Olaf Janßen

Olaf Janßen
Personal information
Date of birth (1966-10-08) 8 October 1966
Place of birth Krefeld, West Germany
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
VfB Stuttgart (Scout)
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)
2000AC Bellinzona (loan)
National team
West Germany U-16
West Germany U-21 1 (0)
West Germany Olympic 3 (0)
Teams managed
2003–2004 1860 München (caretaker)
2006 Rot-Weiss Essen (caretaker)
2008–2013 Azerbaijan (assistant)
2013–2014 Dynamo Dresden
2014–2015 Rah Ahan (assistant)
2016 VfB Stuttgart (assistant)
2016 VfB Stuttgart (caretaker)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Olaf Janßen (born 8 October 1966) is a retired German footballer who played in midfield and is currently scout of VfB Stuttgart.

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 September 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]

International Career

Janßen played for West Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.[4]

Career record

As of 20 September 2016
Team From To Record
G W D L Win % Ref.
Rot-Weiss Essen 9 November 2006[5] 17 November 2006[5] 1 0 0 1 00.00 [5]
Dynamo Dresden 4 September 2013[5] 13 May 2014 13 4 6 3 30.77 [5]
VfB Stuttgart 15 September 2016 20 September 2016 2 2 0 0 100.000 [5]
Total 14 4 6 4 28.57

References

  1. "Janßen, Olaf" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  2. "Glückloser Janßen muss gehen" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  3. "Janßen to remain at VfB as a scout". VfB Stuttgart. 23 September 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  4. "Olaf Janßen Biography & Statistics". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Olaf Janßen" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
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