| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 15 November 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Altenburg, East Germany | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AGF (Manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1981 | BSG Traktor Starkenberg | ||
| 1981–1987 | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1988 | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 3 | (0) |
| 1988–1989 | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 27 | (6) |
| 1989–1990 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 46 | (19) |
| 1990–1992 | Dynamo Dresden | 46 | (7) |
| 1992–1994 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 28 | (0) |
| 1993–1994 | → Dynamo Dresden (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 1994–1998 | Manchester City | 152 | (50) |
| 1998–1999 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 28 | (8) |
| 1999–2000 | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 28 | (6) |
| 2000–2002 | Southampton | 24 | (0) |
| 2001 | → West Bromwich Albion (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| 2002 | SpVgg Unterhaching | 14 | (5) |
| 2002–2003 | Lillestrøm | 11 | (10) |
| Total | 419 | (112) | |
| International career | |||
| East Germany U21[1] | 6 | (1) | |
| 1990 | East Germany | 5 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2004–2006 | Lillestrøm | ||
| 2006–2009 | Viking | ||
| 2010 | Molde | ||
| 2011–2013 | Brentford | ||
| 2013–2014 | Wigan Athletic | ||
| 2015 | Leeds United | ||
| 2016–2018 | Fleetwood Town | ||
| 2018–2019 | Malmö FF | ||
| 2020–2021 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | ||
| 2022– | AGF | ||