Gernot Rohr

Gernot Rohr (born 28 June 1953) is a German professional football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of the Nigerian national football team.

Gernot Rohr
Rohr as Nigeria manager at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Date of birth (1953-06-28) 28 June 1953
Place of birth Mannheim, Germany
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Nigeria
Youth career
1961–1972 VfL Neckarau
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (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)
Total 441 (15)
Teams managed
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- Nigeria
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Managerial career

In 1996, he managed Girondins de Bordeaux to the UEFA Cup final, where they lost to Bayern Munich over two legs, 0–2 away and 1–3 at home.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6] On 3 December 2009, he was fired by FC Nantes and replaced by Jean-Marc Furlan.[7] On 21 February 2010, Rohr replaced French coach Alain Giresse at the helm of the Gabon national football team.[8]

He became manager of Niger national football team in September 2012.[9] He resigned in October 2014.[10]

On 22 December 2015, he was sacked by Burkina Faso national football team as manager.[11]

He was shortlisted for the Guinea national team job in July 2016 but was not given the job.[12] In August 2016, he was named manager of the Nigeria national football team by Amaju Pinnick, the chief of the Nigeria Football Federation.[13] He won his first game in charge of the Nigerian national team, defeating Tanzania by a lone goal in Uyo, Nigeria.[14] 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.

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.

Managerial statistics
As of match played 17 November 2020
Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
Gabon 21 February 2010 5 February 2012 19 8 5 6 042.11
Niger 5 September 2012 21 October 2014 23 3 7 13 013.04
Burkina Faso 25 February 2015 22 December 2015 11 3 3 5 027.27
Nigeria 9 August 2016 present 53 29 14 10 054.72
Total 106 43 29 34 040.57

References
  1. "Rohr, Gernot" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  2. "Gernot Rohr" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  3. Garin, Erik (12 July 2007). "France – Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 20 June 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  4. "Ich wollte immer frei sein" (in German). 11Freunde. 25 February 2008. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  5. "Leading Tunisian club fire German coach". AFP. 15 May 2009. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
  6. "Rohr : "La locomotive, c'est l'équipe"" (in French). lequipe.fr. 9 June 2009. Archived from the original on 20 September 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  7. "Furlan remplace Rohr" (in French). lequipe.fr. 3 December 2009. Archived from the original on 11 June 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  8. "Gabon: L'allemand Gernot Rohr, nouveau sélectionneur des Panthères?" (in French). africastars.org. Archived from the original on 25 February 2010.
  9. "Niger appoint Gernot Rohr as new coach". BBC. 5 September 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  10. "Gernot Rohr resigns as Niger coach". BBC Sport. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  11. "Rohr quits Burkina Faso to return to Germany". BBC Sport. 22 December 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  12. "Put and Rohr on Guinea coach shortlist". BBC Sport. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  13. "BREAKING: NFF picks Gernot Rohr as Super Eagles coach". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  14. Daniel Oladele/
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