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Peter Knäbel
Peter Knäbel (born 2 October 1966) is a retired German football player.
Coaching and management.
Knäbel was head coach of Nationalliga B side FC Winterthur until 2000.
Since 15 April 2018, Knäbel is the Technical Director of the youth football academy of FC Schalke 04.
He also is an expert for Swiss TV's football coverage. 
Knäbel is the Sporting Director of Hamburger SV. He also became the interim head coach of the club on 22 March 2015 after Josef Zinnbauer was sacked
season firing Slomka on 15 September. His successor Josef Zinnbauer held the job up until 22 March and was replaced by interim coach Peter Knäbel. who was eventually replaced by returning Bruno Labbadia who saved the club at the end of the season in the relegation play-off for the second year running against Karlsruher SC. Labbadia achieved only two points in the first ten games of the 2016–17 season and was replaced by Markus Gisdol who had a shaky start but managed to get 20 points in 9 games from the 19th match day to