Who is Danny Rohl? Sheffield Wednesday boss and his career so far amid ITV pundit role at Euro 2024

Sheffield Wednesday boss Danny Rohl remains part of ITV’s coverage of Euro 2024, serving as one of the network’s pundits for the group stage. Rohl will sign off after this week to return to his duties at Hillsborough, needing to kick on with preparations for next season with pre-season less than two weeks away.

Rohl has already appeared on the punditry team for two fixtures, and he will once again be on the panel on Thursday for Slovenia’s clash with Serbia, before also appearing for Poland vs Austria and Turkey vs Portugal. Here we run you through what you need to know about Rohl.

Who is Danny Rohl?

Danny Rohl is a 35-year-old football coach and former defender. He was born in Zwickau, Germany, which is just over an hour away from Leipzig. During his playing days, he represented lower league teams FSV Zwickau, FC Sachsen Leipzig II and FC Eilenburg across three years before turning his hand to coaching.

He then linked up with RB Leipzig, Southampton and Bayern Munich as a coach. He later became the assistant manager of the German national team. Rohl became Wednesday manager in 2023, and that was and is his first first-team management role.

Rohl’s work at Wednesday so far

Rohl was appointed as Wednesday boss last October, and he managed to guide the club to safety with limited resources. The Owls secured survival on the last day of the season and Rohl was handed a new contract this summer for his work.

Speaking after penning his new deal, Rohl said: “The way we finished last season was amazing, so much hard work came to fruition but we do not stop here. We must continue to show the same effort levels and desire for the future, the chairman is ambitious, I am ambitious and our fantastic supporters are ambitious too.”

Owls chief Dejphon Chansiri said of the German: “The impact he made when he joined was immediate and was the foundation for preserving our place in the Championship. He has forged a special relationship with our supporters in the short space of time he has been here and now this journey continues. The hard work preparing for next season is already underway, it was important to secure Danny’s services on a well-deserved new contract and I am delighted this is now in place.”

ITV punditry role

Rohl revealed that he had been asked to join ITV’s punditry panel for the group stage earlier this summer. “I got the request from ITV and I will go for one week to Berlin to do five games as an expert to speak about the games,” he told The Training Ground Guru podcast. “It will be an exciting new challenge for me. I have never had this experience before, but it will be a good experience for me as well.”

When to see Rohl in action on ITV

Rohl’s remaining games as an ITV pundit are as follows:

Slovenia v Serbia - Thursday 20th June, 2pm

Poland v Austria - Friday 21st June, 5pm

Turkey v Portugal - Saturday 22nd June, 5pm