Heinrich "Henri" Skiba (14 July 1927 – 11 March 2018)
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
Upper Silesia ( pl, Górny Śląsk; szl, Gůrny Ślůnsk, Gōrny Ślōnsk; cs, Horní Slezsko; german: Oberschlesien; Silesian German: ; la, Silesia Superior) is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia, locate ...
. After
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
, as a refugee from
Silesia
Silesia (, also , ) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany. Its area is approximately , and the population is estimated at around 8,000,000. Silesia is split ...
, he was discovered by
1. FC Nürnberg when their "Oldies" team played a Bavarian non-league side in 1949. He was signed for the first team but appeared in only two
Oberliga Süd Oberliga ( en, Premier league) may refer to:
Association football
* Oberliga (football), currently the fifth tier of the German football league system, formerly the first
* DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of football in East Germany until 1990, re ...
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.
He was manager in Switzerland and France.
France – Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs
He died in Limoges, France in March 2018.
References
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External links
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Profile at French federation official site
Profile
1927 births
2018 deaths
Grasshopper Club Zürich managers
French men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
France men's international footballers
German men's footballers
West German emigrants
Immigrants to France
Racing Besançon players
AS Monaco FC players
RC Strasbourg Alsace players
Nîmes Olympique players
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players
Stade Français (association football) players
FC Nancy players
Ligue 1 players
Ligue 2 players
French football managers
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds managers
BSC Young Boys managers
Angoulême Charente FC managers
Limoges FC managers
FC Biel-Bienne managers
People from Bytom
People from the Province of Upper Silesia
World War II refugees
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