Gernot Rohr

Gernot Rohr
Personal information
Date of birth28 June 1953
Place of birthMannheim, West Germany
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing positionDefender
Club information
Current team
 Burkina Faso (coach)
Youth career
1961–1972VfL Neckarau
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1972–1974Bayern Munich[1]6(0)
1974–1975SV Waldhof Mannheim21(1)
1975–1977Kickers Offenbach62(1)
1977–1989Bordeaux[2]352(13)
Total441(15)
Teams managed
1990Bordeaux
1991–1992Bordeaux
1996Bordeaux
1999–2000Créteil
2002–2005Nice
2005–2006Young Boys
2007–2008Ajaccio
2008–2009Étoile Sahel[3]
2009Nantes
2010–2012 Gabon
2012–2014 Niger
2015− Burkina Faso
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Gernot Rohr (born 28 June 1953) is a German manager and former footballer.

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]

References

  1. "Rohr, Gernot" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  2. "Gernot Rohr" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  3. Garin, Erik (12 July 2007). "France – Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  4. "Ich wollte immer frei sein" (in German). 11Freunde. 25 February 2008. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  5. "Leading Tunisian club fire German coach". AFP. 15 May 2009. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
  6. "Rohr : "La locomotive, c'est l'équipe"" (in French). lequipe.fr. 9 June 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  7. "Furlan remplace Rohr" (in French). lequipe.fr. 3 December 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  8. "Gabon: L'allemand Gernot Rohr, nouveau sélectionneur des Panthères?" (in French). africastars.org.
  9. "Niger appoint Gernot Rohr as new coach". BBC. 5 September 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  10. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29711353