Gernot Rohr

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Gernot Rohr
Gernot Rohr 2018.jpg
Rohr as Nigeria manager at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Date of birth (1953-06-28) 28 June 1953 (age 70)
Place of birth Mannheim, West Germany
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Benin (Technical adviser)
Youth career
1961–1972 VfL Neckarau
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1972–1974 Bayern Munich [1] 6 (0)
1974–1975 Waldhof Mannheim 21 (1)
1975–1977 Kickers Offenbach 62 (1)
1977–1989 Bordeaux [2] 352 (13)
Total441(15)
Managerial career
1990 Bordeaux
1991–1992 Bordeaux
1996 Bordeaux
1999–2000 Créteil
2002–2005 Nice
2005–2006 Young Boys
2007–2008 Ajaccio
2008–2009 Étoile Sahel [3]
2009 Nantes
2010–2012 Gabon
2012–2014 Niger
2015 Burkina Faso
2016–2021 Nigeria
2023– Benin
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria (as manager)
Africa Cup of Nations
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gernot Rohr (born 28 June 1953) is a German professional football coach and former player who is currently the technical adviser of the Benin national team. [4]

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Personal life

Gernot Rohr was naturalized French in the 80s. [5]

Managerial career

Rohr in 2002 Gernot Rohr 2002.JPG
Rohr in 2002

In 1996, he managed Girondins de Bordeaux to the UEFA Cup final, where they lost to Bayern Munich over two legs, 2–0 away and 3–1 at home. [6] Bordeaux's run to the final included a famous 3–0 win over AC Milan in the quarter-finals. From October 1998 until April 1999 he was sports director of Eintracht Frankfurt.

Rohr was fired by Étoile Sportive du Sahel following a third-place finish in the league, outside of the 2010 CAF Champions League places, on 15 May 2009. [7] On 9 June 2009, he was named as the new head coach of the Ligue 2 team FC Nantes, his contract running until 30 June 2011. [8] On 3 December 2009, he was fired by FC Nantes and replaced by Jean-Marc Furlan. [9] On 21 February 2010, Rohr replaced French coach Alain Giresse at the helm of the Gabon national football team. [10]

He became manager of Niger national football team in September 2012. [11] He resigned in October 2014. [12]

On 22 December 2015, he was sacked by Burkina Faso national football team as manager. [13]

He was shortlisted for the Guinea national team job in July 2016 but was not given the job. [14] In August 2016, he was named manager of the Nigeria national football team by Amaju Pinnick, the then chief of the Nigeria Football Federation. [15] He won his first game in charge of the Nigerian national team, defeating Tanzania by a lone goal in Uyo, Nigeria. [16] He lost his first match on 10 June as Nigerian senior coach after a 2–0 home loss to South Africa.

On 7 October 2017, his Nigeria-led team became the first African side to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup after a 1–0 win against Zambia. On 17 July 2019, Rohr led Nigeria to a third-place finish at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. On 27 May 2020, president of the Nigeria Football Federation NFF Amaju Melvin Pinnick announced that Rohr all contractual agreement has been concluded for Rohr to extend his contract with the team [17]

He was given a target of guiding the team to win the 2021 Africa Nation's Cup to be hosted by Cameroon. The new contract also includes qualifying the Super Eagles to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. On 12 December 2021, he was sacked despite qualifying for the 2021 Africa Nation's Cup and final round of qualifying for the World Cup playoffs. [18] [19] [20] [21]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 6 June 2024
TeamFromToRecord
GWDLWin %
Gabon 21 February 20105 February 201219856042.11
Niger 5 September 201221 October 2014233713013.04
Burkina Faso 25 February 201522 December 201511335027.27
Nigeria 9 August 201613 December 202164351613054.69
Benin 28 February 202311254018.18
Total128513641039.84

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