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Gernot Rohr (born 28 June 1953) is a German professional football coach and former player who is currently the manager of the Benin national team.


Managerial career

In 1996, he managed
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to the
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final, where they lost to Bayern Munich over two legs, 2–0 away and 3–1 at home. Bordeaux's run to the final included a 3–0 win over
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in the quarter-finals. From October 1998 until April 1999 he was sports director of
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. Rohr was dismissed 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 dismissed by
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and replaced by Jean-Marc Furlan. On 21 February 2010, Rohr replaced French coach
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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
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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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by Amaju Pinnick, the then chief of the
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. He won his first game in charge of the Nigerian national team, defeating Tanzania by a lone goal in Uyo, 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 a contractual agreement had 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 and also 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.


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Gernot Rohr interview
(in German) {{DEFAULTSORT:Rohr, Gernot 1953 births Living people Footballers from Mannheim German men's 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 men's footballers West German men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in France West German expatriate sportspeople 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 Men's association football defenders 2018 FIFA World Cup managers Burkina Faso national football team managers Nigeria national football team managers German expatriate football managers 2019 Africa Cup of Nations managers German expatriate sportspeople in France German expatriate sportspeople in Nigeria German expatriate sportspeople in Niger German expatriate sportspeople in Gabon German expatriate sportspeople in Burkina Faso German expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia German expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate football managers in France Expatriate football managers in Switzerland Expatriate football managers in Tunisia Expatriate football managers in Gabon Expatriate football managers in Niger Expatriate football managers in Burkina Faso Expatriate football managers in Nigeria Naturalized citizens of France