Jan Zimmermann (born 5 October 1979) is a German

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manager and former player who is currently in charge of

Borussia Dortmund II Borussia Dortmund II are the reserve team of Borussia Dortmund. They play in the 3. Liga, at Stadion Rote Erde. Until 2005, the team played as Borussia Dortmund Amateure. History From Kreisliga to Oberliga (Until 1997) The second team of Boruss ...

Playing career

Zimmermann was a youth product of Bayer Leverkusen. He spent his playing career at

Arminia Hannover SV Arminia Hannover is a German association football club based in Hanover, Lower Saxony. History The club was founded in 1910 as ''FC Arminia Hannover'' and merged with ''Rugby-Verein Merkur'' in 1918, becoming ''SV Arminia-Merkur''. Two y ...

, TSV Havelse, Borussia Mönchengladbach II, Carl Zeiss Jena,

Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V., commonly known as Eintracht Braunschweig () or BTSV (), is a German association football, football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding ...

, VfB Lübeck, SC Verl, 1. FC Wunstorf and Germania Egestorf/Langreder.

Managerial career

Germania Egestorf/Langreder

Zimmermann started his managerial career in 2011 at Germania Egestorf/Langreder as a player-manager. In his seven years as manager, he led the club from the sixth-tier Landesliga Hannover to the fourth-tier Regionalliga Nord. The club managed to qualify for the

2016–17 DFB-Pokal The 2016–17 DFB-Pokal was the 74th season of the annual German football cup competition. Sixty-four teams participated in the competition, including all teams from the previous year's Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. It began on 19 August 201 ...

, losing 0–6 against

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in the first round.

TSV Havelse

In 2018, Zimmermann was hired as the manager of TSV Havelse. During his tenure, Havelse won the 2019–20 Lower Saxony Cup, earning qualification to the

2020–21 DFB-Pokal The 2020–21 DFB-Pokal was the 78th season of the annual German football cup competition. Sixty-four teams participated in the competition, including all teams from the previous year's Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga. The competition began on 11 Se ...

, where Havelse lost 1–5 in the first round against Bundesliga club Mainz 05. In the abandoned 2020–21 Regionalliga Nord season, Havelse was ranked third and earned qualification to the promotion play-offs after Weiche Flensburg and

Werder Bremen II SV Werder Bremen II is the reserve team of SV Werder Bremen. It plays in Regionalliga, the fourth level of the German football league system, and has qualified for the first round of the DFB-Pokal on nineteen occasions. It also has won the Germ ...

did not apply for 3. Liga licenses.

Hannover 96

On 10 May 2021, Zimmermann was announced as manager of

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starting from the 2021–22 season. He was sacked on 29 November 2021.

Borussia Dortmund II

On 8 February 2023, Zimmerman was announced as manager of

, signing a contract until June 2024; he replaced the sacked

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Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Germania Egestorf/Langreder * Landesliga Hannover: 2011–12

Managerial

Germania Egestorf/Langreder * Landesliga Hannover: 2011–12 *

Lower Saxony Cup The Lower Saxony Cup (german: Niedersächsischer Pokal) is an annual football cup competition, held by the ( en, Lower Saxony Football Association) since 1956. For sponsorship reasons, the official name of the competition is Krombacher-Pokal.

runner-up: 2015–16 TSV Havelse *

: 2019–20

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* 1979 births Living people German men's footballers Men's association football forwards SV Arminia Hannover players TSV Havelse players Borussia Mönchengladbach II players FC Carl Zeiss Jena players Eintracht Braunschweig players VfB Lübeck players SC Verl players 1. FC Germania Egestorf/Langreder players German football managers TSV Havelse managers Borussia Dortmund II managers Hannover 96 managers 2. Bundesliga managers 3. Liga managers Footballers from Hanover {{Germany-footy-bio-stub