Gernot Rohr - wikipedia Gernot Rohr Gernot Rohr Rohr as Nigeria manager at the 2018 FIFA World Cup Date of birth ( 1953 - 06 - 28 ) 28 June 1953 ( age 65 ) Place of birth Mannheim, Germany Height 1.78 m ( 5 ft 10 in ) Playing position Defender Club information Current team Nigeria ( manager ) Youth career 1961 -- 1972 VfL Neckarau Senior career * Years Team Apps ( Gls ) 1972 -- 1974 Bayern Munich 6 ( 0 ) 1974 -- 1975 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 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 the manager of the Super Eagles under the control of the Nigeria Football Federation. 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. 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 until 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 but was not given the job. In August 2016, he was named manager of the Super Eagles of Nigeria by Amaju Pinnick, 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 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 2018 FIFA World Cup after a 1 -- 0 win against Zambia. Managerial Statistics As of 26 June 2018 Team From To Record Win % Gabon 21 February 2010 5 February 2012 7001190000000000000 ♠ 19 7000800000000000000 ♠ 8 7000500000000000000 ♠ 5 7000600000000000000 ♠ 6 07001421100000000000 ♠ 42.11 Niger 5 September 2012 21 October 2014 7001230000000000000 ♠ 23 7000300000000000000 ♠ 3 7000700000000000000 ♠ 7 7001130000000000000 ♠ 13 07001130400000099999 ♠ 13.04 Burkina Faso 25 February 2015 22 December 2015 7001110000000000000 ♠ 11 7000300000000000000 ♠ 3 7000300000000000000 ♠ 3 7000500000000000000 ♠ 5 07001272700000000000 ♠ 27.27 Nigeria 9 August 2016 Present 7001290000000000000 ♠ 29 7001170000000000000 ♠ 17 7000600000000000000 ♠ 6 7000600000000000000 ♠ 6 07001586200000000000 ♠ 58.62 Total 7001820000000000000 ♠ 82 7001310000000000000 ♠ 31 7001210000000000000 ♠ 21 7001300000000000000 ♠ 30 07001378009999900000 ♠ 37.80 References Jump up ^ `` Rohr, Gernot '' ( in German ). kicker.de. Retrieved 8 May 2013. Jump up ^ `` Gernot Rohr '' ( in German ). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 8 May 2013. Jump up ^ Garin, Erik ( 12 July 2007 ). `` France -- Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs ''. RSSSF. Archived from the original on 20 June 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2013. Jump up ^ `` Ich wollte immer frei sein '' ( in German ). 11Freunde. 25 February 2008. Retrieved 8 May 2013. Jump up ^ `` Leading Tunisian club fire German coach ''. AFP. 15 May 2009. Retrieved 15 May 2009. Jump up ^ `` Rohr : `` La locomotive, c'est l'équipe '' '' ( in French ). lequipe.fr. 9 June 2009. Archived from the original on 20 September 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2013. Jump up ^ `` Furlan remplace Rohr '' ( in French ). lequipe.fr. 3 December 2009. Archived from the original on 11 June 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2013. Jump up ^ `` Gabon : L'allemand Gernot Rohr, nouveau sélectionneur des Panthères ? '' ( in French ). africastars.org. Archived from the original on 25 February 2010. Jump up ^ `` Niger appoint Gernot Rohr as new coach ''. BBC. 5 September 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012. Jump up ^ `` Gernot Rohr resigns as Niger coach ''. BBC Sport. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2018. Jump up ^ `` Rohr quits Burkina Faso to return to Germany ''. BBC Sport. 22 December 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2018. Jump up ^ `` Put and Rohr on Guinea coach shortlist ''. BBC Sport. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2018. Jump up ^ `` BREAKING : NFF picks Gernot Rohr as Super Eagles coach ''. Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 22 March 2018. Jump up ^ Daniel Oladele / Gernot Rohr managerial positions FC Girondins de Bordeaux -- managers Szekany ( 1933 -- 35 ) Díaz ( 1937 -- 42 ) Stern ( 1942 -- 43 ) Urtizberea ( 1943 ) Saggiero ( 1943 -- 45 ) Bunyan ( 1945 -- 47 ) Gérard ( 1947 -- 57 ) Urtizberea ( 1957 ) Libar ( 1957 -- 60 ) Artigas ( 1960 -- 67 ) Bakrim ( 1967 -- 70 ) Danzelle ( 1970 ) Gérard ( 1970 -- 72 ) Phelipon ( 1972 -- 74 ) Menaut ( 1974 -- 76 ) Montes ( 1976 -- 78 ) Carniglia ( 1978 -- 79 ) Goethals ( 1979 -- 80 ) Jacquet ( 1980 -- 89 ) Couécou ( 1989 ) Goethals ( 1989 -- 90 ) Rohr ( 1990 ) Gili ( 1990 -- 91 ) Rohr ( 1991 -- 92 ) Courbis ( 1992 -- 94 ) Toni ( 1994 -- 95 ) Guérit ( 1995 ) Muslin ( 1995 -- 96 ) Rohr ( 1996 ) Courbis ( 1996 -- 97 ) Stéphan ( 1997 -- 98 ) Baup ( 1998 -- 2003 ) Pavon ( 2003 -- 05 ) Gomes ( 2005 -- 07 ) Blanc ( 2007 -- 10 ) Tigana ( 2010 -- 11 ) Bedouet ( 2011 ) Gillot ( 2011 -- 14 ) Sagnol ( 2014 -- 16 ) Ramé ( 2016 ) Gourvennec ( 2016 -- 18 ) Poyet ( 2018 -- ) ( c ) = caretaker manager OGC Nice -- managers McDewitt ( 1932 -- 33 ) Bell, Kramer, McDewitt & Tandler ( 1933 -- 34 ) Lowy ( 1935 -- 37 ) Kudrna ( 1937 ) Zamora ( 1937 -- 38 ) Samitier ( 1938 -- 42 ) Valle ( 1944 -- 46 ) Castro ( 1946 ) Lardi ( 1946 -- 47 ) Marek ( 1947 -- 49 ) Veinante ( 1949 -- 50 ) Rous ( 1950 ) Lardi ( 1950 -- 51 ) Andoire ( 1951 -- 52 ) Zatelli ( 1952 -- 53 ) Berry ( 1953 -- 55 ) Carniglia ( 1955 -- 57 ) Luciano ( 1957 -- 62 ) Andoire ( 1962 -- 64 ) Gonzales ( 1964 -- 69 ) Rossi ( 1969 -- 71 ) Snella ( 1971 -- 74 ) Marković ( 1974 -- 76 ) Guillou ( 1976 -- 77 ) Rossi ( 1977 -- 78 ) Kocsur ( 1978 -- 79 ) Batteux ( 1979 ) Rossi ( 1979 -- 80 ) Marković ( 1980 -- 81 ) Domingo ( 1981 -- 82 ) Sérafin ( 1982 -- 87 ) Bjeković ( 1987 -- 89 ) Alonzo ( 1989 ) Bianchi ( 1989 -- 90 ) Fernandez ( 1990 -- 91 ) Huck ( 1991 -- 92 ) Emon ( 1992 -- 96 ) Sanchez ( 1996 ) Takač ( 1996 -- 97 ) Renquin ( 1997 -- 98 ) Takač ( 1998 ) Zvunka ( 1998 -- 99 ) David ( 1999 ) Buffat & David ( 1999 ) Fleury ( 1999 ) Damiano ( 1999 ) David ( 1999 -- 2000 ) Salvioni ( 2000 -- 02 ) Rohr ( 2002 -- 05 ) Buscher ( 2005 ) Antonetti ( 2005 -- 09 ) Ollé - Nicolle ( 2009 -- 10 ) Roy ( 2010 -- 11 ) Marsiglia ( 2011 -- 12 ) Puel ( 2012 -- 16 ) Favre ( 2016 -- 18 ) Vieira ( 2018 -- ) BSC Young Boys -- managers Reynolds ( 1913 -- 18 ) Hogan ( 1918 -- 20 ) Smith ( 1920 -- 24 ) Higgens ( 1924 -- 28 ) Meyer ( 1928 -- 29 ) Hierländer ( 1931 -- 32 ) Kürschner ( 1934 -- 35 ) Pulver ( 1935 -- 42 ) Volentik ( 1942 -- 46 ) Baumgartner ( 1947 -- 48 ) Gschweidl ( 1948 -- 49 ) Jones ( 1949 -- 51 ) Sing ( 1951 -- 64 ) Bigler ( 1964 ) Merkle ( 1964 -- 68 ) Häfeli ( 1968 ) Brülls ( 1968 -- 70 ) Eich ( 1970 ) Skiba ( 1970 ) Schneiter & Eich ( 1970 -- 72 ) Peters ( 1972 -- 73 ) Linder ( 1973 -- 77 ) Hüssy ( 1977 -- 78 ) Konietzka ( 1978 -- 80 ) Theunissen ( 1980 -- 83 ) Linder ( 1983 ) Eich ( 1983 -- 84 ) Mandziara ( 1984 -- 88 ) Grip ( 1988 -- 90 ) Csernai ( 1990 ) Trümpler ( 1990 -- 94 ) Challandes ( 1994 -- 95 ) Conz ( 1995 -- 97 ) Grip ( 1997 ) Andersson & Sjöberg ( 1997 -- 98 ) Schober & Smajić ( 1998 ) Ryf ( 1998 -- 99 ) Weber ( 1999 ) Läubli ( 1999 ) Wey & Smajić ( 1999 ) Wey ( 1999 ) Schällibaum ( 1999 -- 2003 ) Zaugg ( 2003 -- 05 ) Rohr ( 2005 -- 06 ) Piserchia ( 2006 ) Andermatt ( 2006 -- 08 ) Petković ( 2008 -- 11 ) Piserchia ( 2011 ) Gross ( 2011 -- 12 ) Piserchia ( 2012 ) Rueda ( 2012 -- 13 ) Forte ( 2013 -- 15 ) Gämperle ( 2015 ) Hütter ( 2015 -- 18 ) Seoane ( 2018 -- ) AC Ajaccio -- managers Pietri ( 1955 ) Pironti ( 1955 -- 57 ) Brusseaux ( 1957 -- 58 ) Laune ( 1958 -- 59 ) Knayer ( 1959 -- 63 ) Azzouz ( 1963 -- 64 ) Stojaspal ( 1964 -- 65 ) Muro ( 1965 -- 70 ) Hon ( 1970 -- 71 ) Cuissard ( 1971 -- 72 ) Mori ( 1972 -- 73 ) Hon ( 1973 -- 74 ) Accorsi ( 1974 -- 75 ) Mistre ( 1975 -- 76 ) Paoli ( 1976 -- 78 ) Azzouz ( 1978 -- 79 ) Unknown ( 1979 -- 92 ) Gentili ( 1992 -- 2001 ) Courbis ( 2001 -- 03 ) Bijotat ( 2002 -- 04 ) Pantaloni ( 2004 ) Courbis ( 2004 -- 06 ) Pantaloni ( 2006 ) Pasqualetti ( 2006 ) Krol ( 2006 -- 07 ) Rohr ( 2007 -- 08 ) Pasqualetti ( 2008 -- 09 ) Pantaloni ( 2009 -- 12 ) Dupont ( 2012 ) Emon ( 2012 -- 13 ) Ravanelli ( 2013 ) Bracconi ( 2013 -- 14 ) Debès ( 2014 ) Pantaloni ( 2014 -- ) ( c ) = caretaker manager Étoile Sportive du Sahel -- managers Berry ( 1956 -- 58 ) Drenovac ( 1960 -- 65 ) Paramonov ( 1965 -- 67 ) Drenovac ( 1969 -- 70 ) Chetali ( 1970 -- 75 ) Paramonov ( 1976 -- 77 ) Benzarti ( 1986 -- 88 ) Nikodimov ( 1989 -- 90 ) Benzarti ( 1991 -- 92 ) Saâdane ( 1993 -- 94 ) Dutra ( 1994 -- 97 ) Buljan ( 1997 -- 98 ) Fernandez ( 1998 -- 99 ) Todorov ( 2001 ) Casoni ( 2001 -- 02 ) Simondi ( 2004 ) Baždarević ( 2005 -- 06 ) Benzarti ( 2006 -- 07 ) Marchand ( 2007 -- 08 ) Decastel ( 2008 ) Rohr ( 2008 -- 09 ) Hamberg ( 2009 -- 10 ) Mkacher ( 2010 ) Fakhir ( 2010 ) Krauss ( 2012 ) Benzarti ( 2012 ) Lavagne ( 2013 ) Lemerre ( 2013 -- 14 ) Cvetković ( 2014 ) Benzarti ( 2014 -- ) FC Nantes -- managers Nuic ( 1943 -- 46 ) Raab ( 1946 -- 50 ) Gorius ( 1950 -- 51 ) Veinante ( 1951 -- 55 ) Raab ( 1955 -- 56 ) Staho ( 1955 -- 56 ) Dupal ( 1955 -- 59 ) Michlowsky ( 1959 -- 60 ) Arribas ( 1960 -- 76 ) Vincent ( 1976 -- 82 ) Suaudeau ( 1982 -- 88 ) Blažević ( 1988 -- 91 ) Suaudeau ( 1991 -- 97 ) Denoueix ( 1997 -- 2001 ) Marcos ( 2001 -- 03 ) Amisse ( 2003 -- 04 ) Le Dizet ( 2005 -- 06 ) Eo ( 2006 -- 07 ) Der Zakarian & N'Doram ( 2007 ) Der Zakarian ( 2007 -- 08 ) Baup ( 2008 -- 09 ) Rohr ( 2009 ) Furlan ( 2009 -- 10 ) Gentili ( 2010 -- 11 ) Anziani ( 2011 ) Chauvin ( 2011 -- 12 ) Der Zakarian ( 2012 -- 16 ) Girard ( 2016 ) Conceição ( 2016 -- 17 ) Ranieri ( 2017 -- 18 ) Cardoso ( 2018 -- ) Gabon national football team -- managers Prouff ( 1960 ) Vicot ( 1979 ) de Martigny ( 1985 -- 86 ) Bulatović ( 1986 -- 87 ) Da Costa ( 1987 -- 89 ) Weigang ( 1989 -- XX ) Pintenat ( 1991 -- 92 ) Thissen ( 1992 -- 94 ) Da Costa ( 1994 -- 97 ) Devèze ( 1997 -- 98 ) Dumas ( 1998 -- 2000 ) Rayelomanan ( 2000 ) Da Costa ( 2000 -- 02 ) De Wolf ( 2002 -- 03 ) Mbourounot ( 2003 ) Jairzinho ( 2003 -- 05 ) Nzamba - Nzamba ( 2005 -- 06 ) Giresse ( 2006 -- 10 ) Rohr ( 2010 -- 12 ) Duarte ( 2012 -- 13 ) Bounguendza ( 2014 ) Costa ( 2014 -- 16 ) Garrido ( 2016 ) Camacho ( 2016 -- ) Niger national football team -- managers Überjahn ( 1981 -- 86 ) Soumaila ( xxxx -- 92 ) Nadjadoum ( 1992 -- xx ) Soumaila ( xxxx -- 98 ) Touré ( 1998 -- 99 ) Neveu ( 1999 -- 2000 ) Martial ( 2002 -- 03 ) Bana ( 2006 -- 07 ) Amadou ( 2007 -- 08 ) Anghelescu ( 2008 ) Costa ( 2008 -- 2009 ) Harouna Doula ( 2009 -- 2012 ) Courbis ( 2012 ) Rohr ( 2012 -- 14 ) Diabaté ( 2014 -- 15 ) Zahoui ( 2015 -- ) Burkina Faso national football team -- managers Pfister ( 1976 -- 78 ) Überjahn ( 1988 -- 90 ) Traore ( 1992 -- 96 ) Zagre ( 1996 ) Vutov ( 1996 -- 97 ) Jabir ( 1997 ) Troussier ( 1997 -- 98 ) Notheaux ( 1998 -- 99 ) Taelman ( 2000 ) Diarra ( 2000 -- 01 ) Fulloné ( 2001 -- 02 ) Yaméogo & Weboanga ( 2002 ) Rabier ( 2002 -- 04 ) Todorov ( 2004 -- 05 ) Simondi ( 2005 -- 06 ) Traore ( 2006 -- 07 ) Notheaux & Diarra ( 2007 ) Duarte ( 2008 -- 12 ) Put ( 2012 -- 15 ) Rohr ( 2015 ) Duarte ( 2015 -- ) Nigeria national football team -- managers Finch ( 1949 ) Anyiam ( 1954 -- 56 ) Courtier ( 1956 -- 60 ) Beit haLavi ( 1960 -- 61 ) Vardar ( 1961 -- 63 ) Penna ( 1963 -- 64 ) Anyiam ( 1964 -- 65 ) Ember ( 1965 -- 68 ) Barinaga ( 1968 -- 69 ) Amaechina ( 1969 -- 70 ) Marotzke ( 1970 -- 72 ) Penna ( 1972 -- 73 ) Marotzke ( 1973 -- 74 ) Jelisavčić ( 1974 -- 78 ) Glória ( 1978 -- 81 ) Göller ( 1981 ) Onigbinde ( 1981 -- 84 ) Udemezue ( 1984 -- 86 ) Ekeji ( 1986 ) Hoener ( 1986 -- 89 ) Hamilton ( 1989 ) Westerhof ( 1989 -- 94 ) Amodu ( 1994 -- 95 ) Bonfrere ( 1995 -- 96 ) Amodu ( 1996 -- 97 ) Troussier ( 1997 ) Sinclair ( 1997 ) Milutinović ( 1997 -- 98 ) Libregts ( 1998 -- 99 ) Bonfrere ( 1999 -- 2001 ) Amodu ( 2001 -- 02 ) Onigbinde ( 2002 ) Chukwu ( 2002 -- 05 ) Eguavoen ( 2005 -- 07 ) Vogts ( 2007 -- 08 ) Peters ( 2008 ) Amodu ( 2008 -- 10 ) Lagerbäck ( 2010 ) Eguavoen ( 2010 ) Siasia ( 2010 -- 11 ) Keshi ( 2011 -- 14 ) Amodu ( 2014 ) Amokachi ( 2014 -- 15 ) Keshi ( 2015 ) Oliseh ( 2015 -- 16 ) Siasia ( 2016 ) Yusuf ( 2016 ) Rohr ( 2016 -- ) Gabon squad -- 2012 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Ovono 2 Ambourouet 3 Mouele 4 Ebanega 5 Ecuele Manga 6 Boussoughou 7 N'Guéma 8 Palun 9 Aubameyang 10 Cousin 11 Mouloungui 12 Ndong 13 Mbanangoyé 14 Madinda 15 Biyogo Poko 16 Bidonga 17 Brou Apanga 18 Moubamba 19 Moundounga 20 Do Marcolino 21 Méyé 22 Moussono 23 Bitséki Moto Coach : Rohr Niger squad -- 2013 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Alzouma 2 Maâzou 3 Lassina 4 Kader 5 James 6 Laouali 7 Sidibé 8 Fatoukouma 9 Kamilou 10 Talatou 11 A. Issoufou 12 Sacko 13 Chikoto 14 B. Issoufou 15 Alassane 16 Daouda 17 N'Gounou 18 Dan Kowa 19 Koudize 20 Moutari 21 Bachar 22 Rabo 23 Soumaïla Coach : Rohr Nigeria squad -- 2018 FIFA World Cup 1 Ezenwa 2 Idowu 3 Echiéjilé 4 Ndidi 5 Troost - Ekong 6 Balogun 7 Musa 8 Etebo 9 Ighalo 10 Mikel ( c ) 11 Moses 12 Abdullahi 13 Simy 14 Iheanacho 15 Obi 16 Akpeyi 17 Onazi 18 Iwobi 19 Ogu 20 Awaziem 21 Ebuehi 22 Omeruo 23 Uzoho Coach : Rohr SUDOC : 121334120 VIAF : 198887720 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gernot_Rohr&oldid=856067301 '' Categories : 1953 births Living people Sportspeople from Mannheim German footballers Bundesliga players 2. 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