Hans-Dieter Schmidt) is a former German football player turned manager

Coach (sport)

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Career

Schmidt's playing career – part of which he spent with Hannover 96

Hannover 96

Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96, Hannover or simply 96, is a German association football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony.-Foundation to WWII:...

 – ended early after a severe injury at the age of 23.

Coaching career

Following the end of his playing days, Schmidt passed his manager diploma and worked as manager of SV Meppen

SV Meppen

SV Meppen is a German association football club playing in Meppen, Lower Saxony. The club was founded on 29 November 1912 as Amisia Meppen and joined Männer-Turnverein Meppen on 8 February 1920 to form TuS Meppen 1912...

 for several years. After spending a year with Eintracht Nordhorn

Eintracht Nordhorn

Eintracht Nordhorn is a German association football club from the city of Nordhorn, Lower Saxony. The club was founded in 1945 as Sportverein Nordhorn and adopted the name Eintracht Nordhorn in 1947. A separate football club known as SV Concordia Nordhorn briefly split away in 1953, but rejoined...

, Schmidt joined VfB Oldenburg

VfB Oldenburg

VfB Oldenburg is a German association football club based in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony. As of the 2011/12 season they play in the Oberliga Niedersachsenliga, which is at the 5th level of football in Germany.-History:...

 as manager and came in second place in the German amateur football championship

German amateur football championship

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 in 1988. In the same year, he joined FC Bayern Munich

FC Bayern Munich

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, managing their reserve team

FC Bayern Munich II

Bayern Munich II are the second team of German association football club Bayern Munich. In 2010–11 they played in the 3rd Liga, having qualified for its inaugural season in 2008, and have consistently played at the third level of German football — they played in the Regionalliga Süd from...

 for two years, before taking over as managing director of Hannover 96. While working in that office in Hannover, he was interim manager for two matches, before Michael Lorkowski

Michael Lorkowski

Michael Lorkowski is a German football manager.His greatest achievement was winning the 1992 DFB Cup with Hannover 96, while the team was still in the second flight...

 took over. He also managed VfB Lübeck

VfB Lübeck

VfB Lübeck is a German association football club playing in Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein in the country's north. In addition to its football side the 1,000 member sports club also has departments for badminton, women's gymnastics, handball, and table tennis....

 and VfL Osnabrück

VfL Osnabrück

VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis, but is by far best known for its football section.- Foundation to WW2 :...

, before Schmidt went abroad for the first time in 1994. He managed Egyptian top-flight team Baladeyet Al-Mahalla

Baladeyet Al-Mahalla

Baladeyet Al-Mahalla is an Egyptian association football club from the city of El-Mahalla El-Kubra. They were members of the Egyptian Premier League. In 2007-08 Mahalla were relegated to the Egyptian Second Division and have shown efforts to regain their top-flight status in 2008-09...

 before joining Saudi Premier League

Saudi Premier League

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 side Al-Qadisiya Al Khubar. In 1996 he returned to Germany, taking over as managing director of 1. FC Magdeburg

1. FC Magdeburg

1. FC Magdeburg is a German association football club playing in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt.-History:Football has been played in Magdeburg since the end of the 19th century. On 15 June 1896 SV Victoria 96 Magdeburg was founded, a club that had its best days before World War II, when it participated...

. In September 1996, he succeeded Karl Herdle as Magdeburg manager, a job he kept until 1999. With Magdeburg he won promotion to the then-third-tier Regionalliga. After he was sacked at 1. FC Magdeburg in the fall of 1999, Schmidt became a scout for Bundesliga

Fußball-Bundesliga

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 side Hamburger SV

Hamburger SV

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 Between 2003 and 2007, Schmidt went abroad again, managing teams in Iran (Persepolis F.C.), Ghana

Ghana

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 (King Faisal Babes

King Faisal Babes

King Faisal Babes is a professional football club in Kumasi, Ghana, playing in the Ghana Telecom Premier League, and finished 3rd in 2005-06. They were represented at the FIFA World Cup 2006 by left-back Habib Mohamed, who was playing for Ghana. King Faisal Babes were relegated at the end of the...

, Asante Kotoko

Asante Kotoko

Asante Kotoko Football Club, also known as Asante Kotoko, is one of the biggest and most successful football clubs in Ghana as well as being one of the more successful teams in Africa, having won twenty national league titles. They have also twice been champions of Africa. The club's home ground is...

, All Blacks FC), Egypt

Egypt

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 (Ismaily SC

Ismaily SC

The Ismaily Sporting Club is a club, established in 1924 as Nahda Sporting Club, based in Ismaïlia, Egypt. The club is best known for its football team....

) and South Africa

South Africa

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 (Black Leopards

Black Leopards

Black Leopards are a South African football club based in Makhado, Limpopo that plays in the Premier Soccer League.-History:The club was founded in 1983 by business people in Venda. In 1998 the club was taken over by the Thidiela family...

). Since the beginning of the 2008-09 season, Schmidt has been director of sports at sixth-tier side SC BW 94 Papenburg. After he was sacked in December 2009, Schmidt took on managing Ghana side Sekondi Eleven Wise

Sekondi Wise Fighters

Sekondi Eleven Wise is a Ghanaian football Club, based in Sekondi, currently competing in the Poly Tank Division One League.-History:Affectionately called the Western Show Boys are arguably the most popular and best supported football team in the Western Region of Ghana...

 who are fighting relegation from the Ghana Premier League