Turkey's Galatasaray signs German coach Skibbe
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Turkey's Galatasaray had signed with the former Bayer Leverkusen coach Michael Skibbe, the club said on its website late Wednesday. Skibbe, who signed a one-year contract with an option for another year, became the 51st coach of the club.
The 42-year-old new coach will replace his veteran compatriot Karl-Heinz Feldkamp, who resigned in April citing disagreements with the management. The Skibbe-led Bayer Leverkusen eliminated Galatasaray in the UEFA Cup in 2008.
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Born in 1942, Skibbe played for SG Wattenscheid 09 in his youth, and then switched to the professional team of Schalke 04. From 1984 to 1986, he appeared in 14 Bundesliga-games, but then he tore his cruciate ligament three times that 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, he became the youth coach for Borussia Dortmund, where he became head coach in 1998, thus becoming the youngest head coach in the Bundesliga of all time at the age of 32.
He gave up this post after being offered the position as director of the German national team. In 2000, he became its head coach. And in 2005, he signed with Bayer Leverkusen which finished 7th in the German Bundesliga 2007-2008.
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