Martin Skaba

Martin Skaba (born 28 July 1935) is a German former footballer.[1] Skaba came to SC Dynamo Berlin as a 19-year old in 1956. He made his first match for the first team of SC Dynamo Berlin in the 1956 DDR-Oberliga. Skaba won the FDGB-Pokal with SC Dynamo Berlin in 1959. He ended his playing career in 1968. Skaba played in 255 league matches for SC Dynamo Berlin and BFC Dynamo.[2] He also played in eight matches for the East Germany national football team from 1958 to 1963.[3]

Martin Skaba

Skaba during a match between ASK Vorwärts Berlin and SC Dynamo Berlin on 23 March 1958.
Personal information
Date of birth	(1935-07-28) 28 July 1935
Place of birth	Gleiwitz, Germany
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1952-1954	BSG Motor Quedlinburg
1954-1956	SC DHfK Leipzig
1955-1956	SC Dynamo Berlin
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1956-1968	BFC Dynamo[lower-alpha 1]	255
International career
1958–1963	East Germany	8	(0)
Managerial career
1971-1974	BFC Dynamo II
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Skaba continued as a trainer in BFC Dynamo after ending his playing career. He coached the reserve team of BFC Dynamo in the second tier DDR-Liga from 1971 to 1974. BFC Dynamo II under Skaba won the 1971-72 DDR-Liga Staffel B.[4] Skaba then served as the first assistant coach of Jürgen Bogs in the DDR-Oberliga. Skaba later went to Mozambique, where he trained local coaches. He continued as youth trainer in BFC Dynamo and FC Berlin after returning from Africa.