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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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Olaf Janßen

Janßen managing VfB Stuttgart in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth	(1966-10-08) 8 October 1966 (age 55)
Place of birth	Krefeld, West Germany
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Viktoria Köln (manager)
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)
2000	→ Bellinzona (loan)	7	(0)
Total		266	(19)
National team
	West Germany U16
	West Germany U21	1	(0)
	West Germany Olympic	3	(0)
Teams managed
2003–2004	1860 Munich (assistant)
2006	Rot-Weiss Essen (caretaker)
2013–2014	Dynamo Dresden
2016	VfB Stuttgart (caretaker)
2017	FC St. Pauli
2018	Viktoria Köln
2021–	Viktoria Köln
Honours Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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]

International career

Janßen played for West Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.[8]

Career statistics

As of 7 December 2017

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %	Ref.
Rot-Weiss Essen	9 November 2006[9]	17 November 2006[9]	1	0	0	1	000.00	[9]
Dynamo Dresden	4 September 2013[9]	13 May 2014	28	5	14	9	017.86	[9]
VfB Stuttgart	15 September 2016	20 September 2016	2	2	0	0	100.00	[9]
FC St. Pauli	1 July 2017	7 December 2017	16	5	5	6	031.25	[9]
Viktoria Köln	2 January 2018	17 June 2018	18	12	6	0	066.67	[9]
Total			65	24	25	16	036.92	—

References

External links

• Olaf Janßen at Fussballdaten.de (in German)
• Olaf Janßen at WorldFootball.net
• Olaf Janßen at Olympedia

На других языках

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[de] Olaf Janßen

Olaf Janßen (* 8. Oktober 1966 in Krefeld) ist ein ehemaliger deutscher Fußballspieler und heutiger -trainer.

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- [en] Olaf Janßen

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[fr] Olaf Janßen

Olaf Janßen, né le 8 octobre 1966, est un ancien footballeur et entraîneur allemand de football. Il évolua comme milieu de terrain et fut très brièvement entraîneur du Rot-Weiss Essen en novembre 2006.

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[it] Olaf Janßen

Olaf Janßen (Krefeld, 8 ottobre 1966) è un allenatore di calcio ed ex calciatore tedesco, di ruolo centrocampista, tecnico del Viktoria Colonia.

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