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Olaf Janßen
German footballer and manager From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Olaf Janßen (born 8 October 1966) is a retired German footballer and manager of Viktoria Köln, who played as a midfielder.
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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] After four years, he was signed by SV Sandhausen.[8]
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International career
Janßen played for West Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.[9]
Career statistics
- As of 7 December 2017
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