Jan-Moritz Lichte (born 12 January 1980) is a German

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, who works as assistant coach for

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. As a player, he played for KSV Baunatal. He was an assistant manager at Mainz 05 between 2017 and 2020.

Playing career

Lichte began his playing career in the youth teams of KSV Baunatal, before transferring to their first team in 1998. Across nine seasons, the midfielder appeared 258 times in the fifth-tier

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. During the 2007–08 season, Lichte played for the reserve side of

SC Paderborn Sport-Club Paderborn 07 e.V., commonly known as simply SC Paderborn 07 () or SC Paderborn, is a German association football club based in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has enjoyed its greatest success since the turn of the millenni ...

. In April 2009, he retired at the age of 29.

Managerial career

Lichte passed his coaching course in 2009 as the best on the course. He had taken the course at the Hennes-Weisweiler-Academy alongside

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, amongst others. Lichte was assistant manager at Bundesliga side

Bayer Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen, officially known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH () and commonly known as Bayer Leverkusen or simply Leverkusen, is a German professional football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It competes in the B ...

from 2012 until 2014. For the 2014–15 season, he switched to

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as assistant manager and was responsible for the youth teams at the club the following season. From the 2017–18 season, Lichte was assistant manager of

Mainz 05 1. Fußball- und Sport-Verein Mainz 05 e. V., usually shortened to 1. FSV Mainz 05 or simply Mainz 05 (), is a German professional sports club, founded in 1905 and based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Mainz 05 play in the Bundesliga, the top tie ...

. On the seventh matchday of the

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, he was responsible for managing the side against

due to a

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shown to manager Sandro Schwarz in their previous match. He became head coach of the club in September 2020 on a temporary basis after they parted company with manager Achim Beierlorzer. He was sacked on 28 December 2020. His final match was a

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against

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on 23 December 2020 where Mainz lost in a shootout. He finished with a record of one win, four draws, and seven losses.

Personal life

In 2008, Lichte graduated from

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with a degree in

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. His younger brother Henning played for the reserve team of Mainz 05 in the

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Süd.

Managerial record

References

External links

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Jan-Moritz Lichte
at the archive of KSV Baunatal {{DEFAULTSORT:Lichte, Jan-Moritz 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Kassel German men's footballers Men's association football midfielders SC Paderborn 07 II players Hannover 96 non-playing staff FC St. Pauli non-playing staff German football managers Bayer 04 Leverkusen non-playing staff 1. FSV Mainz 05 non-playing staff 1. FSV Mainz 05 managers Bundesliga managers Footballers from Kassel (region) German expatriate sportspeople in Turkey 21st-century German sportsmen KSV Baunatal players