Mathias Jack

Mathias Jack
Personal information
Full name Mathias Jack
Date of birth 15 February 1969 (1969-02-15) (age 43)
Place of birth Leipzig, East Germany
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Playing position Defender
Youth career
Lokomotive Leipzig
0000–1986 BSG Chemie Leipzig
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1986–1990 BSG Chemie Leipzig 41 (1)
1990–1991 Wismut Aue 38 (0)
1991–1993 VfB Oldenburg 55 (2)
1993–1995 Rot-Weiss Essen 64 (3)
1995–1997 VfL Bochum 56 (2)
1997–1999 Fortuna Düsseldorf 36 (1)
1999–2003 Hibernian 109 (4)
2003 Grindavík 8 (0)
2003 Raith Rovers 6 (0)
2004–2005 Sachsen Leipzig 28 (3)
2005–2006 Grindavík 14 (0)
2006–2008 SV Meppen 49 (5)
2008–2009 DJK Amisia Rheine
Teams managed
2008-2009 DJK Amisia Rheine
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Mathias Jack (born 15 February 1969 in Leipzig) is a retired German footballer who played primarily as a defender and was last both player and manager of DJK Amisia Rheine 1926.

Jack began his career with Wismut Aue before moving to VfB Oldenburg in 1991. Following two years with them, Jack had a similar length of spell with Rot-Weiss Essen. Jack played for Essen in the 1994 German Cup Final. He then had spells with VfL Bochum and Fortuna Düsseldorf.

Jack moved to Scottish side Hibernian in 1999, going on to make over 100 appearances for the Easter Road side. He played for Hibs in the 2001 Scottish Cup Final, a 3–0 defeat by Celtic. Following his departure in the summer of 2003,[1] Jack had a short spell with Raith Rovers in November[2] before returning to his hometown with Sachsen Leipzig. In 2005, Jack moved abroad again to Icelandic side Grindavik before returning to Germany in 2006 with SV Meppen.

Jack joined current side Rheine in January 2008, initially signing a contract until the end of the season.

Statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
East Germany League Cup League Cup Continental Total
1986–87 BSG Chemie Leipzig DDR-Liga – –
1987–88 – –
1988–89 – –
1989–90 – –
1990–91 Wismut Aue 38 0 – –
Germany League DFB-Pokal Premiere Ligapokal Europe Total
1991–92 VfB Oldenburg 2. Bundesliga 26 2 – –
1992–93 29 0 – – – 29 0
1993–94 Rot-Weiss Essen 33 1 6 0 – – 39 1
1994-95 Regionalliga 31 2 0 0 – – 31 2
1995–96 VfL Bochum 2. Bundesliga 27 1 1 0 – – 28 1
1996–97 Bundesliga 29 1 2 0 – – 31 1
1997–98 Fortuna Düsseldorf 2. Bundesliga 23 1 0 0 – – 23 1
1998–99 13 0 1 0 – – 14 0
Scotland League Scottish Cup League Cup Europe Total
1999–00 Hibernian F.C. Premier League 22 1 2 0 2 0 – 26 1
2000–01 37 0 4 1 2 0 – 43 1
2001–02 31 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 36 0
2002–03 19 3 2 0 0 0 – 21 3
Iceland League VISA-bikar Deildabikar Europe Total
2003 Grindavík Úrvalsdeild 8 0
Scotland League Scottish Cup League Cup Europe Total
2003–04 Raith Rovers F.C. First Division 6 0 –
Germany League DFB-Pokal Premiere Ligapokal Europe Total
2004–05 FC Sachsen Leipzig Oberliga 28 3 – – – 28 3
Iceland League VISA-bikar Deildabikar Europe Total
2005 Grindavík Úrvalsdeild
2006
Germany League DFB-Pokal Premiere Ligapokal Europe Total
2006–07 SV Meppen Oberliga 34 2 – – – 34 2
2007–08 15 3 – – – 15 3
2008–09 DJK Amisia Rheine – – –
Total East Germany 79 1 0 0 0 0
Germany 0 0 0 0
Scotland 115 4 2 0
Iceland 22 0
Career total

References

  1. ^ "Smith stays a Hibee". BBC Sport. 2003-05-21. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hibernian/3048041.stm. Retrieved 2008-10-02. 
  2. ^ "Mathias Jack". Raith Rovers FC. http://www.raithroversfc.com/cgi-bin/players.cgi?id=87. Retrieved 2008-10-02. 

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