shaibu Amodu, took over the team.
15. Philippe Troussier (France) 1997: The French tactician was appointed the coach of the Super Eagles in 1997 and guided them to qualify for the 1998 World Cup.
He left Nigeria the same year under controversial circumstances, leaving the NFA to begin a search for another foreign coach.
16. Bora Milutinovic (Serbia) 1998: The Serb took charge of the Nigerian national team in 1998 for the World Cup hosted and won by France.
He hardly made any change to the squad he inherited from Troussier and it was not a surprise that the Eagles failed to go beyond the second round of the competition.
17. Thijs Libregts (Holland) 1998-1999: He charge took charge of the Eagles in August 1998 after being jobless since 1995 when Olympiakos dismissed him.
He was relieved of his job after winning just two games in five matches in the build-up to the 2000 Nations Cup.
18: Berti Vogts (Germany) 2007-2008: He managed the country's national football team for just 13 months after signing a four year deal with the federation due to poor performances from his team at the 2008 Nations Cup in Ghana.
19: Las Lagerback (Sweden) 2010: The Swede was appointed the Super Eagles coach on the 26th February 2010, after signing a 5-month (renewable) contract to lead the country to the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
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Despite Nigeria's poor performance in the World Cup, the Nigeria Football Federation offered Lagerbäck a contract extension for another two years. Lagerbäck declined the offer. Around this time, Lagerbäck was a candidate for the position of manager of the Welsh national team.
20. Gernot Rohr (Germany) 2016 - till date: The German born tactician has been in charge of the Super Eagles since 2016.
He qualified them for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia with one match to spare and also repeated the feat as his team prepare to contend for the 2019 AFCON prize in Egypt this summer.
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