Oliver Reck

Oliver Reck (born 27 February 1965) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He manages SSV Jeddeloh.

Oliver Reck
Reck with Fortuna Düsseldorf in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1965-02-27) 27 February 1965
Place of birth Frankfurt, West Germany
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 SSV Jeddeloh (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1985 Kickers Offenbach 52 (0)
1985–1998 Werder Bremen 345 (0)
1998–2003 Schalke 04 112 (1)
Total 509 (1)
National team
1996 Germany 1 (0)
Teams managed
2009 Schalke 04 (interim)
2011–2012 MSV Duisburg
2013–2014 Fortuna Düsseldorf (interim)
2014–2015 Fortuna Düsseldorf
2016–2018 Kickers Offenbach
2019– SSV Jeddeloh
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

In a 20-year professional career, he was best known for his stints with Werder Bremen and Schalke 04, for whom he appeared in more than 500 official games combined, 471 in the Bundesliga alone.

Club career

Reck started his professional career with Kickers Offenbach in the 1983–84 Bundesliga; he played 18 matches as his team were relegated.

In 1985, he joined SV Werder Bremen, being the side's undisputed starter for 11 of his 13 seasons, while also being instrumental in the club's conquests, which included two leagues and the 1992 Cup Winners' Cup. However Reck was suspended for the 1992 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, in which he was replaced by Jürgen Rollmann.[1][2]

Reck moved to FC Schalke 04 in 1998, aged 33, still amassing a further 112 league matches.[3] In his last season, he played second-fiddle to Frank Rost, and chose to retire. Although Oliver Kahn holds the record for most matches without conceding goals in the league, at 180 in a total of 515 matches, Reck is the most effective goalkeeper, not conceding a goal in 173 of 471 matches, with an "effectivity rate" of 0.367, versus Kahn's 0.349.

On 9 February 2002, in his penultimate year, Reck scored a penalty kick for Schalke in a 4–0 home win against FC St. Pauli.

International career

Reck played once for Germany, on 4 June 1996 in a 9–1 friendly win against Liechtenstein.[4] He was a member of the 1996 European Championship-winning squad.

Managerial career

After retiring, he became the goalkeeping coach at Schalke 04. After the sacking of Fred Rutten in March 2009, he became interim manager, alongside Youri Mulder and Mike Büskens until the end of the season.[5]

Reck replaced Milan Šašić as manager of MSV Duisburg on an interim basis on 28 October 2011.[6] His first match was a 3–0 loss against 1860 München on 30 October 2011.[7] Reck was later made permanent manager, but he was sacked on 27 August 2012 just 3 matches into the new season.[8]

In July 2013, Reck became goalkeeper coach at Fortuna Düsseldorf. Following the sacking of Mike Büskens he was made interim coach of Fortuna Düsseldorf on 2 December 2013.[9] Reck finished his interim position when Fortuna Düsseldorf hired Lorenz-Günther Köstner as the new head coach, and he returned as goalkeeper coach.[10] After Fortuna dissolved the contract with Köstner in June 2013, Reck returned to the position as head coach in Düsseldorf.[11]

On 23 February 2015 he was sacked after only picking up a point from three matches after the winter break.[12] His final match was a 3–1 loss the previous day against 1. FC Nürnberg.[12]

On 27 January 2016 Oliver Reck became the coach of Regionalliga Südwest team Kickers Offenbach.[13] However, as of 27 May 2016, the future of the club is in doubt due to heavy debts. Reck is, however, reportedly wanting to stay at the club.[14] In April 2018 it was announced that Reck would leave Offenbach at the end of his contract on 30 June 2018.[15]

In December 2019, fourth-tier club SSV Jeddeloh announced Reck would take over as manager on a contract until end of the 2019–20 season.[16] In March 2020, a contract extension until summer 2021 was announced.[17]

Managerial record
As of 30 June 2018
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Schalke 04 1 April 2009[5] 30 June 2009[5] 9 4 1 4 13 8 +5 044.44
MSV Duisburg 28 October 2011[6] 27 August 2012[8] 26 9 6 11 32 39 −7 034.62
Fortuna Düsseldorf 2 December 2013[9] 30 December 2013[10] 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 066.67
Fortuna Düsseldorf 13 June 2014[11] 23 February 2015[12] 23 8 8 7 35 32 +3 034.78
Kickers Offenbach 27 January 2016[13] 30 June 2018[15] 92 46 20 26 170 119 +51 050.00
Total 153 69 35 49 256 202 +54 045.10

Honours

Club

Werder Bremen

Schalke 04

International

Germany

References
  1. "Der vergessene Europapokalsieger". weser-kurier.de. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  2. "1991/1992 Cup Winners Cup campaign and final". werdernews.wordpress.com. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  3. Arnhold, Matthias (12 November 2015). "Oliver Reck - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  4. Arnhold, Matthias (12 November 2015). "Oliver Reck - International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  5. "S04 setzt auf Büskens und Mulder". kicker (in German). 1 April 2009. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  6. "Aus! Sasics Zeit beim MSV ist abgelaufen". kicker (in German). 28 October 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  7. "Bierofka leitet Sieg ein, Kiraly hält ihn fest". kicker (in German). 30 October 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  8. "Grlic übernimmt, Dietz hilft als "Co"". kicker (in German). 27 August 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  9. "Reck wird Interimstrainer - Bolly gesperrt". kicker (in German). 2 December 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  10. "Düsseldorf serviert Reck ab, Köstner neuer Trainer". Die Welt (in German). 30 December 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  11. "Offiziell: Reck neuer Chefcoach der Fortuna" (in German). kicker.de. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  12. "Reck und Kramer müssen gehen" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  13. "Oliver Reck ist neuer OFC-Cheftrainer" (in German). Kickers Offenbach. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  14. "Punktabzug für Offenbach in der kommenden Saison". kicker online (in German). Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  15. "Trainer-Vertrag nicht verlängert: Kickers trennen sich von Oliver Reck" (in German). hessenschau.de. 25 April 2018. Archived from the original on 13 May 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  16. "Oliver Reck übernimmt Traineramt beim SSV Jeddeloh". Buten und Binnen. Radio Bremen. 23 December 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  17. "Jeddeloh: Oliver Reck verlängert um ein Jahr". kicker (in German). 26 March 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  18. "Deutscher Supercup, 1988, Finale". dfb.de. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  19. "Deutscher Supercup, 1993, Finale". dfb.de. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  20. "Deutscher Supercup, 1994, Finale". dfb.de. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
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