Jörg Sievers (born 22 September 1965) is a German

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coach and former player. A

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, he spent his entire career with

Hannover 96 Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96 (), is a German professional association football, football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony. They played in the Bundesliga for a total of 30 years between 19 ...

Playing career

Sievers was in

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. He played for

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

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and eventually played out his final season in the

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in 2002. His main career highlight with the club was perhaps winning the

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against

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, 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

In January 2020, Sievers joined up with Daniel Stendel at Heart of Midlothian working as an assistant manager. The duo left in June 2020. A year later, in June 2021, Sievers once again joined up with Stendel, this time at French club Nancy."Natürlich komme ich mit": 96-Pokalheld Sievers wird auch in Nancy Stendels Assistent
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Honours

Hannover 96 *

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: 1991–92

Trivia

* He is also known from the song "Jörg Sievers Blues" by the German band

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. * His elder brother Ralf (a

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) also played professional football at

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and

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. * 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

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, "Colt Seavers"

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sievers, Jorg German men's footballers 1965 births Living people Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Hannover 96 players Men's association football goalkeepers People from Uelzen (district) Footballers from Lower Saxony West German men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Scotland German expatriate sportspeople in France Association football goalkeeping coaches