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. 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.

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