The Nigerian Football Federation, NFF has taken to social media to send their birthday wishes to Rohr and Balogun.
For Rohr, he has been in charge of the Super Eagles since 2016. The German tactician qualified Nigeria to the 2018 World Cup in Russia with ease and guided the side to finish third at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.
While Leon Balogun, a Hertha and Hertha Zehlendorf academy graduate, was born to a Nigerian father and German mother, and pledged his allegiance to Nigeria in 2014, making his debut against Mexico.
He has made has 32 caps for the Super Eagles.
The centre-back has spells with clubs in Germany sich as Turkiyemspor Berlin, Hannover 96, Werder Bremen, Fortuna Düsseldorf, Darmstadt 98 and Mainz.
He moved to England in the summer of 2018, joining Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion.
Due to lack of playing times he has moved to Wigan Athletic permanently in 2020.
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