Jan Siewert
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-08-23) 23 August 1982
Place of birth Mayen, West Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Mainz 05
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2005 TuS Mayen
Managerial career
2015–2016 Rot-Weiss Essen
2016–2017 VfL Bochum (U19)
2017–2019 Borussia Dortmund II
2019 Huddersfield Town
2020–2023 Mainz 05 Academy
2020–2021 Mainz 05 (interim)
2023 Mainz 05 (interim)
2023– Mainz 05
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jan Siewert (German pronunciation: [ˈjan ˈziːvɐt]; born 23 August 1982) is a German professional football manager and former player who played as a defensive midfielder. He has been the manager of Mainz 05 since 2023.

Playing career

Born in Mayen, Siewert played as a defensive midfielder for TuS Mayen.[1] He retired at the age of 22 due to injury.[2]

Coaching career

Early career

Siewert trained at the Hennes-Weisweiler-Akademie.[3] After working as the assistant manager for the German under-17 and under-18 national teams,[1] Siewert signed a 3-year contract to become manager of German fourth-tier side Rot-Weiss Essen in June 2015.[3] He was sacked by the club in April 2016 after the club entered the relegation zone.[4] Siewert then became assistant manager of VfL Bochum, manager of the VfL Bochum under-19 team, and manager of Borussia Dortmund II.[1][5]

Huddersfield Town

In January 2019 he was linked with the vacant manager's position at Premier League club Huddersfield Town,[6][7] and later that month he was appointed to the role, signing a contract until the summer of 2021.[8] In doing so he became the third Borussia Dortmund II manager in a row to leave that role to work in England; after David Wagner (who he replaced at Huddersfield) and Daniel Farke (who became manager of Norwich City).[9] Siewert stated that he did not wish to be compared to Wagner, his predecessor at Huddersfield.[10] Huddersfield were relegated to The Championship in March 2019 with six games remaining joining Ipswich Town and Derby County as being the only Premier League teams to have been relegated so early in the season.[11] Huddersfield gained one point from their first three league games in the 2019–20 season and were knocked out of the EFL Cup first round by Lincoln City and on 16 August 2019, after one win during 19 games in charge, Siewert was sacked.[12] He later said that he "left his heart" at Huddersfield.[2][13]

Return to Germany

On 1 July 2020 he became the Academy Manager at 1. FSV Mainz 05.[14][15] On 28 December 2020, Siewert was appointed as interim manager of Mainz's first team in the Bundesliga after Jan-Moritz Lichte was dismissed.[16] He managed one game before being replaced by Bo Svensson.[17]

On 2 November 2023, he became interim manager, replacing Svensson until further notice.[18][19] On 22 December 2023, Mainz announced that Siewert had been made permanent manager of the club.[20]

Personal life

As of January 2020 Siewert was married with a three-year-old son.[2] At that time the family were still living near Huddersfield.[2]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 13 January 2024
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
PWDLWin %
Rot-Weiss Essen 1 July 2015 3 April 2016 29 7 12 10 024.1 [21]
Borussia Dortmund II 1 July 2017 20 January 2019 55 25 15 15 045.5 [22]
Huddersfield Town 21 January 2019 16 August 2019 19 1 3 15 005.3 [23]
Mainz 05 (interim) 28 December 2020 4 January 2021 1 0 0 1 000.0
Mainz 05 2 November 2023 Present 8 1 5 2 012.5
Total 112 34 35 43 030.4 —

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Profile". World Football. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "What is life like for a manager after being sacked following Premier League failure?". BBC. 23 January 2020.
  3. 1 2 Ralf Wilhelm (15 June 2015). "Jan Siewert ist der neue Trainer von Rot-Weiss Essen" (in German). Waz. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  4. ↑ "Rot-Weiss Essen trennt sich von Trainer Jan Siewert" (in German). Der Westen. 3 April 2016. Archived from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  5. ↑ "Profile" (in German). DFB. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  6. ↑ "Jan Siewert considered by Huddersfield to replace David Wagner". Sky Sports. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  7. ↑ Simon Stone (21 January 2019). "Jan Siewert: Huddersfield expected to name new manager within 24 hours". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  8. ↑ "Huddersfield Town appoint Jan Siewert from Borussia Dortmund as new manager". BBC Sport. 21 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  9. ↑ Simon Stone (22 January 2019). "Jan Siewert: How have three Borussia Dortmund coaches ended up in England?". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  10. ↑ "Jan Siewert: New Huddersfield Town boss does not want David Wagner comparison". BBC Sport. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  11. ↑ "Huddersfield relegated: Terriers captain Christopher Schindler feeling 'empty'". BBC Sport. 30 March 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  12. ↑ "Jan Siewert: Huddersfield sack manager after 7 months in charge". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  13. ↑ Chicken, Steven (23 January 2020). "Jan Siewert: "I left my heart at Huddersfield Town"". huddersfieldexaminer.
  14. ↑ "Jan Siewert joins as new Head of Academy Coaching". mainz05.de.
  15. ↑ Chicken, Steven (26 June 2020). "New job for former Huddersfield Town head coach Jan Siewert". YorkshireLive.
  16. ↑ "Neustart mit Mainzer Fußball-DNA" [New start with Mainz football DNA]. 1. FSV Mainz 05 (in German). 28 December 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  17. ↑ "Svensson is new Main 05 head coach". mainz05.de. Mainz 05. 4 January 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  18. ↑ "Jan Siewert Nachfolger von Bo Svensson als Trainer von Mainz 05". Sky Sport.
  19. ↑ "Fußball: Trainer Siewert übernimmt in Mainz nach Svensson-Rücktritt". 2 November 2023 – via Die Zeit.
  20. ↑ "Jan Siewert bleibt Bundesliga-Trainer von Mainz 05". mainz05.de. Mainz 05. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  21. ↑ "Rot-Weiss Essen – Trainerhistorie". Kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  22. ↑ "Borussia Dortmund II – Trainerhistorie". Kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  23. ↑ "Managers: Jan Siewert". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
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