 Rohr asNigeria manager at the2018 FIFA World Cup | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1953-06-28)28 June 1953 (age 72) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Mannheim, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Benin (manager) | ||||||||||||||||
| 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) | |||||||||||||||
| 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
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Gernot Rohr (born 28 June 1953) is a German professionalfootball coach and former player who is currently the manager of theBenin national team.[4]
In 1996, he managedGirondins de Bordeaux to theUEFA Cup final, where they lost toBayern Munich over two legs, 2–0 away and 3–1 at home.[5] Bordeaux's run to the final included a 3–0 win overAC Milan in the quarter-finals. From October 1998 until April 1999 he was sports director ofEintracht Frankfurt.
Rohr was dismissed byÉtoile Sportive du Sahel following a third-place finish in the league, outside of the 2010CAF Champions League places, on 15 May 2009.[6] 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.[7] On 3 December 2009, he was dismissed byFC Nantes and replaced byJean-Marc Furlan.[8] On 21 February 2010, Rohr replaced French coachAlain Giresse at the helm of theGabon national football team.[9]
He became manager ofNiger national football team in September 2012.[10] He resigned in October 2014.[11]
On 22 December 2015, he was sacked byBurkina Faso national football team as manager.[12]
He was shortlisted for theGuinea national team job in July 2016 but was not given the job.[13] In August 2016, he was named manager of theNigeria national football team byAmaju Pinnick, the then chief of theNigeria Football Federation.[14] He won his first game in charge of the Nigerian national team, defeating Tanzania by a lone goal inUyo, Nigeria.[15] 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 the2018 FIFA World Cup after a 1–0 win against Zambia. On 17 July 2019, Rohr led Nigeria to a third-place finish at the2019 Africa Cup of Nations. On 27 May 2020, president of the Nigeria Football FederationNFF Amaju Melvin Pinnick announced a contractual agreement had been concluded for Rohr to extend his contract with the team.[16]
He was given a target of guiding the team to win the2021 Africa Nation's Cup to be hosted by Cameroon and also qualifying the Super Eagles to the2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. On 12 December 2021, he was sacked despite qualifying for the2021 Africa Nation's Cup and final round of qualifying for the World Cup playoffs.[17][18][19][20]
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
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| G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||||
| 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 | 13 December 2021 | 64 | 35 | 16 | 13 | 054.69 | |||
| Benin | 28 February 2023 | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 028.57 | ||||
| Total | 145 | 57 | 40 | 48 | 039.31 | |||||
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