Olaf Janßen
 Janßen managing VfB Stuttgart in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 8 October 1966 | ||
| Place of birth | Krefeld, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Viktoria Köln (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Hülser FC | |||
| Bayer Uerdingen | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1996 | 1. FC Köln | 209 | (16) |
| 1996–2000 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 50 | (3) |
| 2000 | → Bellinzona (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| Total | 266 | (19) | |
| International career | |||
| West Germany U16 | |||
| West Germany U21 | 1 | (0) | |
| West Germany Olympic | 3 | (0) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2003–2004 | 1860 Munich (assistant) | ||
| 2006 | Rot-Weiss Essen (caretaker) | ||
| 2013–2014 | Dynamo Dresden | ||
| 2016 | VfB Stuttgart (caretaker) | ||
| 2017 | FC St. Pauli | ||
| 2018 | Viktoria Köln | ||
| 2021– | Viktoria Köln | ||
Medal record | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Olaf Janßen (born 8 October 1966) is a retired German footballer and manager of Viktoria Köln, who played as a midfielder.
Club career
Janßen spent most of his playing career with German Bundesliga sides 1. FC Köln and Eintracht Frankfurt,[1] where he later worked as a scout.
In September 2013 he was appointed as manager of Dynamo Dresden, but was sacked after nine months on the job.[2]
In June 2016 Janßen became assistant coach to VfB Stuttgart head coach Jos Luhukay. From 15 to 20 September 2016 he was caretaker manager of the club. Janßen took on a new role as scout of VfB Stuttgart and left the coaching staff after the appointment of the new head coach Hannes Wolf.[3]
For the 2017–18 season, he was appointed as the head coach of FC St. Pauli.[4] He was sacked on 7 December 2017.[5]
In January 2018 he became new manager of FC Viktoria Köln replacing Marco Antwerpen.[6] He returned to Cologne on 1 February 2021.[7]
International career
Janßen played for West Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.[8]
Career statistics
- As of 7 December 2017
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | Ref. | |||
| Rot-Weiss Essen | 9 November 2006[9] | 17 November 2006[9] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | [9] |
| Dynamo Dresden | 4 September 2013[9] | 13 May 2014 | 28 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 17.86 | [9] |
| VfB Stuttgart | 15 September 2016 | 20 September 2016 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | [9] |
| FC St. Pauli | 1 July 2017 | 7 December 2017 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 31.25 | [9] |
| Viktoria Köln | 2 January 2018 | 17 June 2018 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 66.67 | [9] |
| Total | 65 | 24 | 25 | 16 | 36.92 | — | ||
References
- ^ "Janßen, Olaf" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- ^ "Glückloser Janßen muss gehen" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
- ^ "Janßen to remain at VfB as a scout". VfB Stuttgart. 23 September 2016. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ^ "St. Pauli: Lienen wird Technischer Direktor, Janßen Cheftrainer". dfb.de. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ "Kauczinski beerbt Janßen als St.-Pauli-Trainer". kicker.de. 7 December 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
- ^ "Von St. Pauli nach Köln: Janßen übernimmt Viktoria". kicker.de. 2 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- ^ "Olaf Janßen wird Viktoria-Cheftrainer". viktoria1904.de. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ "Olaf Janßen Biography & Statistics". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Olaf Janßen" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
External links
- Olaf Janßen at WorldFootball.net
- Olaf Janßen at kicker (in German)
- Olaf Janßen at the German Football Association
- Olaf Janßen at Fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Olaf Janßen at Olympedia
