Jörg Sievers
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 22 September 1965 | ||
Place of birth | Römstedt, West Germany | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Hannover 96 II | ||
Youth career | |||
SV Eddelstorf | |||
Lüneburger SK | |||
VfL Wolfsburg | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1989–2003 | Hannover 96 | 384[1] | (0) |
2010 | Hannover 96 | 0 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2003– | Hannover 96 (goalkeeping coach) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Jörg Sievers (born 22 September 1965) is a retired goalkeeper and current goalkeeping coach of the German club Hannover 96.
Career
Sievers was in Römstedt, West Germany. He played for Hannover 96 for more than 10 years, and made a club record 384 league appearances, primarily playing in the 2. Bundesliga. He remained with the club through relegation to the Regionalliga and eventually played out his final season in the Bundesliga in 2002. His main career highlight with the club was perhaps winning the 1991–92 DFB-Pokal against Borussia Mönchengladbach, where he saved two crucial penalties during the shootout. On 6 March 2010, he made a comeback with the reserve team of Hannover 96.
Coaching career
He remains with Hannover 96 to this day, working as a goalkeeping coach.[2]
Honours
Trivia
- He is also known from the song "Jörg Sievers Blues" by the German band Fury in the Slaughterhouse.
- His brother Ralf also played professional football at Eintracht Frankfurt and FC St. Pauli.
- His nickname amongst fans and within the team is "Colt" Sievers, stemming from the phonetic resemblance of his last name to the main character of the 80s TV action series The Fall Guy, "Colt Seavers"
References
- ^ "Jörg Sievers" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
- ^ "Hannover 96" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 12 February 2010.