Jan Siewert (; born 23 August 1982) is a German professional

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and former player who played as a

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. He became the Academy Manager at

Mainz 05 1. Fußball- und Sportverein Mainz 05 e. V., usually shortened to 1. FSV Mainz 05, Mainz 05 () or simply Mainz (), is a German sports club, founded in 1905 and based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. 1. FSV Mainz 05 play in the Bundesliga, the top ...

in July 2020.

Playing career

Born in

Mayen Mayen is a town in the Mayen-Koblenz District of the Rhineland-Palatinate Federal State of Germany, in the eastern part of the Volcanic Eifel Region. As well as the main town, additional settlements include Alzheim, Kürrenberg, Hausen-Betzing, ...

, Siewert played as a

for

TuS Mayen Tus Mayen is a Football in Germany, German association football club from the city of Mayen, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is part of a larger sports club that also includes departments for Athletics (sport), athletics, basketball, dance, field hockey ...

. He retired at the age of 22 due to injury.

Coaching career

Early career

Siewert trained at the Hennes-Weisweiler-Akademie. After working as the assistant manager for the German under-17 and under-18 national teams, Siewert signed a 3-year contract to become manager of German fourth-tier side

Rot-Weiss Essen Rot-Weiss Essen is a German association football club based in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club currently plays in the 3. Liga, at the Stadion an der Hafenstraße. The team won the DFB-Pokal in 1953, and the German championship in 195 ...

in June 2015. He was sacked by the club in April 2016 after the club entered the relegation zone. Siewert then became assistant manager of

VfL Bochum Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as simply VfL Bochum (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has spent 35 seas ...

, manager of the VfL Bochum under-19 team, and manager of Borussia Dortmund II.

Huddersfield Town

In January 2019 he was linked with the vacant manager's position at

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club

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, and later that month he was appointed to the role, signing a contract until the summer of 2021. In doing so he became the third Borussia Dortmund II manager in a row to leave that role to work in England; after David Wagner (who he replaced at Huddersfield) and Daniel Farke (who became manager of

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). Siewert stated that he did not wish to be compared to Wagner, his predecessor at Huddersfield. Huddersfield were relegated to

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in March 2019 with six games remaining joining

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and

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as being the only Premier League teams to have been relegated so early in the season. Huddersfield gained one point from their first three league games in the 2019–20 season and were knocked out of the

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first round by Lincoln City and on 16 August 2019, after one win during 19 games in charge, Siewert was sacked. He later said that he "left his heart" at Huddersfield.

Return to Germany

On 1 July 2020 he became the Academy Manager at 1. FSV Mainz 05. On 28 December 2020, Siewert was appointed as interim manager of Mainz's first team in the

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after Jan-Moritz Lichte was dismissed. He managed one game before being replaced.

Personal life

As of January 2020 Siewert was married with a three-year-old son. At that time the family were still living near Huddersfield.

Managerial statistics

References

External links

* 1982 births Living people People from Mayen Footballers from Rhineland-Palatinate German footballers Association football midfielders TuS Mayen players German football managers Rot-Weiss Essen managers Borussia Dortmund II managers Huddersfield Town A.F.C. managers 1. FSV Mainz 05 managers Premier League managers English Football League managers Bundesliga managers German expatriate football managers German expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate football managers in England VfL Bochum non-playing staff 1. FSV Mainz 05 non-playing staff {{Germany-footy-bio-stub