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Olaf Janßen

German footballer and manager From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Olaf Janßen
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Olaf Janßen (born 8 October 1966) is a retired German footballer and manager, 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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