Jan Schlaudraff (born 18 July 1983) is a German professional

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official and a former player who played as a

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and striker. He is the managing director of sports for the Austrian club SKN St. Pölten.

Club career

Born in

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, Schlaudraff started playing professionally for

Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach, better known as Borussia Mönchengladbach () and colloquially known as just Gladbach, is a professional Association football, football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-W ...

, mainly as a

. During two and a half seasons he managed only ten

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appearances, the first being on 19 February 2003, as he played one minute in a 2–0 home win over

VfL Wolfsburg Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg (), is a German professional sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. The club grew out of a multi-sports club for Volkswagen workers in the city of Wolfsburg. I ...

. Schlaudraff transferred to

Alemannia Aachen Aachener Turn- und Sportverein Alemannia 1900 e. V., short Alemannia Aachen (), is a German football club from the western city of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia. A long-term fixture of the country's second division, Alemannia enjoyed a three- ...

in January 2005, eventually becoming a striker once more – and being named

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. In 2005–06's second level, he netted 11 goals to help the side return to the first division after a four-decade

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. Although Schlaudraff performed well in the following campaign, Alemannia dropped a level after just one season, but he caught the eye of league powerhouse

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, for a transfer fee of €1.2 million. Competition for him was fierce, with established internationals

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and

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ahead in the pecking order. Coach

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chose to use Schlaudraff as a substitute in a few matches, and in most cases as an

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. Schlaudraff's season was a disappointment individually: although Bayern clinched

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, he only managed eight appearances, netting ten goals, but in friendly matches (notably seven against

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in a 5–11 win, and a

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in Bayern's end-of-season

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n tour, against the Indonesian national team 5–1, with youngsters

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and Breno also netting). After scoring another two goals against

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n side

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in a 3–0 victory, Schlaudraff's pre-season tally boasted 15 goals in just five games. In July 2008, he moved to

Hannover 96 Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96 (), is a German professional association football, football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony. They played in the Bundesliga for a total of 30 years between 19 ...

. There he was used exclusively as striker, scoring his first two goals on 14 September 2008, against former team Borussia Mönchengladbach, in a 5–1 home success. On 18 August 2011, Schlaudraff scored both Hannover goals in their 2–1 victory over

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in the Europa League. Hannover went on to win the game 3–2 on aggregate, qualifying for the

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. In June 2015, he left Hannover after he did not receive an extension of his expiring contract.

International career

Courtesy of his Alemannia performances, Schlaudraff made his debut for

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in October 2006 in an international friendly against

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in Rostock. Until March 2007 he won two additional caps.

Managerial career

After retiring, Schlaudraff worked as a scout for the agent company SportsTotal. On 3 January 2019,

announced that Schlaudraff had returned to the club and would be working as assistant to the sporting director Gerhard Zuber, beginning with the upcoming 2019–20 season. By April 2019 he had begun his career in management, taking care of the squad planning for the upcoming season. In January 2022, Schlaudraff was hired as a managing director of sports by the Austrian club SKN St. Pölten. Schlaudraff was interim coach from 23 October 2023, when SKN St. Pölten sacked Stephan Helm and Emanuel Pogatetz, to 11 December 2023 when Philipp Semlic was hired as the new coach. His first match as interim coach was a 1–1 draw against

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and his final match was a 3–1 win against the reserve team of

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Career statistics

Club career

Coaching record

Honours

Bayern Munich *

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: 2007–08 *

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: 2007–08 *

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References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schlaudraff, Jan 1983 births Living people People from Oberbergischer Kreis Footballers from Cologne (region) German men's footballers Men's association football forwards Germany men's international footballers Germany men's under-21 international footballers Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players BFV Hassia Bingen players Borussia Mönchengladbach players Alemannia Aachen players FC Bayern Munich footballers FC Bayern Munich II players Hannover 96 players Hannover 96 II players Hannover 96 non-playing staff German football managers SKN St. Pölten managers German expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Austria German expatriate sportspeople in Austria 21st-century German sportsmen