Gernot Rohr
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 28 June 1953 | ||
Place of birth | Mannheim, West Germany | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Playing position | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
1961–1972 | VfL Neckarau | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1972–1974 | Bayern Munich[1] | 6 | (0) |
1974–1975 | SV 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 manager and former footballer. He is currently working as a technical adviser for the Super Eagles of Nigeria under the Nigeria Football Federation(NFF).
Managerial career
In 1996, he managed Girondins 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 till 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.[12] In August 2016, he was named manager of the Super Eagles of Nigeria by the Nigeria Football Federation Chief, Amaju Pinnick [13] He won his First game in charge of the Nigerian National Team, Defeating The Tanzanian National Team by a lone Goal in Uyo, Nigeria [14]
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. 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.
- ↑ "Rohr : "La locomotive, c'est l'équipe"" (in French). lequipe.fr. 9 June 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ↑ "Furlan remplace Rohr" (in French). lequipe.fr. 3 December 2009. 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.
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29711353
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/35159012
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36739307
- ↑ http://punchng.com/nff-picks-gernot-rohr-super-eagles-coach/
- ↑ Daniel Oladele/