Career
Since July 2005 she has served as the head coach of the Germany women"s national football team after having been assistant to Tina Theune-Meyer for some time. Neid"s career as a player began at SV Schlierstadt, later renamed to Klinge Seckach. She stayed with the club until 1983 when she signed up with SSG Bergisch Gladbach, then the dominant team in German football.
The club had its best years in the time Silvia Neid played for Siegen, winning six championships and five cups.
When coach Gerd Neuser stopped coaching Siegen in 1994 Neid wanted to leave Siegen for SG Praunheim, but the club did not want to let her. Neid retired after the 1996 season and immediately took a coaching job with the women"s national team
As an international she had her debut on 10 November 1982 against Switzerland, being swapped in in the 41st minute. She scored her first immediately after being on the field for only a minute and scored another goal later in the game.
Her last game was at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta against Brazil.
She managed the under-19 German women"s national football team, winning the 2004 World Championship with them, and finishing the Women"s Championship as runner-up. She took over for the national team on 20 June 2005. In 2005-2006 Neid led the German team to the qualification for the 2007 Fédération internationale de football association Women"s World Cup.
Germany defeated Brazil 2–0 in the final of the tournament.
In 2008 she led the German team to the Bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. On 30 March 2015 it was announced that Steffi Jones would become the new German head coach in 2016.
Neid will become the new head of the scouting department. As of 9 March 2016 Player honours Managerial honours.