Career
Breitenreiter played for Hannoverscher South Carolina, Borussia Hannover, Hannover 96, Hamburger SV, VfL Wolfsburg, SpVgg Unterhaching, South Carolina Langenhagen, KSV Hessen Kassel, Holstein Kiel, BV Cloppenburg and He has played 144 Bundesliga matches scoring 28 goals and 101 2. Bundesliga matches with 14 goals.
He started his coaching career in 2009 as he received A coaching license and worked as scout for 1.
Football Club Kaiserslautern. On 3 January 2011 he was appointed as head coach of, club playing in Regionalliga Nord. On 15 May 2013, it was announced that Breitenreiter would take over starting in the 2013-2014 season.
On 11 May 2014 his club gained promotion to Bundesliga for the first time ever in club"s history. On 20 September 2014, after four undefeated games (two wins, two draws) in the German top tier, Paderborn was top of the league, ahead of European powerhouses Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen.
Breitenreiter became the 14th head coach for Schalke 04 in the last decade on 12 June 2015.
As of 18 March 2016 Player Manager 2.