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Carsten Jancker
Personal information
Date of birth	28 August 1974 (1974-08-28) (age 35)
Place of birth	Grevesmühlen, East Germany
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Striker
Youth career
1981–1986 1986–1991 1991–1993	TSG Wismar Hansa Rostock 1. FC Köln
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993–1995 1995–1996 1996–2002 2002–2004 2004–2006 2006 2007–2009	1. FC Köln Rapid Wien (loan) Bayern Munich Udinese 1. FC Kaiserslautern Shanghai Shenhua SV Mattersburg	005 0(1) 024 0(7) 143 (48) 036 0(2) 030 0(5) 007 0(0) 081 (24)
National team2
1993–1994 1998–2002	Germany U-21 Germany	002 0(0) 033 (10)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 August 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 5 November 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Carsten Jancker (born 28 August 1974 in Grevesmühlen, Germany) is a German professional footballer who is currently unattached. He played for Germany at Euro 2000 and the 2002 FIFA World Cup and has earned 33 caps, scoring 10 goals, for his country. He is known for scoring in Germany's 5-1 defeat to England in 2001.

A striker, Jancker is physically very large for a footballer, standing at 1.93 meters (6 ft 4 in). His height and strength have proved to be an advantage when playing as a target man, as displayed during his most successful days at Bayern Munich. Jancker was known for being an unusual center striker, being weak in the air despite his huge frame, but showing a surprising control of the ball, especially featuring a polished back-to-the-goal game, and a touch for scoring with his hard right-footed shot.

Jancker started his career as a trainee at Hansa Rostock before making his Bundesliga debut in 1993 with 1. FC Köln. At the age of 21, he was transferred to Rapid Vienna, scoring fourteen goals including seven in the European 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 for Bayern Munich.

Jancker's time at Bayern between 1996 and 2002 was the best period of his career, a spell which included four Bundesliga titles and victory in the 2001 UEFA Champions League. At Bayern, Jancker was partnered with the Brazilian inside-forward Giovane Elber, often rated as one of the Bundesliga's best attacking players. His performances alongside Elber caught the eye of German national coach Erich Ribbeck, who included Jancker in his international squad for Euro 2000.

Instantly recognisable to European football fans, the invariably shaven-headed forward has generally failed to replicate his club form when playing for Germany. A possible explanation for his poorly-regarded international performances might be that the German national team lacks a skilful strike partner in the Elber mould. Whatever the reason, Jancker has never impressed for Germany; although he was included in Rudi Völler's squad for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, he was dropped from the team shortly after the tournament and has never since been recalled. His German international scoring record currently stands at ten goals in 33 games.

Jancker left Bayern for Italian side Udinese in 2002, but the move was not a success; 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. In 2004 Jancker returned to Germany with Kaiserslautern and showed a slight improvement in form, netting five times in 25 games. Following relegation of Kaiserslautern, Jancker signed with Shanghai Shenhua in May 2006.

After poor performances, he was dropped in October, and agreed to join SV Mattersburg in the winter transfer window.^[1] In June 2009 it was announced that Mattersburg did not want to work with Jancker any further because of his physical condition.

Honours

SK Rapid Wien

• Austrian Bundesliga: 1996
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: Runner-up 1996

FC Bayern Munich

• Bundesliga: 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001
• DFB Liga-Pokal: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
• DFB Pokal: 1998, 2000
• Champions League: 2001
• Intercontinental Cup: 2001

References

External links

• Career stats at Fussballdaten (German)
• Profile at SV Mattersburg (German)

Germany squad – UEFA Euro 2000 1 Kahn • 2 Babbel • 3 Rehmer • 4 Linke • 5 Bode • 6 Nowotny • 7 Scholl • 8 Häßler • 9 Kirsten • 10 Matthäus • 11 Rink • 12 Lehmann • 13 Ballack • 14 Hamann • 15 Wosz • 16 Jeremies • 17 Ziege • 18 Deisler • 19 Jancker • 20 Bierhoff • 21 Ramelow • 22 Butt • Coach: Ribbeck

Germany squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup Runners-up 1 Kahn • 2 Linke • 3 Rehmer • 4 Baumann • 5 Ramelow • 6 Ziege • 7 Neuville • 8 Hamann • 9 Jancker • 10 Ricken • 11 Klose • 12 Lehmann • 13 Ballack • 14 Asamoah • 15 Kehl • 16 Jeremies • 17 Bode • 18 Böhme • 19 Schneider • 20 Bierhoff • 21 Metzelder • 22 Frings • 23 Butt • Coach: Völler