André Breitenreiter has a new job. The 50-year-old, who coached FC Schalke among others, is moving to the English second division.

Former Bundesliga coach André Breitenreiter is the new coach of English second division soccer club Huddersfield Town. As the 20th-placed team announced on Thursday, the 50-year-old will take over the team from February 19.

Breitenreiter, who coached TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga until February 2023, signed a two-and-a-half-year contract. While Breitenreiter’s visa issues are to be clarified in the course of the week, interim coach Jon Worthington will still be in charge of the team in the upcoming home game against Hull City.

Breitenreiter is the third German coach at Huddersfield after David Wagner and Jan Siewert and was also recently discussed as a possible successor to Tim Walter at Hamburger SV.

Breitenreiter was promoted to the Bundesliga with both SC Paderborn (2013/14) and Hannover 96 (2016/17) and secured the Swiss championship with FC Zurich in 2021. He worked at Schalke from 2015 to 2016 and did not fulfill his contract, which was actually valid until 2017, as he was released early despite finishing fifth in the Bundesliga and reaching the intermediate round of the Europa League with the Royal Blues.

Breitenreiter with an unpleasant end at Schalke

He said at the time about the end at Schalke: “It definitely took its toll on me in the second half of the season. I consider myself to be a stable person and I can take a lot, but I took the personal propaganda against me to heart and let it get to me. We played a really good season, so I didn’t understand it and felt it was extremely unfair. I suddenly became preoccupied with other things and lost my focus on what was important. Schalke was a big learning process for me. “