Rainer Zietsch

{{Short description|German footballer, manager, and athletic director}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Rainer Zietsch

| fullname =

| height = 1.83 m

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1964|11|21}}

| birth_place = Gauangelloch, West Germany

| position = Defender

| currentclub = 1. FC Nürnberg (youth team athletic director)

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 1970–1980

| youthclubs1 = TSV Gauangelloch

| youthyears2 = 1980–1982

| youthclubs2 = SV Sandhausen

| years1 = 1982–1983

| clubs1 = SV Sandhausen

| caps1 = 7

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1983–1989

| clubs2 = VfB Stuttgart

| caps2 = 134

| goals2 = 5

| years3 = 1989–1991

| clubs3 = Bayer Uerdingen

| caps3 = 46

| goals3 = 6

| years4 = 1991–1996

| clubs4 = 1. FC Nürnberg

| caps4 = 140

| goals4 = 7

| years5 = 1997–1998

| clubs5 = Greuther Fürth

| caps5 = 12

| goals5 = 0

| totalcaps = 339

| totalgoals = 30

| nationalyears1 =

| nationalteam1 = West Germany U-21

| nationalcaps1 = 4

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 =

| nationalteam2 = West Germany B

| nationalcaps2 = 1

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2000–2011

| managerclubs1 = BSC Erlangen

| manageryears2 = 2003–2004

| managerclubs2 = Greuther Fürth (youth)

| manageryears3 = 2004–2006

| managerclubs3 = 1. FC Nürnberg U17

| manageryears4 = 2006–2016

| managerclubs4 = 1. FC Nürnberg (youth team athletic director)

| manageryears5 = 2013

| managerclubs5 = 1. FC Nürnberg U19{{cite web | url = http://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/inhalt.trainerwechsel-im-abstiegskampf-rainer-zietsch-uebernimmt-u19.83d1d35d-a868-4b40-9dcb-481c6dd77580.html | title = Rainer Zietsch übernimmt U19 | language = German | publisher = abendzeitung-muenchen.de | date = 7 March 2013}}

| manageryears6 = 2016–2017

| managerclubs6 = Germany U17 (assistant)

| manageryears7 = 2017–2018

| managerclubs7 = 1. SC Feucht

| manageryears8 = 2018–2020

| managerclubs8 = Würzburger Kickers (head of academy)

| manageryears9 = 2018–2019

| managerclubs9 = Würzburger Kickers II

| manageryears10= 2019–2020

| managerclubs10= Würzburger Kickers (assistant)

| manageryears11= 2019–2020

| managerclubs11= Germany U17 (assistant)

| manageryears12= 2020–2021

| managerclubs12= Germany U15 (assistant)

| manageryears13= 2021–2022

| managerclubs13= Germany U16 (assistant)

| manageryears14= 2022–

| managerclubs14= Germany U17 (assistant)

}}

Rainer Zietsch (born 21 November 1964) is a German football coach and a former player who is the assistant coach of Germany U17.{{cite web |title=Sportliche Leitung |url=https://www.dfb.de/u-17-junioren/sportliche-leitung/?no_cache=1 |website=DFB – Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. |access-date=12 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007231927/https://www.dfb.de/u-17-junioren/sportliche-leitung/?no_cache=1 |archive-date=7 October 2022 |language=de |date=20 June 2022 |url-status=live}}