Marcell Jansen
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Marcell Jansen | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left Full back / Wing Back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bayern Munich | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2008 | |||
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Marcell Jansen (born November 4, 1985 in Mönchengladbach) is a German professional footballer, famous for accurate crossing and quick pace, despite his tall height.
The Bayern Munich player has represented his country on 20 occasions so far, showing up as left-back. On club-level he has also played on the left of midfield, left of wingback, back in his youth years, also featured as left winger and even striker, a term declaring his versatility.
Joining Borussia Mönchengladbach from local SV Lürrip in 1994, Jansen was already capped various times for Germany on youth level when then Mönchengladbach manager Ewald Lienen appointed him to act as a (unused) substitute in a Bundesliga fixture of the club against Hannover 96 (0-2) in September 2003. Ironically that remained Ewald Lienen's final game in charge of Mönchengladbach and Jansen had to go on playing for the U19 of the club. The start of the 2004-2005 saw the player gaining senior status, getting his games with the U23 of the club in the fourth German division under manager Horst Köppel. A change of manager in Borussia Mönchengladbach's professional squad saw Dick Advocaat taking charge and soon after the Dutchman relied on Jansen, giving the left-footed the opportunity to debut in Mönchengladbach's first team in an away fixture at Hertha BSC Berlin (0-6) in December 2004. When the result turned out to become a disaster in the second-half, Jansen even caused a foul play penalty Mönchengladbach had to concede. However, Dick Advocaat kept faith in him despite this rather uninspiring debut. An injury that sidelined Borussia Mönchengladbach's skipper Christian Ziege in winter training worked out Jansen's big first-team opportunity. A string of impressive performances later he was even able to keep newly signed Belgian international Filip Daems (Ziege's proposed replacement) off the starting berth on left-back and enjoyed a bright debut season in the professional game, winning a key role for the German U21 as well.
His second season in the professional game worked out to be an even bigger success for the lanky starlet. Becoming more and more import for his club in the Bundesliga, he debuted for Germany's A side as a half-time sub for Thomas Hitzlsperger under Jürgen Klinsmann on September 3, 2005, in a 0-2 defeat against Slovakia in Bratislava. Helping his club to a comfortable season without any relegation fear, Jansen signed a new three-year deal with Borussia Mönchengladbach after several big European sides had begun to scout him extensively then. Also cementing his undoubted talent in further internationals for Germany, Jansen was subsequently named in the final German squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Hampered by the magnificent form of his competitor Philipp Lahm, Jansen was only able to make a single appearance in the tournament, playing the entire third-place playoff against Portugal (3-1) due to Lahm being switched to right-back by Klinsmann ahead of kick-off. He scored his first and so far only goal internationally against San Marino in a 6-0 thrashing.
Regarded as a key player at his club already, Mönchengladbach fan-favourite Jansen had been the subject of inquiries of other clubs (most notably FC Barcelona, Arsenal FC as well as fellow Bundesliga outfits FC Bayern Munich and Hamburger SV) throughout the summer months of 2006 with new Mönchengladbach manager Jupp Heynckes rebuffing all of them consequently in no time, explaining the player was not for sale. Nevertheless, Jansen moved in July 2007 to FC Bayern Munich for a fee of €9 million.
Honours
Club Titles
- German Super Cup: 2007
- German Cup: 2008
National Team
- Confederations Cup Bronze medallist: 2005
- World Cup Bronze medallist: 2006
Career statistics
| Club | Season | Domestic League | Domestic Cup | European Competition | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2004-05 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 18 | 1 |
| 2005-06 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 33 | 3 | |
| 2006-07 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 24 | 1 | |
| Total | 73 | 5 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 75 | 5 | |
| Bayern Munich | 2007-08 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Total | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Career Totals | 86 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 100 | 5 | |
External links
- Template:De icon Marcell Jansen's official website
- Template:De icon Career stats for Marcell Jansen at fussballdaten.de
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