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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Christoph Janker | ||
| Date of birth | (1985-02-14)14 February 1985 (age 40) | ||
| Place of birth | Cham,West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Augsburg (talent-manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1990–1997 | DJK Vilzing | ||
| 1997–2001 | ASV Cham | ||
| 2001–2003 | 1860 Munich | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2006 | 1860 Munich II | 64 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | 1860 Munich | 4 | (0) |
| 2006–2009 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 68 | (2) |
| 2009–2015 | Hertha BSC | 47 | (0) |
| 2009–2014 | Hertha BSC II | 21 | (2) |
| 2015–2019 | FC Augsburg | 38 | (0) |
| Total | 242 | (4) | |
| International career | |||
| 2004–2005 | Germany U20 | 13 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Christoph Janker (born 14 February 1985) is a German former professionalfootballer who played as acentre-back.
Janker started out in 1860 Munich's youth system. He played for thereserve team in the2004–05 season, making 33 appearances,[1] and in the2005–06 season, making 28 appearances.[2] He eventually made his debut in the2. Bundesliga in a 2–0 win againstKarlsruher SC.[3] He would make three more appearances for thefirst team during the2005–06 season.[2] During thefollowing season, he made three appearances for the reserve team[4] before joining1899 Hoffenheim.
In hisdebut season with the club, he scored two goals in 31 league appearances.[4] His first appearance was a 1–1 draw on 19 August 2006 againstSV Elversberg.[5] His playing time was reduced thefollowing season. He appeared in 20 matches and twoGerman Cup matches.[6]
In 2009, Janker and his team memberAndreas Ibertsberger came under investigation after failing to report to a doping control promptly after the match againstBorussia Mönchengladbach on 2 February 2009. TheGerman Football Association (DFB) suspended the investigation due to the lack of evidence, also Janker was later tested negative. The investigation was widely covered by the German press.[7]On 23 May 2009 after the Bundesliga final, he announced his departure at the end of the season on 30 June 2009. In hisfinal season with the club, he made 17 league appearances.[8]
On 28 May 2009, Janker signed a three-year contract withHertha BSC. In Berlin, Janker struggled to establish himself, sitting on the bench more often than not in hisfirst season for Hertha. He made 15 league appearances,[9] oneGerman Cup appearance,[9] and eightEuropa League appearances.[4] He also made two appearances for thereserve team.[9] At the end of the 2009–10 season, Hertha were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga. In the second division, Janker fared even worse. He made only one start, and came on off the bench a further three times in the league.[4] He failed to appear in any match between matchday three,[10] when he came on as a substitute in the 83rd minute in a 3–1 win againstArminia Bielefeld,[11] and matchday 25,[10] when he came on in the 71st minute forChristian Lell in a 3–1 win againstFSV Frankfurt.[12] He also made seven appearances for the reserve team.[10] Back in the Bundesliga for2011–12 season, Janker made 18 league appearances, threeGerman Cup appearances, and two relegation playoff appearances.[13] He made 21 appearances in all competitions for both first and second teams during the2012–13,[14]2013–14,[15] and2014–15 seasons.[4] He left the club forFC Augsburg in January 2015.[16]
During hisdebut season, he made two league appearances for Augsburg.[4] He debuted for the club in a 1–0 win againstBorussia Dortmund on matchday 19, on 4 February 2015.[17] He was sent–off in the match.[17] His only other match was when he came on late in the match on matchday 24 in a 1–0 win againstVfL Wolfsburg.[18] He made 18 appearances during the2015–16 season.[19] He made 17 appearances during the2016–17 season.[20] He made five appearances during the2017–18 season.[21]
On 11 May 2019, Augsburg confirmed that Janker would leave the club at the end of the season.[22]
On 23 January 2020, Augsburg confirmed that Janker would continue at the club, though as a talent-manager from 1 February 2020.[23] In this role, he would take on the individual support of the top talents and thus act as an important link between the junior department and the professional team. In addition, Janker will take care of the loan players to ensure that the temporarily professional players was even more closely linked.
Janker is a youth international for Germany at the U20 level.[24]
| Club | Season | League | Cup1 | Continental2 | Other3 | Total | Ref. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 1860 Munich II | 2004–05 | Regionalliga Süd | 33 | 0 | — | 33 | 0 | [1] | |||||
| 2005–06 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 | [2] | ||||||||
| 2006–07 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | [4] | ||||||||
| Club totals | 64 | 0 | — | 64 | 0 | — | |||||||
| 1860 Munich | 2005–06 | 2. Bundesliga | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | [2] | |||
| 1899 Hoffenheim | 2006–07 | Regionalliga Süd | 31 | 2 | — | 31 | 2 | [4] | |||||
| 2007–08 | 2. Bundesliga | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 | [6] | |||||
| 2008–09 | Bundesliga | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | [8] | |||||
| Club totals | 68 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 70 | 2 | — | |||||
| Hertha BSC | 2009–10 | Bundesliga | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 24 | 0 | [4] | |
| 2010–11 | 2. Bundesliga | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | [10] | ||||
| 2011–12 | Bundesliga | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | [13] | |||
| 2012–13 | 2. Bundesliga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | [14] | ||||
| 2013–14 | Bundesliga | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | [15] | |||||
| Club totals | 47 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 0 | — | ||
| Hertha BSC II | 2009–10 | Regionalliga Nord | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | [9] | |||||
| 2009–10 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | [10] | ||||||||
| 2011–12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | [13] | ||||||||
| 2012–13 | Regionalliga Nordost | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | [14] | |||||||
| 2013–14 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | [15] | ||||||||
| 2014–15 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | [4] | ||||||||
| Club totals | 21 | 2 | — | 21 | 2 | — | |||||||
| Augsburg | 2014–15 | Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | [4] | ||
| 2015–16 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0 | [19] | ||||
| 2016–17 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | [20] | |||||
| 2017–18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | [21] | ||||||
| 2018–19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Club totals | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 42 | 0 | — | |||
| Career totals | 234 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 259 | 2 | — | ||