Carsten Jancker
{{Short description|German footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Carsten Jancker
| image = SC Wiener Neustadt vs. Team Wiener Linien 20190803 (99).jpg
| image_size = 200
| caption = Jancker in 2019
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|08|28|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Grevesmühlen, East Germany
| height = 1.93m
| currentclub =
| position = Striker
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1981 | youthclubs1 = SG Schwarze Pumpe
| youthyears2 = 1981–1986 | youthclubs2 = TSG Wismar
| youthyears3 = 1986–1991 | youthclubs3 = Hansa Rostock
| youthyears4 = 1991–1993 | youthclubs4 = 1. FC Köln
| years1 = 1993–1996 | clubs1 = 1. FC Köln | caps1 = 5 | goals1 = 1
| years2 = 1995–1996 | clubs2 = → Rapid Wien (loan) | caps2 = 27 | goals2 = 7
| years3 = 1996–2002 | clubs3 = Bayern Munich | caps3 = 143 | goals3 = 48
| years4 = 2002–2004 | clubs4 = Udinese | caps4 = 36 | goals4 = 2
| years5 = 2004–2006 | clubs5 = 1. FC Kaiserslautern | caps5 = 30 | goals5 = 4
| years6 = 2006 | clubs6 = Shanghai Shenhua | caps6 = 7 | goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2006–2009 | clubs7 = SV Mattersburg | caps7 = 76 | goals7 = 21
| totalcaps = 324 | totalgoals = 83
| nationalyears1 = 1993–1994 | nationalteam1 = Germany U21 | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1998–2002 | nationalteam2 = Germany | nationalcaps2 = 33 | nationalgoals2 = 10
| manageryears1 = 2010 | managerclubs1 = SC Neusiedl 1919 (U14)
| manageryears2 = 2010–2013 | managerclubs2 = Rapid Wien (U15)
| manageryears3 = 2013–2016 | managerclubs3 = Rapid Wien (assistant)
| manageryears4 = 2017–2018 | managerclubs4 = Horn
| manageryears5 = 2019–2021 | managerclubs5 = Marchfeld Donauauen
| manageryears6 = 2021–2023 | managerclubs6 = DSV Leoben
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{fb|GER}}}} {{MedalSport|Men's football}} {{MedalCompetition|FIFA World Cup}} {{Medal|RU|2002 Korea/Japan|}}
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Carsten Jancker (born 28 August 1974) is a German football coach and former player. He played as a striker for various teams between 1993 and 2009, including FC Köln, Rapid Wien, FC Bayern Munich, Udinese Calcio, FC Kaiserslautern, Shanghai Shenhua F.C., and SV Mattersburg, as well as the Germany national team.
Club career
File:Carsten-Jancker-17072005.JPG, 2005]]
Born in Grevesmühlen, Jancker started his career as a trainee at Hansa Rostock before making his Bundesliga debut in 1993 with 1. FC Köln. At the age of 21, he was transferred to Rapid Vienna, scoring fourteen goals including seven in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup to finish as the tournament's top scorer. Thanks to this impressive performance, Jancker spent only one season with the Austrian club before being brought back to Germany to play for FC Bayern Munich.
Jancker's time at Bayern between 1996 and 2002 was the best period of his career, a spell which included four Bundesliga titles and victory in the 2001 UEFA Champions League. At Bayern, Jancker was partnered with the Brazilian inside-forward Giovane Élber, often rated as one of the Bundesliga's best attacking players.
Jancker left Bayern for Italian side Udinese in 2002, but the move was not a success;{{cite web |url= https://www.theguardian.com/football/2004/jan/18/sport.comment3 |title= Tank Jancker eyes England before career goes off track |work= The Guardian |author= Tim Collings |date= 18 January 2004 |access-date=16 January 2018}} over two seasons and 35 games, the forward registered only two goals. Jancker was said to be "too slow and predictable for Serie A" by one football website. In 2004, Jancker returned to Germany with Kaiserslautern and showed a slight improvement in form, netting five times in 25 games.{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/players/janckerdata.html | title = Carsten Jancker - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 23 September 2015 | access-date = 9 October 2015 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}} In 2004, he also scored six goals in Kaiserslautern's 15–0 first round DFB-Pokal win against FC Schönberg 95, still a record for any player in the competition. This was an improvement over his own previous joint record of five, which he had scored for Bayern Munich against DJK Waldberg in the latter's 16–1 first round cup defeat in 1997.{{cite web | url = http://www.weltfussball.de/statistik/dfb-pokal/5/ | title = Die meisten Tore eines Spielers pro Spiel | language = de | publisher = weltfussball.de |trans-title=The most goals by a player in a DFB-Pokal | access-date = 19 August 2012}} Following the relegation of Kaiserslautern in May 2006, Jancker signed for Chinese team Shanghai Shenhua.
After poor performances, he was dropped in October, and agreed to join SV Mattersburg in the winter transfer window.{{cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/news/newsid=478932.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005182925/http://www1.uefa.com/memberassociations/news/newsid=478932.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 October 2011 |title=Jancker agrees Mattersburg deal |work=UEFA |date=15 November 2006 |access-date=1 May 2008 }} In June 2009 it was announced that Mattersburg did not want to work with Jancker any further because of his physical condition. In February 2010, he announced his retirement at the end of the current season.{{cite web|url=http://diepresse.com/home/sport/fussball/539896/index.do?_vl_backlink=/home/sport/index.do|title=Fußball: Carsten Jancker beendet Karriere|work=Die Presse|date=15 February 2010|access-date=16 February 2010|language=de}}
International career
His performances alongside Elber caught the eye of Germany national coach Erich Ribbeck, who included Jancker in his international squad for Euro 2000.
Instantly recognisable to European football fans, the invariably shaven-headed forward has generally failed to replicate his club form when playing for the national side. A possible explanation for his poorly-regarded international performances might be that the Germany national team lacked a skilful strike partner in the Élber mould. Whatever the reason, Jancker never impressed for Germany; although he was included in Rudi Völler's squad for the 2002 FIFA World Cup – scoring a goal in the team's opening 8–0 win over Saudi Arabia, he was dropped from the team shortly after the tournament and was never recalled. His German international scoring record stands at roughly a goal every three games. He is known for scoring in Germany's 5–1 defeat to England in 2001.{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/jancker-intlg.html | title = Carsten Jancker - Goals in International Matches | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 23 September 2015 | access-date = 9 October 2015 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}
Style of play
A powerful and tenacious yet slow striker,{{cite web|url=https://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/le-meteore/jancker-il-gatto-di-marmo-di-udine-421620|title=Jancker, il gatto di marmo di Udine|publisher=www.tuttomercatoweb.com|language=it|author1=Gaetano Mocciaro|date=3 February 2013|access-date=15 January 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/euro2000/teams/germany/squad/744573.stm|title=Carsten Jancker|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=15 January 2018}} Jancker was tall for a footballer, standing at {{convert|1.93|m|ftin|1|sp=us}}. His height and strength proved to be an advantage when playing as a target man, as displayed during his most successful days at FC Bayern Munich.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/3011809/On-the-Spot-Carsten-Jancker.html|title=On the Spot: Carsten Jancker|publisher=The Telegraph|author1=Matt Lawton|date=31 August 2001|access-date=15 January 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/team_pages/germany/squad/newsid_1952000/1952494.stm|title=Carsten Jancker|publisher=BBC Sport|date=7 May 2002|access-date=15 January 2018}} Jancker was known for being an unusual center forward, being weak in the air despite his huge frame, but showing a surprising control of the ball,{{cite web|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/football/sport/story/208392.html|title=Worst players to win the Champions League|publisher=ESPN FC|date=24 May 2013|access-date=15 January 2018}} especially featuring a polished back-to-the-goal game, good link-up play, and a touch for scoring with his hard right-footed shot – always doing the most intelligent and simple things on the field, courtesy of his awareness. He also struggled with injuries throughout his career.
Coaching career
On 18 February 2010, the former international striker took over the U14 team of SC Neusiedl. Additionally he works for the first team in the Austrian Regional League East as an individual coach.{{cite web|url=http://burgenland.orf.at/stories/423844/|title=Jancker engagiert sich beim SC Neusiedl|work=ORF|date=18 February 2010|access-date=18 February 2010|language=de|archive-date=6 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706093751/http://burgenland.orf.at/stories/423844/|url-status=dead}} On 27 April 2010, Jancker announced that he will work as the new coach of the Under 15 of his former club SK Rapid Wien, starting 1 July 2010. In April 2013, he became assistant coach of the club's Austrian Bundesliga team.
Jancker became the head coach of SV Horn in June 2017.{{cite web | url = http://www.tt.com/sport/fussball/13049251-91/carsten-jancker-neuer-trainer-bei-erste-liga-absteiger-horn.csp | title = Carsten Jancker neuer Trainer bei Erste-Liga-Absteiger Horn | language = de | website = Tiroler Tageszeitung | date = 1 June 2017 | access-date = 19 June 2017 | archive-date = 13 August 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170813011846/http://www.tt.com/sport/fussball/13049251-91/carsten-jancker-neuer-trainer-bei-erste-liga-absteiger-horn.csp | url-status = dead }} He was fired on 28 November 2018.[http://www.svhorn.at/verein/news/sv-horn-trennt-sich-von-trainer-carsten-jancker SV HORN trennt sich von Trainer Carsten Jancker], svhorn.at, 28 November 2018
In April 2019, he was appointed manager of FC Marchfeld Donauauen, starting from 1 May 2019.{{cite web | url = http://meinfussball.at/Aktuelle-Top-Stories/FC-Marchfeld-tauscht-den-Trainer.html | title = FC Marchfeld tauscht den Trainer | language = de | website = meinfussball.at | date = 12 April 2019 | access-date = 23 June 2019 | archive-date = 27 July 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200727073546/http://meinfussball.at/Aktuelle-Top-Stories/FC-Marchfeld-tauscht-den-Trainer.html | url-status = dead }}
On 23 February 2021, Jancker signed with DSV Leoben.{{cite web|publisher=DSV Leoben|url=https://dsvleoben.at/sensation-beim-dsv-leoben/|title=Sensation beim DSV Leoben|date=23 February 2021|accessdate=14 June 2022|language=de}}
Career statistics
=Club=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes DFB-Pokal, Austrian Cup, Copa Italia}} !colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes DFL-Ligapokal}} !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="4"|Köln
|rowspan="3"|Bundesliga |1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 1994–95
|4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 1995–96
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|– | 1{{efn|Appearance in UEFA Intertoto Cup}} | 0 | colspan=2|– | 1 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!5||1||1||0||colspan=2|–||1||0||colspan=2|–||7||1 | ||||||||||||
| Rapid Wien
|27 | 7 | 2 | 3 | colspan=2|– | 7{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup}} | 6 | colspan=2|– | 36 | 16 | |||
| rowspan="7"|Bayern Munich
|rowspan="6"|Bundesliga |22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|– | 1{{efn|name=UC|Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup}} | 0 | colspan=2|– | 24 | 1 | |||
| 1997–98
|29 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8{{efn|name=UCL|Appearances in UEFA Champions League}} | 4 | colspan=2|– | 44 | 23 | ||
| 1998–99
|26 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12{{efn|name=UCL}} | 3 | colspan=2|– | 45 | 21 | ||
| 1999–2000
|23 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12{{efn|name=UCL}} | 3 | colspan=2|– | 40 | 14 | ||
| 2000–01
|25 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 15{{efn|name=UCL}} | 2 | colspan=2|– | 44 | 17 | ||
| 2001–02
|18 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2{{efn|One appearance and one goal in UEFA Super Cup, one appearance in Intercontinental Cup}} | 1 | 28 | 3 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!143||48||22||15||6||3||52||12||2||1||225||79 | ||||||||||||
| rowspan="3"|Udinese
|rowspan="2"|Serie A |20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | 21 | 1 | ||||
| 2003–04
|16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | colspan=2|– | 2{{efn|name=UC}} | 0 | colspan=2|– | 20 | 2 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!36||2||3||1||colspan=2|–||2||0||colspan=2|–||41||3 | ||||||||||||
| rowspan="3"|1. FC Kaiserslautern
|rowspan="2"|Bundesliga |25 | 4 | 1 | 6 | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | 26 | 10 | ||||
| 2005–06
|5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | 7 | 1 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!30||4||3||7||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||33||11 | ||||||||||||
| Shanghai Shenhua
|2006 |7 | 0 | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | 7 | 0 | ||||||
| rowspan="4"|Mattersburg
|rowspan="3"|Austrian Bundesliga |12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | colspan=2|– | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|– | 15 | 3 | |||
| 2007–08
|33 | 12 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|– | 4{{efn|name=UC}} | 1 | colspan=2|– | 37 | 13 | |||
| 2008–09
|31 | 7 | 3 | 3 | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | 34 | 10 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!76||21||6||4||colspan=2|–||4||1||colspan=2|–||86||26 | ||||||||||||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!324 | 83 | 37 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 66 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 435 | 136 |
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=International=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
| colspan=3 | Germany | ||
| Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 3 |
| 2001 | 9 | 3 |
| 2002 | 12 | 4 |
| Total||33||10 |
International goals
:Score and results list Germany's goal tally first.{{cite web | url = https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=9299 | title = Football PLAYER: Carsten Jancker | website = eu-football.info | access-date = 2 August 2017}}
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%" | ||||||
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 3 June 2000 | Easycredit-Stadion, Nuremberg | {{fb|CZE}} | {{center|1–0}} | {{center|3–2}} | Friendly |
| 2.
| rowspan=2 | 7 June 2000 | rowspan=2 | Dreisamstadion, Freiburg | rowspan=2 | {{fb|LIE}} | {{center|6–2}} | rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | 8–2
| rowspan="2" |Friendly | ||
| 3. | {{center|8–2}} | |||||
| 4. | 2 June 2001 | Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki | {{fb|FIN}} | {{center|2–2}} | {{center|2–2}} | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 5. | 15 August 2001 | Ferenc Puskás Stadium, Budapest | {{fb|HUN}} | {{center|3–0}} | {{center|5–2}} | Friendly |
| 6. | 1 September 2001 | Olympiastadion, Munich | {{fb|ENG}} | {{center|1–0}} | {{center|1–5}} | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 7. | 9 May 2002 | Dreisamstadion, Freiburg | {{fb|KUW}} | {{center|7–0}} | {{center|7–0}} | Friendly |
| 8. | 1 June 2002 | Sapporo Dome, Sapporo | {{fb|SAU}} | {{center|4–0}} | {{center|8–0}} | 2002 FIFA World Cup |
| 9. | 21 August 2002 | Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia | {{fb|BUL}} | {{center|2–2}} | {{center|2–2}} | Friendly |
| 10. | 11 October 2002 | Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium, Sarajevo | {{fb|BIH}} | {{center|1–1}} | {{center|1–1}}
|Friendly |
Honours
References
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External links
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- [http://web.svm-fan.net/kader.php?m=20&k_id=1&id=170&PHPSESSID=e55844430838f0e945bf4f6d8d8fe7b5 Profile at SV Mattersburg] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724090836/http://web.svm-fan.net/kader.php?m=20&k_id=1&id=170&PHPSESSID=e55844430838f0e945bf4f6d8d8fe7b5 |date=24 July 2011 }} {{in lang|de}}
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