Jan-Moritz Lichte

Jan-Moritz Lichte (born 12 January 1980) is a German football manager, who last coached Mainz 05. As a player, he played for KSV Baunatal. He was an assistant manager at Mainz 05 between 2017 and 2020.

Jan-Moritz Lichte
Lichte in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-01-12) 12 January 1980
Place of birth Kassel, Germany
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
0000–1998 KSV Baunatal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2007 KSV Baunatal 258 (29)
2007–2009 SC Paderborn II
Teams managed
2020 Mainz 05
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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 Oberliga Hessen. During the 2007–08 season, Lichte played for the reserve side of SC Paderborn. 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.[1] He had taken the course at the Hennes-Weisweiler-Academy alongside Sascha Lewandowski, amongst others.[2]

Lichte was assistant manager at Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen from 2012 until 2014.[3] For the 2014–15 season, he switched to Hannover 96 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. On the seventh matchday of the 2019–20 Bundesliga, he was responsible for managing the side against SC Paderborn due to a red card shown to manager Sandro Schwarz in their previous match.[4] He became head coach of the club in September 2020 on a temporary basis after they parted company with manager Achim Beierlorzer.[5] He was sacked on 28 December 2020.[6]

Personal life

In 2008, Lichte graduated from Paderborn University with a degree in sports science. His younger brother Henning played for the reserve team of Mainz 05 in the 2004–05 Regionalliga Süd.[7][8]

References
  1. Kielbassa, Moritz. "Suche nach Mr. Perfect". Süddeutsche.de (in German). Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  2. "Trainerschmiede DFB | Die besten Absolventen des Trainerlehrgangs seit 2007 im Check". 90min.de (in German). 9 December 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  3. "Our next opponents: Where Lichte wants to start". bayer04.de. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  4. "Lichte aus dem Schatten: "Hatte nicht das Gefühl, fehl am Platz zu sein"". kicker (in German). Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  5. "Mainz dismiss head coach Achim Beierlorzer". bundesliga.com – the official Bundesliga website. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  6. "A fresh start with Main football DNA". mainz05.de. Mainz 05. 28 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  7. "Der gebürtige Baunataler Jan-Moritz Lichte ist das neue Gehirn von Mainz 05". Hna.de (in German). 25 July 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  8. "Henning Lichte – Spielerprofil" (in German). Retrieved 30 September 2020.
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