He is of German origin, naturalized French. His name is increasingly quoted to succeed the Congolese coach, Florent Ibenge, as announced it DigitalCongo.net in its delivery of Wednesday, gave up after 5 years at the head of the formation of the Leopards. The latter, should, one must underline it, begin the qualifying of the 33rd CAN, Cameroon 2021, against the les Panthères du Gabon in less than 4 months that is to say in November 2019.
This former German footballer is currently the coach of the “Super Aigles du Nigeria”, Super Eagles of Nigeria, is a former FC Bordeaux player in France.
According to Congoprofond.net, referring to the Congolese Federation of Football Associations (FECOFA), President Constant Omari, the president of this last instance of Congolese football, would have made contact with this man.
Gernot Rohr, who is not a novice in African football circles, has a great history. He competed with the Nigerian team at the 2018 World Cup-Russia. And this team took third place during the 2019CAN-Egypt.
His African adventure began in 2008 in Sousse in Tunisia where he coached the formation of Etoile Sportive du Sahel.
He will then be in charge of leading the Gabonese national team during the CAN 2012, before becoming the coach of Niger and Burkina Faso.
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