- Henri Skiba
Infobox Football biography
playername = Henri Skiba
fullname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1927|7|14|df=yes
cityofbirth =Beuthen
countryofbirth =Weimar Republic
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
height =
position = Striker
Manager
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1949
1950
1950-1953
1953-1955
1955-1957
1957-1960
1960-1961
1961-1963
1963-1965
clubs =1.FC Nürnberg FC Nancy Besançon RC AS Monaco FC RC Strasbourg Nîmes Olympique FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
Stade FrançaisFC La Chaux-de-Fonds
caps(goals) = 2 (0)
10 (0)
75 (36)
48 (18)
62 (19)
104 (37)
42 (16)
63 (22)
nationalyears = 1959-1961
nationalteam = flagicon|FRA France
nationalcaps(goals) = 3 (0)
manageryears = 1963-1967
1967-1969
1970
1971-1973
1973-1977
1978-1981
managerclubs =FC La Chaux-de-Fonds Grasshopper-Club Zürich BSC Young Boys FC Biel-Bienne AS Angoulême FC Limoges
pcupdate =
ntupdate =Henri Skiba (born
July 14 1927 , original first name: Heinrich) is a former French football player of Polish/German origin who played forFrance national football team ; he was then manager inSwitzerland [ [http://www.rsssf.com/players/trainers-zwit-clubs.html Switzerland - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs] ] andFrance . [ [http://www.rsssf.com/players/trainers-fran-clubs.html France - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs] ]Skiba, a refugee from
Silesia , was discovered by1.FC Nürnberg when their "Oldies" team played a bavarian non-league side in 1949 [http://www.glubberer.de/s/skiba__heinrich/skiba__heinrich.html, "Glubberer" website (in German)] . He was signed for the first team but appeared in only twoOberliga Süd matches in the early stages of 1949-50 before moving on to France where he enjoyed a successful, if belated, career, winning his first full cap at 32.References
* cite book
author=Barreaud, Marc | title=Dictionnaire des footballeurs étrangers du championnat professionnel français (1932-1997) | year=1998 | publisher=L'Harmattan, Paris | isbn=2-7384-6608-7
* [http://www.fff.fr/servfff/historique/historique.php?cherche_joueur=skiba&submit=go Profile at French federation official site]
* [http://www.racingstub.com/page.php?page=joueur&id=511 Profile]
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