Place of birth Mannheim, West Germany Current team Burkina Faso (coach) Years Team Role Footballer Position Defender | Playing position 1961–1972 VfL Neckarau Name Gernot Rohr Height 1.78 m | |
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Date of birth (1953-06-28) 28 June 1953 (age 62) Number 15 (FC Girondins de Bordeaux / Defender) Team coached Burkina Faso national football team (Manager, since 2015) Manages Burkina Faso national football team Similar People Jean‑Louis Triaud, Paul Put, Cheick Diabate, Willy Sagnol, Paulo Jorge Rebelo D | ||
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Gernot Rohr (born 28 June 1953) is a German manager and former footballer. He is currently the coach of Burkina Faso.
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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 Etoile 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.
