Jörg Böhme (born 22 January 1974) is a German former

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who played as

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, and who most recently was the manager of

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 i ...

Club career

Böhme was born in Hohenmölsen,

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. As a professional footballer, Böhme 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-Ober ...

, 1. FC Nürnberg,

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, 1860 München, Arminia Bielefeld, FC Schalke 04 and Borussia Mönchengladbach. On club level he won two

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trophies with FC Schalke 04. Released by Mönchengladbach in May 2006, Böhme signed a 12-month deal mainly based on appearance money with old club Arminia Bielefeld before the start of the 2006–07 season. He remained with Bielefeld for two seasons, retiring in 2008.

International career

For the Germany national team Böhme was

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10 times and scored 1 goal between 2001 and 2003. He participated in the

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, where Germany finished as runners-up. The main reasons why he was included resided in his good left foot abilities and his set pieces.

Coaching career

Böhme was head coach of Herford between 3 May 2012 and 5 June 2012. Bohme had only two wins while in charge of Herford. Böhme joined

as an assistant coach on 22 January 2014. Böhme was promoted to head coach of Energie Cottbus after Stephan Schmidt was sacked on 24 February 2014. Böhme's first match in charge was a 1–0 win against

1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern e. V., also known as 1. FCK, FCK (), FC Kaiserslautern () or colloquially Lautern (), is a German sports club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to football, the club also operates in sev ...

on 28 February 2014. Böhme was sacked following the relegation of the club. He was replaced by René Rydlewicz for the final match of the season and permanently replaced by Stefan Krämer. He finished with a record of three wins, two draws, and six losses.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Schalke 04 *

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: 2000–01, 2001–02 * UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2004

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* * * 1974 births Living people People from Burgenlandkreis Footballers from Saxony-Anhalt German men's footballers Germany men's international footballers FC Carl Zeiss Jena players TSV 1860 Munich players Arminia Bielefeld players 1. FC Nürnberg players Eintracht Frankfurt players FC Schalke 04 players Borussia Mönchengladbach players 2002 FIFA World Cup players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga managers FC Energie Cottbus managers Men's association football midfielders German football managers East German men's footballers People from Bezirk Halle {{Germany-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub