Robert Niels Jaspert (born 26 February 1960) is a German professional

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coach and former player.

Playing career

Jaspert represented SF Kladow,

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, , SC Rapide Wedding, Weddinger FC, SC Westend 1901, NSC Marathon 02 and Tennis Borussia Berlin II during an amateur playing career based solely in Berlin.

Managerial career

In 1996, Jaspert became manager of Tennis Borussia's

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, and was later promoted to the role of head coach of the first team on 16 November 2000. After a run of seven straight defeats in the

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, Jaspert was replaced in March 2001 by Friedhelm Haebermann. During the 2001–02 season, Jaspert was assistant manager to

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—a role in which he also functioned from 2004 until 2005 under

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for the

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. After a short break from football, Jaspert took over the reins of

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team Ahed. In June 2007, Jaspert survived a bombing at the hotel he was staying at in

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as he was not home at the time. The bombing killed the politician

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, and two footballers of Al Ahed's rivals

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. Jaspert became Littbarski's assistant again in 2008, this time in Iran for

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and later for Liechtenstein's

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. In January 2012, Jaspert was announced as a joint manager of Croatian club

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alongside Krešimir Ganjto after the club was taken over by German company Haag Sportmanagement, but the deal never took place.

Ansar

On 22 March 2021, Jaspert was appointed head coach of Ansar, following the dismissal of

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. He helped his team win their first league title since 2007, and 14th overall, by beating rivals

in the

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in the last matchday of the 2020–21 season. also helped Ansar win the

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, beating Nejmeh in the

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final on penalty shoot-outs. The two titles were Jaspert's first. Jaspert's contract was renewed on 4 July 2021. After a series of negative results in the first half of the 2021–22 season, Jaspert submitted his resignation.

Honours

Ansar *

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