Gernot Rohr
![]() Rohr as Nigeria manager at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 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 |
Gernot Rohr (born 28 June 1953) is a German professional football manager and former player. He has been the manager of the Nigerian national team since 2016.
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 7 September 2021
Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||||
Gabon | 21 February 2010 | 5 February 2012 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 42.11 | |||
Niger | 5 September 2012 | 21 October 2014 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 13.04 | |||
Burkina Faso | 25 February 2015 | 22 December 2015 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 27.27 | |||
Nigeria | 9 August 2016 | present | 60 | 33 | 15 | 12 | 55.00 | |||
Total | 113 | 47 | 30 | 36 | 41.59 |
References[]
- ^ "Rohr, Gernot" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ^ "Gernot Rohr" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Ich wollte immer frei sein" (in German). 11Freunde. 25 February 2008. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ^ "Leading Tunisian club fire German coach". AFP. 15 May 2009. Retrieved 15 May 2009.[dead link]
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Furlan remplace Rohr" (in French). lequipe.fr. 3 December 2009. Archived from the original on 11 June 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ^ "Gabon: L'allemand Gernot Rohr, nouveau sélectionneur des Panthères?" (in French). africastars.org. Archived from the original on 25 February 2010.
- ^ "Niger appoint Gernot Rohr as new coach". BBC. 5 September 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- ^ "Gernot Rohr resigns as Niger coach". BBC Sport. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ "Rohr quits Burkina Faso to return to Germany". BBC Sport. 22 December 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ "Put and Rohr on Guinea coach shortlist". BBC Sport. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ "BREAKING: NFF picks Gernot Rohr as Super Eagles coach". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ Daniel Oladele/
External links[]
- Gernot Rohr interview (in German)
- 1953 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Mannheim
- German footballers
- Bundesliga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- FC Bayern Munich footballers
- SV Waldhof Mannheim players
- Kickers Offenbach players
- Ligue 1 players
- FC Girondins de Bordeaux players
- West German expatriate footballers
- West German footballers
- German expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in France
- German football managers
- Eintracht Frankfurt non-playing staff
- FC Girondins de Bordeaux managers
- US Créteil-Lusitanos managers
- OGC Nice managers
- AC Ajaccio managers
- BSC Young Boys managers
- Étoile Sportive du Sahel managers
- FC Nantes managers
- Ligue 1 managers
- 2012 Africa Cup of Nations managers
- Niger national football team managers
- 2013 Africa Cup of Nations managers
- Gabon national football team managers
- Association football defenders
- 2018 FIFA World Cup managers
- Burkina Faso national football team managers
- Nigeria national football team managers
- German expatriate football managers
- Footballers from Baden-Württemberg
- 2019 Africa Cup of Nations managers