Uwe Jähnig (born 26 August 1969) is a German former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

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. He played for

Dynamo Dresden Sportgemeinschaft Dynamo Dresden e.V., commonly known as SG Dynamo Dresden or Dynamo Dresden, is a German association football club based in Dresden, Saxony.Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs 7. Vereinslexikon. Kasse ...

in the

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and the

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, before joining

Hamburger SV Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V. (), commonly known as Hamburger SV () or Hamburg (), or HSV (), is a German sports club based in Hamburg, with its largest branch being its Association football, football department. Though the current HSV was founde ...

in 1995, along with team-mate

Sven Kmetsch Sven Kmetsch (born 13 August 1970) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the assistant manager of Schalke 04 II. Club career Kmetsch was born in Bautzen, Saxony. Including his youth career, he s ...

. He was forced to retire in 1997, due to injury.

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* 1969 births Living people Footballers from Dresden German men's footballers East German men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Germany men's under-21 international footballers Dynamo Dresden players Dynamo Dresden II players 1. FC Magdeburg players Hamburger SV players Bundesliga players DDR-Oberliga players {{germany-footy-midfielder-1960s-stub