Jörg Sievers

Jörg Sievers (born 22 September 1965) is a retired goalkeeper and current Assistant manager of Scottish Premiership club
Heart of Midlothian.

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
He has recently joined up with Daniel Stendel at Heart of Midlothian football club, working as an assistant manager.
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Honours
 DFB-Pokal: 1991–92

Trivia
 He is also known from the song "Jörg Sievers Blues" by the German band Fury in the Slaughterhouse.
 His brother Ralf 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"

References

Category:German footballers
Category:1965 births
Category:Living people
Category:Bundesliga players
Category:2. Bundesliga players
Category:Hannover 96 players
Category:Association football goalkeepers
Category:People from Uelzen (district)
Category:Footballers from Lower Saxony