Michael Opitz

Michael Opitz
Opitz in 1987
Personal information
Date of birth (1962-07-16)16 July 1962
Place of birth Finnentrop, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Date of death 20 January 2026(2026-01-20) (aged 63)
Place of death Finnentrop, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1976–1979 Schalke 04
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1988 Schalke 04 224 (12)
1988–1990 Sportfreunde Siegen
International career
1982 West Germany U-21 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michael Opitz (16 July 1962 – 20 January 2026) was a German footballer who played as a defensive midfielder for Schalke 04.[1] He completed 158 matches in the Bundesliga and made 66 appearances in the 2. Bundesliga for the club.

Opitz died on 20 January 2026, at the age of 63.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Michael Opitz". worldfootball.net.
  2. ^ "FC Schalke 04 trauert um Michael Opitz". schalke04.de, 5 February 2026 (in German). Retrieved 5 February 2026.
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