Peter Hyballa

Peter Hyballa (born 5 December 1975) is a German professional football manager. He served as manager at top-clubs in Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Poland, Denmark and Slovakia. Before his career as a manager, Hyballa coached some of the best youth teams in Germany, including the U19 sides of Arminia Bielefeld, VfL Wolfsburg, Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund. In 2010, he took over as head coach of 2. Bundesliga club Alemannia Aachen. He then managed the Red Bull Salzburg reserves and Sturm Graz in Austria for two years. From 2014 to 2016, he was assistant and youth coach at Bayer Leverkusen. Hyballa was then appointed manager of NEC in 2016, where he quickly became known for his fanatical way of coaching, his controversial statements in interviews and behavior during matches. He moved to Slovak club DAC Dunajská Streda in 2018, after being fired in NEC due to poor results. With a successful start he was leading the club to a second-place finish in 2019. Shorter spells with NAC Breda and Wisła Kraków followed, where he part ways with the club after a few months. In May 2021, he became the head coach of Danish club Esbjerg fB, but resigned a few months later followed at Türkgücü München and AS Trenčín, before returning to NAC Breda.