Michael Skibbe — Public People

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Club career

In his youth, Skibbe played for SG Wattenscheid 09, then moved to the professional team of Schalke 04. From 1985 to 1986, he appeared in 14 Bundesliga games, but tore his cruciate ligament three times, which ended his playing career.

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Managerial career

1988–2004: Early 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, where he won the Oberliga Westfalen, 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 finished with a record of 28 wins, 20 draws and 18 losses. 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 Germany national team. In 2000, he became its head coach. Rudi Völler, however, made most of the decisions, but did not have a coaching licence 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.

2005–08: Return to club management

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. Skibbe finished with a record of 52 wins, 25 draws and 45 losses.