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 asthe former manager of the Sweden national team. He managed the Swedishnational team from 1998 until 2009 leading Sweden in five consecutivechampionships, the first time in Swedish history. He resigned asmanager in 2009 after Sweden's failure to qualify for the 2010 WorldCup in South Africa.