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Gernot Rohr

Gernot Rohr
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Personal information
Date of birth (1953-06-28) 28 June 1953 (age 63)
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 6 (0)
1974–1975 SV Waldhof Mannheim 21 (1)
1975–1977 Kickers Offenbach 62 (1)
1977–1989 Bordeaux 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
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).

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. 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. 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. On 3 December 2009, he was fired by FC Nantes and replaced by Jean-Marc Furlan. On 21 February 2010, Rohr replaced French coach Alain Giresse at the helm of the Gabon national football team.

He became manager of Niger national football team in September 2012. He resigned in October 2014.

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

He was shortlisted for the Guinea national team job in July 2016. In August 2016, he was named manager of the Super Eagles of Nigeria by the Nigeria Football Federation Chief, Amaju Pinnick He won his first game in charge of the Nigerian national team, defeating Tanzania by a lone goal in Uyo, Nigeria


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