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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 (age 42)
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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

External links

• Official website (in German)
• Tim Reichert at FuPa

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