Knut Reinhardt

{{short description|German former professional footballer (born 1968)}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Knut Reinhardt

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|4|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Hilden, West Germany

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| height = 1.81 m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = SSV Lützenkirchen-Quettingen

| youthyears2 = 1975–1977 | youthclubs2 = Tus Quettingen

| youthyears3 = 1977–1986 | youthclubs3 = Bayer Leverkusen

| years1 = 1986–1991 | clubs1 = Bayer Leverkusen | caps1 = 118 | goals1 = 5

| years2 = 1991–1999 | clubs2 = Borussia Dortmund | caps2 = 170 | goals2 = 5

| years3 = 1999–2000 | clubs3 = 1. FC Nürnberg | caps3 = 14 | goals3 = 0

| totalcaps = 302 | totalgoals = 10

| nationalyears1 = 1987 | nationalteam1 = West Germany U20 | nationalcaps1 = 5 | nationalgoals1 = 2

| nationalyears2 = 1988–1990 | nationalteam2 = West Germany U21 | nationalcaps2 = 12 | nationalgoals2 = 2

| nationalyears3 = 1988–1992 | nationalteam3 = Germany | nationalcaps3 = 7 | nationalgoals3 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2004–2006 | managerclubs1 = TuS Niederense

| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{fb|West Germany}}}}

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Knut Reinhardt (born 27 April 1968) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.{{cite web | url = http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/1999-00/447/vereinsspieler_knut-reinhardt.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140524081354/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/1999-00/447/vereinsspieler_knut-reinhardt.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 24 May 2014 | title = Reinhardt, Knut | publisher = kicker | language = German | accessdate = 8 April 2012}}

Club career

Born in Hilden, North Rhine-Westphalia, Reinhardt played 14 consecutive seasons in the Bundesliga, starting in 1985–86 with Bayer 04 Leverkusen. He made his debut in the competition on 19 April 1986 by playing 17 minutes in a 0–0 away draw against FC Bayern Munich, and scored his first goal on 13 June of the following year in a 1–1 draw at Bayer 05 Uerdingen where he was also sent off.

Reinhardt appeared in 32 official games in the 1987–88 campaign, including eight in the team's victorious run in the UEFA Cup. In the 1991 summer he moved to Borussia Dortmund, where he remained for the next eight years.

Reinhardt contributed with 47 matches{{Cite web | url = http://rsssf.com/players/kreinhardtdata.html | title = Knut Reinhardt - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 21 December 2017 | accessdate = 21 December 2017 | publisher = RSSSF}} to Borussia's back-to-back national championship conquests of 1995 and 1996. He left in January 1999 to 1. FC Nürnberg, featuring sparingly for his new club as it eventually suffered relegation as third from bottom and retiring altogether at the end of the following season.

International career

Reinhardt won seven caps for Germany, during four years.{{Cite web | url = http://rsssf.com/miscellaneous/kreinhardt-intl.html | title = Knut Reinhardt - International Appearances | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 21 December 2017 | accessdate = 21 December 2017 | publisher = RSSSF}} He made his debut on 21 September 1988 in a friendly with the Soviet Union, coming on as a 46th-minute substitute for Hans Pflügler in the 1–0 win in Düsseldorf.

Personal life

Reinhardt and his wife, Conny, fathered a boy named Lasse. After the divorce the son was adopted by her new husband, fellow footballer Jens Lehmann.{{cite web | url = http://www.bild.de/sport/fussball/em/die-starke-frau-hinter-unserer-nummer-eins-5080640.bild.html | title = Conny Lehmann | newspaper = Bild | language = German | date = 7 July 2008 | accessdate = 20 March 2014}}

After his football career, Reinhardt started working as an elementary school teacher.{{cite web | url = http://www.dw.de/reinhardt-kinder-weinen-wenn-sport-ausf%C3%A4llt/a-16760986 | title = Reinhardt: "Kinder weinen, wenn Sport ausfällt" |trans-title=Reinhardt: "When sport fails, children cry" | newspaper = Deutsche Welle | language = German | date = 5 May 2013 | accessdate = 20 March 2014}}{{cite web | url = https://www.welt.de/sport/fussball/article123398807/Knut-Reinhardt-kaempft-jetzt-im-Klassenzimmer.html | title = Knut Reinhardt kämpft jetzt im Klassenzimmer |trans-title=Knut Reinhardt now fights in the classroom | newspaper = Die Welt | language = German | date = 31 December 2013 | accessdate = 20 March 2014}}

Honours

Bayer Leverkusen

UEFA Cup: 1987–88

Borussia Dortmund

Bundesliga: 1994–95, 1995–96
UEFA Champions League: 1996–97
Intercontinental Cup: 1997
UEFA Cup: runner-up 1992–93
UEFA Super Cup: runner-up 1997
DFL-Supercup: 1995{{Cite web |url=https://www.dfb.de/supercup/das-spiel/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F1972326 |title=Deutscher Supercup, 1995, Finale |work=DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. |date=16 October 2014 |publisher=dfb.de |access-date=5 November 2020}}