Michael Skibbe
Skibbe with Leverkusen in 2007.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Michael Skibbe | ||
| Date of birth | 4 August 1965 | ||
| Place of birth | Gelsenkirchen, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Greece (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1975–1982 | SG Wattenscheid 09 | ||
| 1982–1984 | Schalke 04 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984–1986 | Schalke 04 | 15 | (1) |
| 1984–1986 | Total | 15 | (1) |
| National team | |||
| 1982–1983 | Germany U18 | 18 | (8) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1988–1989 | Schalke 04 (Youth) | ||
| 1989–1995 | Borussia Dortmund (Youth) | ||
| 1995–1998 | Borussia Dortmund (Assistant) | ||
| 1998–2000 | Borussia Dortmund | ||
| 2000–2004 | Germany (Assistant) | ||
| 2005–2008 | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
| 2008–2009 | Galatasaray | ||
| 2009–2011 | Eintracht Frankfurt | ||
| 2011 | Eskişehirspor | ||
| 2011–2012 | Hertha BSC | ||
| 2012 | Karabükspor | ||
| 2013–2015 | Grasshoppers | ||
| 2015 | Eskişehirspor | ||
| 2015– | Greece | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Michael Skibbe (born 4 August 1965) is a German football manager who currently manages the Greece national football team.
In his youth, Skibbe played for SG Wattenscheid 09. Then he switched to the professional team of FC Schalke 04. From 1985 to 1986, he appeared in 14 Bundesliga games, but then he tore his cruciate ligament three times, which forced him to end his playing career.
At the age of 22, he started his career as coach with Schalke 04 youth team.
In 1989, Skibbe became a youth coach for Borussia Dortmund. Skibbe became head coach of the reserve side on 1 July 1997 and head coach of the senior team on 1 July 1998. Skibbe becoming the youngest head coach in the Bundesliga of all time at the age of 32. Skibbe was sacked on 6 February 2000. Skibbe moved to the position of coordinator of the youth system of the club.
He gave up this post after being offered the position as director of the German national team. In 2000, he became its head coach. Rudi Völler, however, made most of the decisions, but didn't have a coaching license and thus couldn't be the official head coach. After Germany was eliminated in the first round of UEFA Euro 2004, Völler and Skibbe resigned from their positions. Skibbe was director of the youth system of the German Football Association from 24 August 2004 to 8 October 2005.
Skibbe became head coach of Bayer Leverkusen on 8 October 2005. Skibbe was sacked from Bayer Leverkusen on 18 May 2008 after missing out on Europe.
On 11 June 2008 Skibbe agreed with the Turkish football club Galatasaray. He won the Turkish Super Cup after a 2–1 victory against Kayserispor.Galatasaray failed to qualify for the group stages of the UEFA Champions League after they lost 3–2 on aggregate to Steaua Bucuresti. Skibbe was sacked from Galatasaray on 23 February 2009, after a heavy 5–2 loss to Kocaelispor.
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