Photo: Кирилл Венедиктов / CC BY-SA 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Gernot Rohr is the sort of football lifer I have enormous respect for. Born in Mannheim in 1953, he built a coaching career not by chasing glamorous European jobs but by patiently developing African national teams, most famously Nigeria and later Benin. There is something deeply admirable about choosing the harder, less celebrated path and sticking with it into your seventies. Anyone can shine with a superpower squad; far fewer can squeeze identity and progress out of sides still finding their feet. Rohr's endurance and his willingness to teach rather than just win are, to me, the real measure of a great football man.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Gernot Rohr
- Name (Japanese)
- ゲルノト・ロール
- Reading
- げるのと・ろーる
- Born
- June 28, 1953 (age 73)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Snake
- Origin
- Mannheim, Karlsruhe Government Region, Germany
- Height
- 175 cm
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Gernot Rohr born?
Born June 28, 1953 (age 73).
Where is Gernot Rohr from?
Gernot Rohr is from Mannheim, Karlsruhe Government Region, Germany.
What does Gernot Rohr do?
Gernot Rohr works as association football player, association football coach.
How tall is Gernot Rohr?
Gernot Rohr is 175 cm.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.