Rob Reekers

{{Short description|Dutch footballer}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Rob Reekers

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| fullname = Robert Reekers

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1966|5|7}}

| birth_place = Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands

| height = {{height|m=1.88}}

| position = Defender

| youthyears1 = 1974–1981

| youthclubs1 = KVV Losser

| years1 = 1981–1982

| clubs1 = KVV Losser

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 1982–1985

| clubs2 = FC Twente II

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| years3 = 1985–1986

| clubs3 = ASC Schöppingen

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| years4 = 1986–1995

| clubs4 = VfL Bochum

| caps4 = 242

| goals4 = 8

| years5 = 1995–2000

| clubs5 = FC Gütersloh

| caps5 = 90

| goals5 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1988–1989

| nationalteam1 = Netherlands

| nationalcaps1 = 4

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2000–2003

| managerclubs1 = Rot-Weiß Oberhausen

| manageryears2 = 2003–2004

| managerclubs2 = FC Gütersloh

| manageryears3 = 2006–2008

| managerclubs3 = SuS Stadtlohn

| manageryears4 = 2008–2009

| managerclubs4 = Neftchi Baku PFC (assistant)

| manageryears5 = 2009–2012

| managerclubs5 = FC Augsburg (assistant)

| manageryears6 = 2012–

| managerclubs6 = Hertha BSC (assistant)

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Robert "Rob" Reekers (born 7 May 1966) is a retired Dutch footballer{{cite web | url = http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/rob-reekers/ | title = Rob Reekers | publisher = worldfootball.net | accessdate = 25 January 2013}} who played in the Netherlands for FC Twente and in Germany for ASC Schöppingen, VfL Bochum and FC Gütersloh. He earned four caps for the Netherlands national side between 1988 and 1989. After retiring as a player in 2000, Reekers has managed Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, FC Gütersloh and SuS Stadtlohn.

Reekers worked by the end of June 2009 to June 2012 as Assistant coach of Jos Luhukay at FC Augsburg. For the 2012–13 season, he moved with him to Hertha BSC.{{cite web | url = http://www.herthabsc.de/en/teams/first-team/page/29----.html | title = First Team Hertha BSC | publisher = herthabsc.de| accessdate = 16 February 2013}}

Reekers is one of a small number of Dutch footballers to be selected for the Netherlands national team while never having played in the Dutch Eredivisie. The other capped players are Jordi Cruyff, Jerrel Hasselbaink, Willi Lippens, Wim Hofkens, Nathan Aké, Timothy Fosu-Mensah and Javairô Dilrosun.