Peter Schnittger

Peter Schnittger (born May 22, 1941 in Hann. Münden ) is a German football coach .

Life

From 1968, Schnittger worked for the German Society for Technical Cooperation . On their behalf, he promoted sporting development in developing countries. In addition to activities as a national coach, he was also active in the context of infrastructure measures and youth development.

At his first coaching station, he reached the semi-finals of the Africa Cup with the Ivorian national soccer team . The following year he won the African Cup as coach of the Cameroonian club Canon Yaoundé . Schnittger held his only coaching station outside of Africa as Thailand's national coach from 1976 to 1978 after he broke off his commitment to the Ethiopian association due to the civil war there.

Schnittger worked for various football associations in Africa and Thailand.

• 1968–1970: National coach of the Ivory Coast
• 1970–1974: National coach and technical director of Cameroon
• 1974–1976: National coach of the Ethiopian Football Association
• 1976–1978: National coach of the Thai Football Association
• 1978–1985: National coach and technical director of the Malagasy Football Association
• 1986–1990: Technical director of coach training for the Moroccan Football Association
• 1990–1994: National coach of the Beninese Football Association
• 1995–2000: Technical director and national coach (from 1999) of the Senegalese Football Association
• 2001–2002: Director of coach training for the Moroccan Football Association
• 2006–2008: Technical Director of the Algerian Football Association

Honors

• 1970: Officier du Mérite Sportif de la Côte d'Ivoire
• 1974: Ordre du Mérite Sportif du Cameroun
• 1984: Officier de l'Ordre National du Mérite du Madagascar
• 1994: Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite du Bénin
• 1998: Ordre du Mérite de la CONFEDERATION AFRICAINE DE FOOTBALL (CAF)
• 2000: Officier de l'Ordre National du Mérite du Sénégal
• 2015: DFB merit clasp

Web links

• Peter Schnittger in the database of weltfussball.de
• Thilo Thielke: Football in Africa: Luckily between Cape and Cairo. In: Spiegel Online. January 11, 2010 . 

Individual evidence

1. ^ Christian Baars: Africa Cup: Peter Schnittger - On the way on behalf of football. In: Spiegel Online . January 28, 2000, accessed June 8, 2011 .