Gernot Rohr (born 28 June 1953) is a German professional

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and former player who was most recently the manager of the Nigerian national team.

Managerial career

In 1996, he managed

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to the

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final, where they lost to

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over two legs, 2–0 away and 3–1 at home. Bordeaux's run to the final included a famous 3–0 win over

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in the quarter-finals. From October 1998 until April 1999 he was sports director of Eintracht Frankfurt. Rohr was fired by

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following a third-place finish in the league, outside of the 2010

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places, on 15 May 2009. 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. On 3 December 2009, he was fired by

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and replaced by

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. On 21 February 2010, Rohr replaced French coach Alain Giresse at the helm of the

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. He became manager of

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in September 2012. He resigned in October 2014. On 22 December 2015, he was sacked by

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as manager. He was shortlisted for the Guinea national team job in July 2016 but was not given the job. In August 2016, he was named manager of the

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, the chief of the Nigeria Football Federation. He won his first game in charge of the Nigerian national team, defeating Tanzania by a lone goal in

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, Nigeria. 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

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after a 1–0 win against Zambia. On 17 July 2019, Rohr led Nigeria to a third-place finish at the

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. 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. 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.

Managerial statistics

References

External links

Gernot Rohr interview
(in German) {{DEFAULTSORT:Rohr, Gernot 1953 births Living people Footballers 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