Mathias Jack

Mathias Jack (born 15 February 1969) is a German football manager and former player who played primarily as a defender.

Mathias Jack

Personal information
Date of birth	(1969-02-15) 15 February 1969 (age 56)
Place of birth	Leipzig, East Germany
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Lokomotive Leipzig
0000–1986	BSG Chemie Leipzig
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–1990	BSG Chemie Leipzig	41	(1)
1990–1991	Wismut Aue	38	(0)
1991–1993	VfB Oldenburg	55	(2)
1993–1995	Rot-Weiss Essen	64	(3)
1995–1997	VfL Bochum	56	(2)
1997–1999	Fortuna Düsseldorf	36	(1)
1999–2003	Hibernian	109	(4)
2003	Grindavík	8	(0)
2003	Raith Rovers	6	(0)
2004–2005	Sachsen Leipzig	28	(3)
2005–2006	Grindavík	14	(0)
2006–2008	SV Meppen	49	(5)
2008–2009	DJK Amisia Rheine
Managerial career
2008–2009	DJK Amisia Rheine
2013–2018	Fortuna Düsseldorf II (assistant)
2015	Fortuna Düsseldorf II (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Born in Leipzig, Jack began his career with Wismut Aue before moving to VfB Oldenburg in 1991. Following two years with them, Jack had a similar length of spell with Rot-Weiss Essen. Jack played for Essen in the 1994 German Cup Final. He then had spells with VfL Bochum and Fortuna Düsseldorf.

Jack moved to Scottish side Hibernian in 1999, going on to make over 100 appearances for the Easter Road side. He played for Hibs in the 2001 Scottish Cup Final, a 3–0 defeat by Celtic. Following his departure in the summer of 2003,^[1] Jack had a short spell with Raith Rovers in November^[2] before returning to his hometown with Sachsen Leipzig. In 2005, Jack moved abroad again to Icelandic side Grindavik before returning to Germany in 2006 with SV Meppen.

Jack joined DJK Amisia Rheine in January 2008, initially signing a contract until the end of the season.

Coaching career

Jack was Taşkın Aksoy's assistant manager at Fortuna Düsseldorf II. He became caretaker manager of the side when Aksoy became caretaker manager of the club's first team.^[3]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
BSG Chemie Leipzig	1986–87[4]	DDR-Liga	6	0	1	0	–		–		7	0
	1987–88[4]		15	1	0	0	–		–		15	1
	1988–89[4]		21	0	0	0	–		–		21	0
	Total		42	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	43	1
Wismut Aue	1989–90[4]	DDR-Oberliga	12	1	1	0	–		–		13	1
	1990–91[4]	DDR-Liga	26	0	1	0	–		–		27	0
	Total		38	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	40	1
VfB Oldenburg	1991–92[4]	2. Bundesliga	26	2	2	0	–		–		28	2
	1992–93[4]		29	0	0	0	–		–		29	0
	Total		54	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	56	2
Rot-Weiss Essen	1993–94[4]	2. Bundesliga	33	1	6	0	–		–		39	1
	1994–95	Regionalliga West/Südwest	31	2	0	0	–		–		31	2
	Total		64	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	70	3
VfL Bochum	1995–96[4]	2. Bundesliga	27	1	1	0	–		–		28	1
	1996–97[4]	Bundesliga	29	1	2	0	–		–		31	1
	Total		56	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	59	2
Fortuna Düsseldorf	1997–98[4]	2. Bundesliga	23	1	0	0	–		–		23	1
	1998–99[4]		13	0	1	0	–		–		14	0
	Total		36	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	37	1
Hibernian	1999–2000[5]	Scottish Premier League	22	1	2	0	2	0	–		26	1
	2000–01[6]		37	0	4	1	2	0	–		43	1
	2001–02[7]		31	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	36	0
	2002–03[8]		19	3	2	0	0	0	–		21	3
	Total		109	4	10	1	5	0	2	0	126	5
Grindavík	2003	Úrvalsdeild	8	0					2	0
Raith Rovers	2003–04	Scottish First Division	6	0					–
FC Sachsen Leipzig	2004–05	NOFV-Oberliga Süd	28	3	–		–		–		28	3
Grindavík	2005	Úrvalsdeild
	2006
	Total
SV Meppen	2006–07[4]	Oberliga Nord	34	2	–		–		–		34	2
	2007–08[4]		15	3	–		–		–		15	3
	Total		49	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	49	5
DJK Amisia Rheine	2008–09				–		–		–
Career total