Izuchukwu Okosi
Former Super Eagles Coach, Gernot Rohr on Tuesday been appointed as the new coach of Benin Republic national team, the Squirrels.
Rohr’s appointment was announced at the Executive Committee meeting of the Benin Football Federation in Porto Novo.
The appointment is Rohr’s first since he was relieved of his duties as coach if the Nigerian national team following a run of unconvincing performances.
The German coach qualified Nigeria for the FIFA World Cup in 2018 with a game to spare and won bronze for Nigeria.
Benin is the 5th African nation after Gabon, Niger Burkina Faso and Nigeria that 69-year-old Rohr will take charge of.
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Rohr who was a onetime Bayern Munich coach is expected to begin his job on Tuesday, February 21, 2023.
The Franco-German’s immediate assignment will be to qualify the Squirrels for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON in Ivory Coast. His first match is the tournament qualifier against Rwanda on March 20
Since losing Nigeria’s job in December 2021, Rohr travelled to Qatar 2022 World Cup where he featured as a pundit during the tournament.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
