Heiko Weber (born 26 June 1965 in

Thale Thale () is a town in the Harz district in Saxony-Anhalt in central Germany. Located at the steep northeastern rim of the Harz mountain range, it is known for the scenic Bode Gorge stretching above the town centre. Geography The town is situated ...

) is a German former

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

er who is now manager of

ZFC Meuselwitz Zipsendorfer Fußballclub Meuselwitz is a German association football club from Meuselwitz, Thuringia. History The origins of the club go back to the establishment of ''Aktivist Zipsendorf'' in 1919. After World War II the club played as ''BSG ...

Career

As player he played for

FC Carl Zeiss Jena FC Carl Zeiss Jena is a German football club based in Jena, Thuringia. Formed in 1903 and initially associated with the Carl Zeiss AG factory, they were one of the strongest clubs in East Germany from the 1960s to the 1980s, winning the DDR-Obe ...

and

Preußen Münster Preußen or Preussen is the German word for Prussia. It also refers to: Ships * ''Preußen'' (ship), windjammer built in 1902 * SMS ''Preußen'' (1873), armored frigate * SMS ''Preußen'' (1903), pre-dreadnought Battleship * , vorpostenboot ...

Coaching career

In 2007, he was caretaker manager in

FC Energie Cottbus FC Energie Cottbus (Lower Sorbian: ''Energija Chóśebuz'') is a German football club based in Cottbus, Brandenburg. It was founded in 1963 as SC Cottbus in what was East Germany. After the reunification of Germany, Energie played six seasons in ...

, when

Petrik Sander Petrik Sander (born 17 November 1960 in Quedlinburg) is a German former footballer and currently the manager of FSV Budissa Bautzen. Player career He played over 150 games in the DDR-Oberliga for FC Energie Cottbus and Motor Nordhausen. Coac ...

was fired and later Teamchef of FC Erzgebirge Aue. On 1 July 2009 was named as the new Director of Sport from

and on 23 March 2010 announced his leaking contract not to renew. In April 2010 earned his Coaching Licence in the Deutsche Sporthochschule Koln.Weber und Born verlassen Jena
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References

;Sources * 1965 births Living people German footballers East German footballers FC Carl Zeiss Jena players German football managers FC Energie Cottbus managers FC Carl Zeiss Jena managers 2. Bundesliga players FC Erzgebirge Aue managers DDR-Oberliga players 3. Liga managers Association football forwards People from Thale Footballers from Saxony-Anhalt SC Preußen Münster players {{Germany-footy-forward-1960s-stub