Jörg Sievers is a goalkeeper of the German football club Hannover 96 II.

Career

Sievers played for the club for more than 10 years, and made a club record 384 league appearances, primarily playing in the 2. Bundesliga

2. Fußball-Bundesliga

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. He remained with the club through relegation to the Regionalliga and eventually played out his final season in the Bundesliga

Fußball-Bundesliga

The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...

 in 2002. His main career highlight with the club was perhaps winning the 1992 DFB Cup against Borussia Mönchengladbach

Borussia Mönchengladbach

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, where he saved two crucial penalties during the shootout. On 6 March 2010 made a comeback with the reserve team of Hannover 96

Hannover 96

Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96, Hannover or simply 96, is a German association football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony.-Foundation to WWII:...

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Trivia

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