 Reck withFortuna Düsseldorf in 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1965-02-27)27 February 1965 (age 60) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Frankfurt,West Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Germany | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Schalke 04 (interim) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | MSV Duisburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Fortuna Düsseldorf (interim) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Kickers Offenbach | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | SSV Jeddeloh | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Rot-Weiß Koblenz | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Oliver Reck (born 27 February 1965) is a Germanfootball manager and former player.
In a 20-year professional career, he played as agoalkeeper and was best known for his stints withWerder Bremen andSchalke 04, for whom he appeared in more than 500 official games combined, 471 in theBundesliga alone.
Reck started his professional career withKickers Offenbach in the1983–84 Bundesliga; he played 18 matches as his team were relegated.
In 1985, he joinedSV 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 the1992 Cup Winners' Cup. However Reck was suspended for the1992 European Cup Winners' Cup final, in which he was replaced byJürgen Rollmann.[1][2]
Reck moved to FC Schalke 04 in 1998, aged 33, still amassing a further 112 league matches.[3] Inhis last season, he played second-fiddle toFrank Rost, and chose to retire. AlthoughOliver 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 apenalty kick for Schalke in a 4–0 home win againstFC St. Pauli.
Reck played once forGermany, on 4 June 1996 in a 9–1 friendly win againstLiechtenstein.[4] He was a member of the1996 European Championship-winning squad.
After retiring, he became the goalkeeping coach at Schalke 04. After the sacking ofFred Rutten in March 2009, he became interim manager, alongsideYouri Mulder andMike Büskens until the end ofthe season.[5]
Reck replacedMilan Šašić as manager ofMSV Duisburg on an interim basis on 28 October 2011.[6] His first match was a 3–0 loss against1860 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 atFortuna Düsseldorf. Following the sacking ofMike Büskens he was made interim coach of Fortuna Düsseldorf on 2 December 2013.[9] Reck finished his interim position when Fortuna Düsseldorf hiredLorenz-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 against1. FC Nürnberg.[12]
On 27 January 2016 Oliver Reck became the coach ofRegionalliga Südwest teamKickers 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 clubSSV 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]
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
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| 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 | ||
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