Coach DNA
Playing style
creative · shot-heavy
Style consistency
More consistent than 69% of multi-club coaches
Club record
League results at each club since 2016, next to the same club under other coaches.
Vissel Kobe
Feb 2026 – Oct 2026 · 38 matches
1.93 points per game in J1 League (30 matches).
Vissel Kobe with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.88 (110 matches, 1 coach).
Line-up Elo: +131 above the league average under him, +135 under the others.
Most used
- Y. Ideguchi3,137' · Elo 1,917
- Matheus Thuler2,785' · Elo 1,946
- K. Nagato2,688' · Elo 1,888
- Y. Muto2,425' · Elo 1,823
- T. Yamakawa2,286' · Elo 1,940
- G. Sakai2,212' · Elo 1,887
- Diego2,131' · Elo 1,897
- Y. Goke2,090' · Elo 1,874
- Y. Osako1,959' · Elo 1,821
- D. Maekawa1,833' · Elo 1,836
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Feb 2022 – Dec 2025 · 160 matches
1.73 points per game in J1 League (144 matches).
Sanfrecce Hiroshima with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.54 (136 matches, 3 coaches).
Line-up Elo: +74 above the league average under him, +36 under the others.
Most used
- K. Osako13,502' · Elo 1,932
- S. Sasaki13,135' · Elo 1,853
- H. Araki11,879' · Elo 1,931
- T. Shiotani11,498' · Elo 1,786
- S. Higashi8,936' · Elo 1,974
- S. Nakano8,641' · Elo 1,993
- M. Kato6,987' · Elo 1,855
- M. Mitsuta6,749' · Elo 1,788
- H. Kawabe4,903' · Elo 1,913
- T. Matsumoto4,764' · Elo 1,876
Al-Ain
Oct 2020 – Jan 2021 · 15 matches
0.67 points per game in Saudi Pro League (15 matches).
Al-Ain with other coaches, ±3 years: 0.83 (12 matches, 1 coach).
Line-up Elo: −172 below the league average under him, −140 under the others.
Most used
- Hassan Al-Harbi1,350' · Elo 1,494
- Saif Hussain1,194' · Elo 1,432
- F. Bradarić1,164' · Elo 1,609
- Getterson1,134' · Elo 1,320
- M. Nahiri1,039' · Elo 1,380
- A. Moutari1,016' · Elo 1,495
- Amin Al Bukhari900' · Elo 1,589
- Yahia Al Kabie808' · Elo 1,116
- Bartolomeu Jacinto Quissanga765' · Elo 1,908
- Mohammed Al Shuraymi735' · Elo 1,456
Players under Michael Heinz Skibbe
Total Elo change of his own players in his matches.
Rose most
- M. Mitsuta+535
in 101 matches · Vissel Kobe
- S. Nakano+526
in 120 matches · Sanfrecce Hiroshima
- T. Kawamura+477
in 62 matches · Sanfrecce Hiroshima
- N. Ben Khalifa+399
in 51 matches · Sanfrecce Hiroshima
- T. Matsumoto+355
in 79 matches · Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Fell most
- K. Shibasaki−442
in 38 matches · Sanfrecce Hiroshima
- T. Aoyama−207
in 26 matches · Sanfrecce Hiroshima
- T. Inui−91
in 6 matches · Vissel Kobe
- V. Germain−76
in 29 matches · Sanfrecce Hiroshima
in 8 matches · Al-Ain
Opponents
Their Elo change in matches against his teams (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite opponents
−177K. Misao1946
in 7 matches · Kashima
−137H. Okuno1374
in 8 matches · Shonan Bellmare
−120Y. Suzuki1940
in 10 matches · Kashima
−114Y. Higuchi1893
in 9 matches · Kashima
−107K. Tani2043
in 6 matches · Machida Zelvia
Nemeses
+206R. Kojima1762
in 5 matches · Kashiwa Reysol
+136H. Tawiah1696
in 7 matches · Kyoto Sanga
+118T. Watanabe1733
in 4 matches · Yokohama F. Marinos
+115H. Minamino1647
in 3 matches · Gamba Osaka
+114S. Ota1435
in 3 matches · Shonan Bellmare
Coaches
Their Elo change in matches against him (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite coaches
- −75
Akio Kogiku1712
in 6 matches · Cerezo Osaka
- −66
Kenta Kawai1551
in 6 matches · Sagan Tosu
- −61
Hiroshi Jofuku1629
in 3 matches · Tokyo Verdy
- −60
Toru Oniki1979
in 11 matches · Kashima
- −60
in 8 matches · Kawasaki Frontale
Nemesis coaches
- +126
in 7 matches · FC Tokyo
- +96
Albert Puig1638
in 3 matches · FC Tokyo
- +47
Kenta Hasegawa1675
in 8 matches · Nagoya Grampus
- +39
Takayuki Yoshida1731
in 9 matches · Shimizu S-pulse
- +23
K. Muscat1875
in 5 matches · Shanghai SIPG
Playing style
How Michael Heinz Skibbe's teams play vs league-season peers (2016+)
Descriptive — how a coach's teams play, not how good they are.
Career average
One shape blending all 2 clubs (2016+).
The baseline — each polygon on the right shows how one club's style deviates from this.
+0.38style consistency across 2 clubs
More consistent than 69% of multi-club coaches.
A high score means the same playing style travels from club to club — well above the random-coach baseline (-0.01), so it's a signature, not the squads.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima160 matches
Vissel Kobe38 matches