 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Kubvira pakutora kwechipiri, Schalke yakaona kubudirira kwakawanda, kusanganisira kukunda 1997 UEFA Cup, uye kukunda muDFB-Pokal finals ya2001 na2002. Schalke akarasikirwa neBundesliga zita rekukwikwidza muna 2001 muminiti yekupedzisira kuBayern Munich, iyo yakatsanangurwa seyakanyanya nguva yakaoma mubasa rake. Assauer akatarisirawo kugadzirwa kwenhandare itsva yekirabhu. Muna Chivabvu 2006, Assauer aifungidzirwa kuti akapa ruzivo rwakavanzika nezvezvinetso zvemari zveSchalke, saka kirabhu naAssauer vakaparadzana. 