Marcell Jansen

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Marcell Jansen
Personal information
Full name	Marcell Jansen
Date of birth	November 4, 1985 (1985-11-04) (age 22)
Place of birth	Mönchengladbach, West Germany
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Left Full back / Left wingback
Club information
Current club	Bayern Munich
Number	23
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004–2007 2007–	Mönchengladbach Bayern Munich	073 (5) 017 (0)
National team2
2005–	Germany	024 (1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 17, 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of June 12, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

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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 height.

The Bayern Munich player has represented his country on 22 occasions so far, showing up as left-back. On club-level he has also played on the left of midfield and left 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 U-19 of the club. The start of the 2004-05 season saw the player gaining senior status, getting his games with the U-23 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 defender the opportunity to debut in Mönchengladbach's first team in an away fixture at Hertha Berlin (0-6) in December 2004. When the result turned out to become a disaster in the second-half, Jansen even caused a foul inside the box, resulting in a penalty. 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 U-21 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 senior 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 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 Barcelona, Arsenal as well as fellow Bundesliga outfits Bayern Munich and Hamburg) 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.

[edit] Honours

Club Titles

• Bundesliga: 2008
• German Cup: 2008
• German Super Cup: 2007

National Team

• Confederations Cup Bronze medallist: 2005
• World Cup Bronze medallist: 2006

[edit] Career statistics

[edit] External links

• (German) Marcell Jansen's official website
• (German) Career stats at fussballdaten.de

v • d • e Germany squad - UEFA Euro 2008 1 Lehmann • 2 Jansen • 3 Friedrich • 4 Fritz • 5 Westermann • 6 Rolfes • 7 Schweinsteiger • 8 Frings • 9 Gómez • 10 Neuville • 11 Klose • 12 Enke • 13 Ballack • 14 Trochowski • 15 Hitzlsperger • 16 Lahm • 17 Mertesacker • 18 Borowski • 19 Odonkor • 20 Podolski • 21 Metzelder • 22 Kurányi • 23 Adler • Coach: Löw

v • d • e Germany squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Third Place 1 Lehmann • 2 Jansen • 3 Friedrich • 4 Huth • 5 Kehl • 6 Nowotny • 7 Schweinsteiger • 8 Frings • 9 Hanke • 10 Neuville • 11 Klose • 12 Kahn • 13 Ballack • 14 Asamoah • 15 Hitzlsperger • 16 Lahm • 17 Mertesacker • 18 Borowski • 19 Schneider • 20 Podolski • 21 Metzelder • 22 Odonkor • 23 Hildebrand • Coach: Klinsmann