Rohr Named In Top 20 National Team Coaches List

Rohr Named In Top 20 National Team Coaches List

Super Eagles head coach, Gernot Rohr has been named in the World’s Top 20 Best National Coaches’ list following his results with the Nigeria senior team.

According to German-based organization, International Federation of Football History & Statistics, Rohr is ranked 19th on one point while Iran’s manager, Marc Wilmots, completed the top 20.

The Super Eagles coach in his 49 competitive matches has racked up 59.12 percent wins, losing only nine times and drawing 11.

He also led the Super Eagles to a third-place finish at the 2019 AFCON.

The Desert Foxes of Algeria manager, Djamel Belmadi, also got into the top five (5th, 61 points), Madagascar’s French coach Nicolas Dupuis placed 10th with 11 points, and Senegal coach Aliou Cisse is ranked 18th with two points.

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Football experts and journalists from 90 countries of all continents in the world chose Portugal’s national team manager Fernando Santos to receive the 2019 Award and he received 112 points to place first.

This article was most recently revised and updated 3 years ago

Efe Bridget is a writer at GoalBall. She is a graduate of Mass Communication with 12 years of experience working with reputable publications.