Carsten Jancker facts for kids
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Jancker in 2019
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| Date of birth | 28 August 1974 | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Grevesmühlen, East Germany | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
| –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 | |||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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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.
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Playing for Clubs
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
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 |
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| 1. | 3 June 2000 | Easycredit-Stadion, Nuremberg |  Czech Republic |
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| 2. | 7 June 2000 | Dreisamstadion, Freiburg |  Liechtenstein |
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8–2 | Friendly |
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| 4. | 2 June 2001 | Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki |  Finland |
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2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 5. | 15 August 2001 | Ferenc Puskás Stadium, Budapest |  Hungary |
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Friendly |
| 6. | 1 September 2001 | Olympiastadion, Munich |  England |
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2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 7. | 9 May 2002 | Dreisamstadion, Freiburg |  Kuwait |
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Friendly |
| 8. | 1 June 2002 | Sapporo Dome, Sapporo |  Saudi Arabia |
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2002 FIFA World Cup |
| 9. | 21 August 2002 | Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia |  Bulgaria |
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Friendly |
| 10. | 11 October 2002 | Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium, Sarajevo |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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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
- Austrian Bundesliga: 1995–96
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup runner-up: 1995–96
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
In Spanish: Carsten Jancker para niños
