Jörn Nowak (born April 25, 1986) is a retired German footballer who played as a

central defender In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers ...

Career

Nowak began his career with Rot-Weiss Erfurt, and made his debut on the opening day of the 2005–06 season in a 4–3 win over 1. FC Köln II as a substitute for

Pavel David Pavel David (born 17 October 1978) is a Czech former footballer. David, who played as a forward, spent several years in Germany, playing for the first and second teams of 1. FC Nürnberg. He has also played for SC Pfullendorf, Rot-Weiß Erfurt, ...

. He spent three years playing for Erfurt in the

Regionalliga Nord The Regionalliga Nord () is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Bremen and Hamburg. It is one of five leagues at this level, together with the Regionalliga Bayern, Regionalliga N ...

, and helped them qualify for the new

3. Liga The 3. Liga is a professional association football league and the third division in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2. Bundesliga and the fourth-tier Regionalliga. The modern 3. Liga was formed for t ...

in 2008, but left the club in January 2009 after making only two brief substitute appearances at this level. He returned to the Regionalliga Nord to sign for

Chemnitzer FC Chemnitzer Fußballclub e.V. is a German association football club based in Chemnitz, Saxony. The club competes in Regionalliga Nordost, the fourth tier of German football. The roots of the club go back to its establishment as Chemnitzer BC 193 ...

, where he spent eighteen months without ever fully establishing himself in the first team. Chemnitz won the division in 2009–10, but Nowak, who hadn't played at all in the second half of the season, left in July 2010 to sign for

Sportfreunde Siegen Sportfreunde Siegen is a German association football club based in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia. After going through insolvency in 2008, the first team was forcibly relegated to the fifth-tier NRW-Liga. Promotion to fourth division Regionallig ...

. He spent two years playing for Siegen in the fifth-tier

NRW-Liga The Nordrhein-Westfalen-Liga (''North Rhine-Westphalia League''; NRW-Liga) was the highest football league in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) from 2008 to 2012. It was one of the eleven Oberliga (football), Oberliga groups in German foo ...

, helping them qualify for

Regionalliga West The Regionalliga West is a German professional football division administered by the German Football Association#Western Germany, Western German Football Association based in Duisburg. It is one of the five German regional football associations. ...

in his second, before he signed for

Rot-Weiß Oberhausen Rot-Weiß Oberhausen is a German association football club in Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was formed as ''Oberhausener SV'' in December 1904 out of the merger of ''Emschertaler SV'' (1902) and the football enthusiasts of ''Oberh ...

of the same division. In May 2022, he took over

Rot-Weiss Essen Rot-Weiss Essen is a German association football club based in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club plays in the 3. Liga, at the Stadion an der Hafenstraße. The team won the DFB-Pokal in 1953, and the German championship in 1955. The latt ...

as an interim manager and guided them to the

. In June 2023, he became new manager of his former club

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Jörn Nowak
at Reviersport 1986 births Living people German men's footballers FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt players Chemnitzer FC players Sportfreunde Siegen players Rot-Weiß Oberhausen players 3. Liga players Men's association football central defenders German football managers Rot-Weiss Essen managers 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-footy-defender-1980s-stub