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Henri Skiba

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Henri Skiba
Personal information
Full name Heinrich Skiba
Date of birth (1927-07-14)14 July 1927
Place of birth Beuthen, Weimar Republic (Germany)
Date of death 11 March 2018(2018-03-11) (aged 90)
Place of death Limoges, France
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1949 1. FC Nürnberg 2 (0)
1950 FC Nancy 10 (0)
1950–1953 Besançon RC 75 (36)
1953–1955 Monaco 48 (18)
1955–1957 Strasbourg 62 (19)
1957–1960 Nîmes 104 (37)
1960–1961 Sochaux 42 (16)
1961–1963 Stade Français 63 (22)
1963–1965 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
International career
1959–1961 France 3 (0)
Managerial career
1963–1967 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
1967–1969 Grasshoppers
1970 Young Boys
1971–1973 FC Biel-Bienne
1973–1977 AS Angoulême
1978–1981 Limoges FC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Heinrich "Henri" Skiba (14 July 1927 – 11 March 2018)[1] was a French football player and manager who played as a striker. Of German origin, he played for the France national team.

Skiba was born in German Upper Silesia. After World War II, as a refugee from Silesia, he was discovered by 1. FC Nürnberg when their "Oldies" team played a Bavarian non-league side in 1949.[2] He was signed for the first team but appeared in only two Oberliga Süd matches in the early stages of 1949–50 before moving on to France and won his first full cap at 32. He moved to France in 1950, and became an international for the France national team.[3][1]

He was manager in Switzerland[4] and France.[5]

He died in Limoges, France in March 2018.

References

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  • Barreaud, Marc (1998). Dictionnaire des footballeurs étrangers du championnat professionnel français (1932–1997). L'Harmattan, Paris. ISBN 2-7384-6608-7.
  1. ^ a b "Football / Nîmes : l'ancien Croco Henri Skiba n'est plus". midilibre.fr (in French). 15 March 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  2. ^ http://www.glubberer.de/s/skiba__heinrich/skiba__heinrich.html, "Glubberer" website (in German)
  3. ^ "Des Polaks en Bleu". 1 September 2014. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  4. ^ Switzerland – Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs Archived 27 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ France – Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs Archived 18 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
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