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Carsten Jancker
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Jancker in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-08-28) 28 August 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Grevesmühlen, East Germany
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
0000–1981 SG Schwarze Pumpe
1981–1986 TSG Wismar
1986–1991 Hansa Rostock
1991–1993 1. FC Köln
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1996 1. FC Köln 5 (1)
1995–1996 Rapid Wien (loan) 27 (7)
1996–2002 Bayern Munich 143 (48)
2002–2004 Udinese 36 (2)
2004–2006 1. FC Kaiserslautern 30 (4)
2006 Shanghai Shenhua 7 (0)
2006–2009 SV Mattersburg 76 (21)
Total 324 (83)
International career
1993–1994 Germany U21 2 (0)
1998–2002 Germany 33 (10)
Managerial career
2010 SC Neusiedl 1919 (U14)
2010–2013 Rapid Wien (U15)
2013–2016 Rapid Wien (assistant)
2017–2018 Horn
2019–2021 Marchfeld Donauauen
2021–2023 DSV Leoben
Medal record
Representing  Germany
Men's football
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 2002 Korea/Japan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carsten Jancker (born on August 28, 1974) is a German football coach and former player. He was a powerful striker who played for many teams from 1993 to 2009. Some of his famous clubs include FC Köln, Rapid Wien, and FC Bayern Munich. He also played for the German national team.

Playing for Clubs

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Jancker playing for 1. FC Kaiserslautern in 2005.

Carsten Jancker was born in Grevesmühlen, Germany. He started his football journey as a young player at Hansa Rostock. In 1993, he made his first big appearance in the Bundesliga, which is Germany's top football league, with 1. FC Köln.

When he was 21, Jancker moved to Rapid Vienna in Austria. He scored 14 goals for them, including 7 goals in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. This made him the top scorer in that tournament. Because of his great performance, he only stayed one season in Austria before returning to Germany.

Success at Bayern Munich

Jancker's best years were with Bayern Munich from 1996 to 2002. During this time, he helped his team win four Bundesliga titles. He also won the UEFA Champions League in 2001, which is one of the biggest club competitions in Europe.

At Bayern, Jancker often played alongside Giovane Élber, a skilled Brazilian forward. They were known as one of the best attacking duos in the Bundesliga.

Later Club Teams

After his successful time at Bayern, Jancker moved to the Italian team Udinese in 2002. However, this move was not as successful, and he only scored two goals in 35 games over two seasons.

In 2004, Jancker came back to Germany to play for Kaiserslautern. He scored five goals in 25 games there. In one amazing match in 2004, he scored six goals in a 15–0 win against FC Schönberg 95 in the DFB-Pokal cup. This is still a record for the most goals by one player in that competition.

After Kaiserslautern was moved to a lower league in 2006, Jancker joined the Chinese team Shanghai Shenhua. He later moved to SV Mattersburg in Austria. In June 2009, Mattersburg decided not to keep him. In February 2010, Carsten Jancker announced that he would retire from playing football at the end of that season.

Playing for Germany

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Jancker playing for the Germany national team in 2000.

Carsten Jancker's strong performances for Bayern Munich caught the attention of the German national team coach, Erich Ribbeck. Jancker was then chosen to play for Germany in the Euro 2000 tournament.

Even though he was easy to recognize with his shaved head, Jancker often found it hard to play as well for the national team as he did for his clubs. He was part of Rudi Völler's squad for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He scored a goal in Germany's huge 8–0 win against Saudi Arabia in their first game. However, he was not called up to the national team again after that tournament.

One of his most memorable international goals was in Germany's 5–1 loss to England in 2001. Overall, he scored about one goal every three games for Germany.

International Goals

Here are the goals Carsten Jancker scored for the German national team:

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 3 June 2000 Easycredit-Stadion, Nuremberg  Czech Republic
1–0
3–2
Friendly
2. 7 June 2000 Dreisamstadion, Freiburg  Liechtenstein
6–2
8–2 Friendly
3.
8–2
4. 2 June 2001 Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki  Finland
2–2
2–2
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
5. 15 August 2001 Ferenc Puskás Stadium, Budapest  Hungary
3–0
5–2
Friendly
6. 1 September 2001 Olympiastadion, Munich  England
1–0
1–5
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
7. 9 May 2002 Dreisamstadion, Freiburg  Kuwait
7–0
7–0
Friendly
8. 1 June 2002 Sapporo Dome, Sapporo  Saudi Arabia
4–0
8–0
2002 FIFA World Cup
9. 21 August 2002 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia  Bulgaria
2–2
2–2
Friendly
10. 11 October 2002 Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium, Sarajevo  Bosnia and Herzegovina
1–1
1–1
Friendly

How He Played

Carsten Jancker was a very strong and determined striker. He was tall, standing at 1.93 meters (about 6 feet 4 inches). His height and strength made him a great "target man." A target man is a player who can hold the ball up and pass it to teammates, especially when long passes are made.

Even though he was tall, he wasn't always strong in the air (heading the ball). But he had surprisingly good control of the ball, especially when playing with his back to the goal. He was good at linking up with other players and had a powerful shot with his right foot. He was known for making smart and simple plays on the field.

Coaching Career

After retiring as a player, Carsten Jancker began a career in coaching. In 2010, he started coaching the Under 14 team for SC Neusiedl 1919. He also worked as an individual coach for their main team.

Later in 2010, he became the coach for the Under 15 team at his old club, SK Rapid Wien. In 2013, he became an assistant coach for Rapid Wien's main team in the Austrian Bundesliga.

Jancker became the head coach of SV Horn in June 2017 but left in November 2018. In 2019, he was appointed manager of FC Marchfeld Donauauen. In 2021, he signed with DSV Leoben.

Awards and Trophies

Carsten Jancker won many important titles during his playing career:

Rapid Wien

Bayern Munich

  • Bundesliga: 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01
  • DFB-Pokal (German Cup): 1997–98, 1999–2000
  • DFB-Ligapokal (German League Cup): 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
  • UEFA Champions League: 2000–01
  • Intercontinental Cup: 2001

See also

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