Olaf Janßen (born 8 October 1966) is a retired German

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and manager of

Viktoria Köln Viktoria usually refers to Viktoria, a name which is the same as Victoria (name), but may also refer to: Places * FK Viktoria Stadion, stadium of Viktoria Žižkov * Viktoria-Luise-Platz, building in Berlin * Viktoriastadt, now known as Victoria ...

, who played as a

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Club career

Janßen spent most of his playing career with German

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sides 1. FC Köln and

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, where he later worked as a scout. In September 2013 he was appointed as manager of

Dynamo Dresden Sportgemeinschaft Dynamo Dresden e.V., commonly known as SG Dynamo Dresden or Dynamo Dresden, are a German association football club based in Dresden, Saxony.Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs 7. Vereinslexikon. Kasse ...

, but was sacked after nine months on the job. In June 2016 Janßen became

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VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's football team is currently part of Germany's first division, the Bundesliga. VfB Stu ...

head coach

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. From 15 to 20 September 2016 he was

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of the club. Janßen took on a new role as

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of VfB Stuttgart and left the coaching staff after the appointment of the new head coach Hannes Wolf. For the 2017–18 season, he was appointed as the head coach of

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. He was sacked on 7 December 2017. In January 2018 he became new manager of

FC Viktoria Köln FC Viktoria Köln is a Football in Germany, German association football club from the city of Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia, that competes in the 3. Liga. History Founded in 1904 as ''FC Germania Kalk'' it is one of the oldest football clubs ...

replacing

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. He returned to Cologne on 1 February 2021.

International career

Janßen played for West Germany at the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Janssen, Olaf 1966 births Living people Sportspeople from Krefeld German footballers Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia Association football midfielders Germany under-21 international footballers Olympic medalists in football Olympic footballers of West Germany Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Swiss Super League players KFC Uerdingen 05 players 1. FC Köln players Eintracht Frankfurt players AC Bellinzona players German football managers 2. Bundesliga managers 3. Liga managers Dynamo Dresden managers VfB Stuttgart managers FC St. Pauli managers FC Viktoria Köln managers German expatriate footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate footballers in Switzerland