.jpg) Jancker in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1974-08-28)28 August 1974 (age 51) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Grevesmühlen,East Germany | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | DSV Leoben | ||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Austria Klagenfurt (interim) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Carsten Jancker (born 28 August 1974) is a Germanfootball coach and former player. He played as astriker for various teams between 1993 and 2009, includingFC Köln,Rapid Wien,FC Bayern Munich,Udinese Calcio,FC Kaiserslautern,Shanghai Shenhua F.C., andSV Mattersburg, as well as the Germany national team.
Born inGrevesmühlen, Jancker started his career as a trainee atHansa Rostock before making hisBundesliga debut in 1993 with1. FC Köln. At the age of 21, he was transferred toRapid Vienna, scoring fourteen goals including seven in theUEFA Cup Winners' Cup to finish as the tournament's top scorer. Thanks to this impressive performance, Jancker spent only one season with the Austrian club before being brought back to Germany to play forFC Bayern Munich.[1][2]
Jancker's time at Bayern between 1996 and 2002 was the best period of his career, a spell which included fourBundesliga titles and victory in the 2001UEFA Champions League. At Bayern, Jancker was partnered with theBrazilian inside-forwardGiovane Élber, often rated as one of the Bundesliga's best attacking players.[1][2]
Jancker left Bayern for Italian sideUdinese in 2002, but the move was not a success;[2] over two seasons and 35 games, the forward registered only two goals. Jancker was said to be "too slow and predictable for Serie A" by one football website.[1] In 2004, Jancker returned to Germany withKaiserslautern and showed a slight improvement in form, netting five times in 25 games.[3] In 2004, he also scoredsix goals in Kaiserslautern's 15–0 first roundDFB-Pokal win againstFC Schönberg 95, still a record for any player in the competition. This was an improvement over his own previous joint record of five, which he had scored for Bayern Munich againstDJK Waldberg in the latter's 16–1 first round cup defeat in 1997.[4] Following the relegation of Kaiserslautern in May 2006, Jancker signed for Chinese teamShanghai Shenhua.
After poor performances, he was dropped in October, and agreed to joinSV Mattersburg in the winter transfer window.[5] In June 2009 it was announced that Mattersburg did not want to work with Jancker any further because of his physical condition. In February 2010, he announced his retirement at the end of the current season.[6]
His performances alongside Elber caught the eye of Germany national coachErich Ribbeck, who included Jancker in his international squad forEuro 2000.
Instantly recognisable to European football fans, the invariably shaven-headed forward has generally failed to replicate his club form when playing for the national side. A possible explanation for his poorly-regarded international performances might be that the Germany national team lacked a skilful strike partner in the Élber mould. Whatever the reason, Jancker never impressed for Germany; although he was included inRudi Völler's squad for the2002 FIFA World Cup – scoring a goal in the team's opening 8–0 win overSaudi Arabia,[1] he was dropped from the team shortly after the tournament and was never recalled. His German international scoring record stands at roughly a goal every three games. He is known for scoring in Germany's5–1 defeat to England in 2001.[7]
A powerful and tenacious yet slowstriker,[1][8] Jancker was tall for a footballer, standing at 1.93 meters (6 ft 4.0 in). His height and strength proved to be an advantage when playing as atarget man, as displayed during his most successful days atFC Bayern Munich.[9][10] Jancker was known for being an unusualcenter forward, being weak in the air despite his huge frame, but showing a surprising control of the ball,[11] especially featuring a polished back-to-the-goal game, good link-up play,[1] and a touch for scoring with his hard right-footed shot – always doing the most intelligent and simple things on the field, courtesy of his awareness.[8] He also struggled with injuries throughout his career.[1]
On 18 February 2010, the former international striker took over the U14 team ofSC Neusiedl. Additionally he works for the first team in theAustrian Regional League East as an individual coach.[12] On 27 April 2010, Jancker announced that he will work as the new coach of the Under 15 of his former clubSK Rapid Wien, starting 1 July 2010. In April 2013, he became assistant coach of the club'sAustrian Bundesliga team.
Jancker became the head coach ofSV Horn in June 2017.[13] He was fired on 28 November 2018.[14] In April 2019, he was appointed manager ofFC Marchfeld Donauauen, starting from 1 May 2019.[15]
On 23 February 2021, Jancker signed withDSV Leoben.[16] He was later dismissed in August 2023.[17] In April 2024, he returned to DSV Leoben.[18] He stepped down in January 2025, just half a season after the club's relegation to theRegionalliga.[19]
In April 2025, he was appointed head coach of top-division sideAustria Klagenfurt, with the club fighting to avoid relegation.[20] However, after four matches, they finished bottom of the table and were relegated.[21]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Köln | 1993–94 | Bundesliga | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | |||
| 1994–95 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 4 | 0 | |||||
| 1995–96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1[c] | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 7 | 1 | ||||
| Rapid Wien | 1995–96 | Austrian Bundesliga | 27 | 7 | 2 | 3 | – | 7[d] | 6 | – | 36 | 16 | ||
| Bayern Munich | 1996–97 | Bundesliga | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 1[e] | 0 | – | 24 | 1 | ||
| 1997–98 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8[f] | 4 | – | 44 | 23 | |||
| 1998–99 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12[f] | 3 | – | 45 | 21 | |||
| 1999–2000 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12[f] | 3 | – | 40 | 14 | |||
| 2000–01 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 15[f] | 2 | – | 44 | 17 | |||
| 2001–02 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2[g] | 1 | 28 | 3 | ||
| Total | 143 | 48 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 52 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 225 | 79 | ||
| Udinese | 2002–03 | Serie A | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 21 | 1 | |||
| 2003–04 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 2[e] | 0 | – | 20 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 36 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | 2 | 0 | – | 41 | 3 | ||||
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 2004–05 | Bundesliga | 25 | 4 | 1 | 6 | – | – | – | 26 | 10 | |||
| 2005–06 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 7 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 30 | 4 | 3 | 7 | – | – | – | 33 | 11 | |||||
| Shanghai Shenhua | 2006 | Chinese Super League | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | 7 | 0 | |||||
| Mattersburg | 2006–07 | Austrian Bundesliga | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 15 | 3 | ||
| 2007–08 | 33 | 12 | 0 | 0 | – | 4[e] | 1 | – | 37 | 13 | ||||
| 2008–09 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | 34 | 10 | |||||
| Total | 76 | 21 | 6 | 4 | – | 4 | 1 | – | 86 | 26 | ||||
| Career total | 324 | 83 | 37 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 66 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 435 | 136 | ||
| Germany | ||
| Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 3 |
| 2001 | 9 | 3 |
| 2002 | 12 | 4 |
| Total | 33 | 10 |
International goals
| # | 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 | 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 |
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