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

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and manager of

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, who played as a

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Club career

Janßen spent most of his playing career with German

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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, is 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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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

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replacing Marco Antwerpen. He returned to Cologne on 1 February 2021. After four years, he was signed by

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International career

Janßen played for West Germany at the

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Career statistics

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Janssen, Olaf 1966 births Living people Footballers from Krefeld German men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Germany men's under-21 international footballers Olympic medalists in football Olympic footballers for West Germany West German men's footballers 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 men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland