1. Michael Silberbauer was born on 7 July 1981 and is a Danish football manager and former professional player.
20 Facts About Michael Silberbauer
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Michael Silberbauer was capped 25 times for the Denmark national team, scoring a single goal.
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Michael Silberbauer played abroad for Dutch club Utrecht and Swiss clubs Young Boys and Biel-Bienne.
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Michael Silberbauer played a total 105 Superliga games for AaB until December 2003, and was named AaB player of the year in both 2001 and 2002.
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Michael Silberbauer won a further two Danish Superliga titles, before leaving the club as his contract expired in the summer of 2008.
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Michael Silberbauer then moved abroad to play for Eredivisie club Utrecht.
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Michael Silberbauer was eventually named team captain of Utrecht, and was seen as a leader figure for the young team.
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Michael Silberbauer was not sold, and eventually agreed a free transfer move to Swiss Super League club Young Boys in April 2011, effective from July 2011.
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Michael Silberbauer was contracted until 2015, but returned on loan to Odense until summer 2013.
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Michael Silberbauer joined OB 3 September 2012 on a one-year loan contract.
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At the age of 16, Michael Silberbauer made his international debut for the Danish under-17 national team in August 1997.
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Michael Silberbauer represented the Denmark League XI national team, a selection of the best domestic Danish Superliga players managed by Morten Olsen for a number of unofficial international matches.
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Michael Silberbauer played an aggregated seven games and scored one goal for the League XI team in 2002,2004, and 2006.
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Michael Silberbauer became an assistant at Swiss Super League club Luzern in 2016.
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On 20 August 2018, Michael Silberbauer was announced as the first head coach of Pacific FC of the Canadian Premier League on a two-year contract, beginning January 2019.
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On 17 August 2020 it was confirmed, that Michael Silberbauer had returned to Denmark and joined Midtjylland as an assistant coach for the club's successful U-19 team.
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Michael Silberbauer left the club at the end of 2022.
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On 28 December 2022, Michael Silberbauer returned to Utrecht, this time as head coach, agreeing upon a 2.5-year contract.
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On 29 August 2023, Michael Silberbauer was fired after losing the first three Eredivisie matches.
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On 14 February 2024 German Bundesliga club Mainz 05 confirmed that Michael Silberbauer had joined the club as assistant coach under Danish head coach Bo Henriksen, whom he knew from their time together at FC Midtjylland.