Frank Schinkels

Frenkie Schinkels

Personal information
Full name	Frank Schinkels
Date of birth	(1963-01-09) 9 January 1963
Place of birth	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	SKN St. Pölten (sporting director)
Youth career
1977–1979	Feyenoord
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1979–1980	Feyenoord	0	(0)
1981–1982	Halmstads BK	37	(2)
1983–1984	AZ Alkmaar	15	(0)
1984–1985	Excelsior Rotterdam	11	(3)
1985–1986	Salzburger AK 1914	0	(0)
1986–1987	Wiener Sport Klub	27	(4)
1987–1988	Austria Wien	33	(1)
1988–1989	SV Spittal an der Drau	0	(0)
1989–1990	VÖEST Linz	0	(0)
1990–1992	VSE St.Pölten	67	(8)
1992–1993	SV Austria Salzburg	7	(0)
1993–1994	VSE St.Pölten	16	(0)
1994–1995	SV Gerasdorf	0	(0)
1995	Hollenburg	?	(?)
1995	SV Karlstetten-Neidling	?	(?)
1995	SC Harland	?	(?)
International career‡
1992–1994	Austria	7	(1)
Managerial career
????–????	SC Stattersdorf
1995	SC Harland
1995–1998	VSE St.Pölten
2001	Kremser SC
2002	ASK Kottingbrunn
2004	SKN St. Pölten
2006	Austria Wien
2007–2008	1. FC Vöcklabruck
2008–2009	SK Austria Kärnten
2010	First Vienna FC
2012–2014	Kremser SC
2014–	SKN St. Pölten (sporting director)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 September 2008

Frank "Frenkie" Schinkels (born 9 January 1963 in Rotterdam, Netherlands) is a former professional football midfielder and Austrian international team player and current coach.

Club career

Schinkels started his career in the Feyenoord youth squad. He never represented the club at senior level since Feyenoord manager Jan Mak moved to Sweden's Halmstads BK and took Schinkels with him, making him the first foreign player ever to play for the club. He spent 2 seasons in Sweden before moving back home to the Netherlands to play for AZ Alkmaar and then Excelsior Rotterdam.

After only 2 seasons back in his homeland, he moved to Austria and joined Salzburger AK 1914. While in Austria, he represented a large number of clubs at various levels, having his longest stint with VSE St. Pölten and encountering some success with SV Austria Salzburg, when the club came second in the Bundesliga in 1992–1993 season.

He remained an active player until 2005, during which time he also qualified as an UEFA licensed coach and went on to coach three of his former clubs.

International career

During his time in Austria he gained Austrian citizenship and was chosen to represent the Austria national team in 7 games between 1992 and 1994, scoring 1 goal against the Netherlands.

External links

• Halmstads BK article and profile (in Swedish)
• Frank Schinkels at National-Football-Teams.com