( CNN ) -- German Bundesliga side Schalke have announced Huub Stevens as the replacement for recently-departed coach Ralf Rangnick , on the same day that former Danish international Michael Laudrup left his role as coach of Spanish club Real Mallorca . Rangnick , 53 , guided Schalke to the semifinals of the European Champions League last season but left the Veltins Arena earlier this month , citing fatigue as his reason for leaving the club . Dutchman Stevens , 57 , previously spent six years as Schalke coach between 1996 and 2002 , guiding the Gelsenkirchen outfit to a UEFA Cup triumph against Italian giants Inter Milan in 1997 . Stevens , who has also had spells in charge of Hertha Berlin , Hamburg and PSV Eindhoven , has signed a two-year deal . `` Huub Stevens , who coached the Royal Blues from 1996 to 2002 , has returned to his former stomping ground with immediate effect , '' read a statement on the club 's official website . `` Stevens has put pen to paper on a contract to 30 June 2013 . '' Schalke currently sit fifth in Germany 's top division , having won four and lost three of their opening seven matches . As Schalke appointed a new coach , Laudrup ended his one-year tenure in charge of Mallorca . Laudrup , who represented Denmark on 104 occasions , announced his decision to leave the club at a press conference on Tuesday . The former Spartak Moscow coach made the decision due to his relationship with club owner Lorenzo Serra Ferrer becoming damaged beyond repair . `` This situation can not continue like this , '' Laudrup , 47 , said . `` From now on , Mallorca will be whatever it is Serra Ferrer wants . '' Laudrup guided Mallorca to a 17th-place finish last season as the one-time Copa del Rey winners avoided relegation by just one point . The club sold star midfielder Jonathan de Guzman to Spanish rivals Villarreal in August and Laudrup saw his assistant Erik Larsen sacked on Monday . `` Yesterday one of my assistants was fired , '' he said . `` Once again , it is very difficult -- if not impossible -- to find the peace required to work here . `` The team is hurt by this situation . What we need is calm and I can not go home every night , angry , disappointed . I have a family . '' Laudrup 's final game in charge was a 2-1 win over Real Sociedad on Sunday , and his former charges travel to Osasuna on Saturday .
Huub Stevens hass returned to Schalke after departure of Ralf Rangnick . Dutch coach Stevens previously had a six-year spell in Gelsenkirchen . Michael Laudrup has left Spanish outfit Real Mallorca . Laudrup resigns after disagreement with club 's owner .