Tim Reichert

Tim Reichert (born 9 October 1979 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a retired German professional football player and co-founder of the SK Gaming e-sports clan. He is also the head of FC Schalke 04's e-sports division.

Tim Reichert
Personal information
Date of birth (1979-10-09) 9 October 1979
Place of birth Essen, West Germany
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Arminia Klosterhardt
0000–2000 Adler Osterfeld
2000–2005 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 SSVg Velbert 32 (2)
2006–2009 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 29 (1)
2011–2013 VfR 08 Oberhausen 5 (0)
2013–2014 SV Adler Osterfeld 8 (0)
2014 SV Uedesheim 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Tim Reichert 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),[1] he returned to Oberhausen and played 13 matches in the 2007–08 season for Rot-Weiß.[2] He left then on 2 June 2009 to sign with Sportfreunde Siegen.[3]

Personal

Reichert is also notable as an e-sports 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. Among gamers, Tim Reichert was known as SK|Burke. Remarkably, both Benjamin SK|Kane Reichert and Musa SK|kila Celik also played professional soccer for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen.[4] In 2016, Schalke entered competitive League of Legends by purchasing an EU LCS spot and named Reichert as Head of ESport.

References
  1. "Keine Kracher beim TuS und SCK" (in German). ngz-online.de. 30 June 2005. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  2. "Tim Reichert" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  3. "Gerd Kehrberg überzeugte neue Spieler mit seinem Konzept" (in German). Der Westen. 2 June 2009. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  4. "Die Killer aus dem Kinderzimmer" (in German). Focus Online. 18 May 2002. Retrieved 1 August 2010.


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