Jörg Sievers

Jörg Sievers

Sievers in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth	(1965-09-22) 22 September 1965
Place of birth	Römstedt, West Germany
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Heart of Midlothian (Assistant Manager)
Youth career
	SV Eddelstorf
	Lüneburger SK
	VfL Wolfsburg
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–2003	Hannover 96	384	(0)
2010	Hannover 96	0	(0)
Managerial career
2003–2020	Hannover 96 (goalkeeping coach)
2020	Heart of Midlothian (assistant)
2021	Nancy (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jörg Sievers (born 22 September 1965) is a German football coach and former player. A goalkeeper, he spent his entire career with Hannover 96.

Playing career

Sievers was in Römstedt, West Germany. He played for Hannover 96 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 Regionalliga and eventually played out his final season in the Bundesliga in 2002. His main career highlight with the club was perhaps winning the 1991–92 DFB-Pokal against Borussia Mönchengladbach, 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.

Honours

Hannover 96

• DFB-Pokal: 1991–92

Trivia

• He is also known from the song "Jörg Sievers Blues" by the German band Fury in the Slaughterhouse.
• His elder brother Ralf (a midfielder) also played professional football at Eintracht Frankfurt and FC St. Pauli.
• 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 The Fall Guy, "Colt Seavers"