Career
Skov played for a number of clubs in Germany, Italy and Switzerland, but played most of his career for Belgian club Cercle Brugge. He has played three games for the Danish national team Born in Nyborg on Funen, Skov played his first years in Funen clubs Nyborg BK and Odense BK. He made his debut for the Danish under-21 national team in June 1975.
Skov played four under-21 national team games and scored one goal from to June to October 1975.
In 1975, Skov moved abroad to play professionally for German club Football Club Saint Pauli in the secondary 2nd Bundesliga Nord league. He made his debut for Saint Pauli in December 1975, and scored two goals in his first three games for the club
He only missed two games for the remainder of the 2nd Bundesliga Nord 1975-1976 season, scoring a total four goals in 19 games as Saint Pauli finished 14th. Skov did not represent Saint Pauli in the 1st Bundesliga, as he subsequently moved to play for Cercle Brugge in the top-flight Belgian First Division championship.
In his first season at Cercle, Skov scored three goals in 29 league games, as Cercle finished 17th of 18 teams, and were relegated to the Belgian Second Division.
In the next two seasons, Skov scored 19 goals in 62 games for Cercle. Skov"s most successful season at Cercle was the 1981-1982 First Division season, as he scored 23 goals in 33 games. Skov caught the eye of Danish national team coach Sepp Piontek, and Skov made his national team debut on 5 May 1982, in a 1–1 draw against Sweden.
He played a further two national team games in May 1982.
In the Summer 1982, Skov moved to Italy to play for Avellino in the Serie A championship. Avellino finished 9th in the Serie A 1982-1983 season.
In 1983, Skov moved on to German club Hertha Bachelor of Science in the 2nd Bundesliga. In his two seasons at Hertha, Skov scored seven goals in 48 games.
Skov ended his career with Swiss clubs Football Club Winterthur and Football Club Saint Gallen.
1976-1977 2nd Bundesliga Nord.