Tim Reichert
{{Short description|German esports pioneer and footballer (born 1979)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Tim Reichert
| image = Tim Reichert.jpg
| full_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|10|09|df=y}}
| birth_place = Essen, West Germany
| height = 1.78 m
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Arminia Klosterhardt
| youthyears2 =
| youthclubs2 = Adler Osterfeld
| years1 = 1999–2000
| clubs1 = Adler Osterfeld
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| goals1 =
| years2 = 2000–2003
| clubs2 = Rot-Weiß Oberhausen II
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| years3 = 2003–2005
| clubs3 = Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
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| goals3 =
| years4 = 2005–2006
| clubs4 = SSVg Velbert
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| goals4 =
| years5 = 2006–2009
| clubs5 = Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
| caps5 = 62
| goals5 = 1
| years6 = 2011–2013
| clubs6 = VfR 08 Oberhausen
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| years7 = 2013–2014
| clubs7 = SV Adler Osterfeld
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| years8 = 2014
| clubs8 = SV Uedesheim
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Tim Reichert (born 9 October 1979) is a German esports pioneer and former professional footballer. He was co-founder of the esports team SK Gaming and is the head of Schalke 04's esports division.
Football career
Tim Reichert was born in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia. He was signed by Rot-Weiß Oberhausen in the 2003–04 season, but was initially used in the reserve teams only. After being loaned to SSVg Velbert (2005–06),{{cite web | url = http://www.ngz-online.de/lokalsport/nachrichten/Keine-Kracher-beim-TuS-und-SCK_aid_237317.html| title = Keine Kracher beim TuS und SCK | publisher = ngz-online.de | language = German | accessdate = 1 August 2010| date = 30 June 2005}} he returned to Oberhausen and played 13 matches in the 2007–08 season for Rot-Weiß.{{cite web | url = http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/reicherttim/ | title = Tim Reichert | language = German | publisher = fussballdaten.de | accessdate = 1 August 2010}} He left then on 2 June 2009 to sign with Sportfreunde Siegen.{{cite web | url = https://www.derwesten.de/nachrichten/sport/lokalsport/siegen/2009/6/2/news-121618811/detail.html| title = Gerd Kehrberg überzeugte neue Spieler mit seinem Konzept | publisher = Der Westen | language = German | accessdate = 1 August 2010| date = 2 June 2009}}
Esports career
Reichert is also notable as an esports pioneer. In 1997, he founded the clan SK Gaming (named "Schroet Kommando" back then) with his brothers Ralf and Benjamin Reichert and several other gamers, among them Musa Celik.{{cite news |last1=Hein |first1=Dirk |title=Kapitän Kane: Ein Profi-Kicker als Profi-Klicker |trans-title=Captain Kane: A professional kicker as a professional clicker |url=https://www.waz.de/spiele/spiele-news/kapitaen-kane-ein-profi-kicker-als-profi-klicker-id1107389.html |access-date=25 July 2023 |work=WAZ |date=8 September 2008 |language=German}} Both Benjamin Reichert and Musa Celik also played professional soccer for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen. In 2016, Reichert was named Head of ESport at Schalke 04 which had entered competitive esports.{{cite news |title=Was machen eigentlich ... die Reichert-Brüder? |trans-title=What's happening … with the Reichert brothers? |url=https://www.reviersport.de/fussball/allgemein/a480860---.html |access-date=25 July 2023 |work=Reviersport |date=23 March 2020 |language=German}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Worldfootball.net|tim-reichert}}
- {{kicker|tim-reichert}}
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Category:German men's footballers
Category:Footballers from Essen
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:2. Bundesliga players
Category:Rot-Weiß Oberhausen players
Category:German esports players
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