Marcell Jansen

Marcell Jansen (born 4 November 1985 in Mönchengladbach) is a Germany association football who plays for Hamburger SV and Germany national football team. Marcell Jansen is well known for Marcell Jansen accurate crossing and pace, despite Marcell Jansen tall stature.

Career

Jansen has represented Marcell Jansen country on 28 occasions so far, showing up as defender (football). On club-level Marcell Jansen has also played on the left of midfield and Defender (association football) wingback, back in Marcell Jansen youth years, also featured as winger (sport) and even striker, a term declaring Marcell Jansen versatility. Marcell Jansen appeared in injury time during UEFA Euro 2008 as striker.

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 Marcell Jansen to act as a (unused) substitute in a Fußball-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 Fußball-Bundesliga 2004-05 saw the player gaining senior status, getting Marcell Jansen 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 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 inside the box, resulting in a penalty. However, Dick Advocaat kept faith in Marcell Jansen 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 Marcell Jansen was even able to keep newly signed Belgian international Filip Daems (Ziege's proposed replacement) off the starting berth on Defender (association football) and enjoyed a bright debut season in the professional game, winning a key role for the Germany national under-21 football team as well.

Marcell Jansen second season in the professional game worked out to be an even bigger success for the lanky starlet. Becoming more and more important for Marcell Jansen club in the Fußball-Bundesliga, Marcell Jansen debuted for Germany's senior side as a half-time sub for Thomas Hitzlsperger under Jürgen Klinsmann on 3 September 2005, in a 0-2 defeat against Slovakia national football team in Bratislava. Helping Marcell Jansen 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 Marcell Jansen extensively then. Also cementing Marcell Jansen 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 Marcell Jansen 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 Defender (association football) by Klinsmann ahead of kick-off. Marcell Jansen scored Marcell Jansen first and so far only goal internationally against San Marino national football team in a 6-0 thrashing.

Regarded as a key player at Marcell Jansen club already, Mönchengladbach fan-favourite Jansen had been the subject of inquiries of other clubs (most notably FC Barcelona, Arsenal F.C. 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 about Euro10 million.

In June 2008, Jansen was selected for the Germany national football team in the UEFA Euro 2008, and wore the number 2 jersey. Marcell Jansen came on just after half-time of the UEFA Euro 2008 Final for Philipp Lahm, although Germany still went on to lose 1-0 to Spain national football team.

In August 2008, Hamburger SV announced the transfer of Marcell Jansen. According to Bild, the transfer fee was 8 million euro.

Honours

Club

- FC Bayern Munich
- - Fußball-Bundesliga: 2007-08
- - DFB-Pokal: 2008
- - DFB-Ligapokal: 2007

National Team

- FIFA Confederations Cup Third Place: 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
- FIFA World Cup Third Place: 2006 FIFA World Cup
- UEFA European Football Championship Runner-up: UEFA Euro 2008