Lothar Sippel

Lothar Sippel ( born May 9, 1965 in Göttingen ) is a former German football player.

Career

Sippel started his career in the youth league team and the first SC Göttingen 05 He made his debut in the professional sector was Sippel on September 21, 1985 to the then second division side KSV Hessen Kassel. In his first professional season, he completed 15 games, but his first goal he succeeded only in his second season when he scored the intermediate 3-0 in the 5-0 away win at FSV Salmrohr. After relegation to the third division, he remained loyal to the club and was leading scorer with 26 goals in the 1988/89 season guarantee for the re-emergence into professional football.

In 1989, Sippel for Eintracht Frankfurt, where he succeeded in the 89th minute of the 2-1 victory at his Erstligadebüt against Bayer Uerdingen. In his first two years he was mainly used as a substitute. Only in the 1991/92 season he made ​​his breakthrough. Along with Anthony Yeboah he made in attack and get him doing 14 goals this season.

During the summer break Sippel moved to league rivals Borussia Dortmund. Here he was again only a reserve player, just one of his 20 season games he played through the entire game. Nevertheless, he was on 19 May 1993 in the UEFA Cup final second leg in the starting of Borussia, his club defeated Juventus but with 0:3. After had set no improvement in his situation and in the following season, he moved to Hannover 96 in the second division. However, this commitment was not coined for him of success, after two years, the ways and Sippel parted moved to league rivals SpVgg Unterhaching, for which, however, he completed only two second division games.

At the end of the season 1996/97 he finished first of his career and moved to SF Rickingen to the dugout. In parallel, he made ​​the A coaching license, which he passed with 1.7.

In February 1998, he finished his first coach Engagement and returned to the playing field. Sippel signed a contract as player-coach in Vienna, who played in the Austrian second league. After the season, he ended his active career final.

During the summer break, he was obliged by the SV Arminia Hannover, for which he sat until January 1999 to the dugout. In August 2006, he was engaged Horst Koeppel as an assistant coach at Al Wahda of the United Arab Emirates. On October 11, both of which were released after three defeats in four games.

After the career

Sippel operates an event agency, the LS promotion, and working for the Lower Saxony Football Association. He is involved in several social institutions, including He currently serves as an ambassador for tolerance ballance hessen - active football for integration, tolerance and fair play.

Remarkable

During a UEFA Cup game in 1993, Steffen Freund swallowed by a neck shot out his tongue. Substitute Lothar Sippel saved his life.

Achievements

  • Serie A top scorer: 1989 (26 goals)
  • UEFA Cup finalist: 1993
Tony Yeboah 1992–93 UEFA Cup Coach (sport)
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