 Reuter in 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1966-10-16)16 October 1966 (age 59) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dinkelsbühl,West Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | FC Augsburg (general manager) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1971–1982 | TSV 1860 Dinkelsbühl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1982–1984 | 1. FC Nürnberg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1988 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 125 | (13) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1991 | Bayern Munich | 95 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | Juventus | 28 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992–2004 | Borussia Dortmund | 307 | (11) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 545 | (28) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1985 | West Germany U-18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1998 | West Germany/Germany | 69 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stefan Reuter (born 16 October 1966) is a Germanfootball executive and former player who played as adefender ormidfielder. He has been thesportvorstand ofBundesliga clubFC Augsburg since 2012.
During his playing career, he was included in theWest Germany national team which won the1990 FIFA World Cup and theGermany which wonUEFA Euro 1996. He also won the1996–97 UEFA Champions League withBorussia Dortmund.
Born inDinkelsbühl, Reuter started his career with local side TSV 1860 Dinkelsbühl. In 1982, he played for1. FC Nürnberg, first in the2. Bundesliga and, from 1985, in the Bundesliga. In exactly 100 games he scored ten goals. He was occasionally used as aright sided midfielder.
In 1988, he was transferred toBayern Munich. He played 95 games in the Bundesliga and scored four goals for theBavarians. He won theBundesliga title with Bayern in1988–89 and1989–90.
A proposed move toLiverpool following West Germany's victorious World Cup campaign was turned down at the last minute with Reuter following many of his compatriots toItaly. From 1991 to 1992 he played forJuventus, but soon returned to Germany, joiningBorussia Dortmund. With Borussia, Reuter won the Bundesliga in1994–95,1995–96 and2001–02, and theUEFA Champions League in1996–97. The team also reached the final of theUEFA Cup in both1993 and2002. Overall, he played 307 games for Dortmund and scored 11 goals in the Bundesliga before retiring in 2004.[2]
In 1984, Reuter was part of the team that won the U-16European Championship, held in Germany from 3 to 5 May 1984, after the team had won the group in qualifying and thequarterfinals against theNetherlands. The semi-finals inHeilbronn ended in a 5-1 win overYugoslavia, and in the final on 5 May inUlm he secured (as a substitute) with the team the U-16 title by beating theSoviet Union 2-0 -European Champion.[3]
He also played for the U-18 national team (seven times in a row after his debut on 14 January 1985 inLeningrad - as part of the Granatkin memorial tournament - in a 5-1 victory overPoland), as well as for theU-21 National team, for which he made his debut on 24 September 1985 inEskilstuna in the 1-2 defeat bySweden and also scored two goals in the process. He also took part in themilitary world championships in Italy in 1987 with the Bundeswehr national team and finished second.[4]On 18 April 1987, Reuter played for the seniornational team for the first time. In the 0-0 draw againstItaly inCologne, his first of 69 appearances began with the substitution ofWolfgang Rolff in the 63rd minute. He scored his first of two international goals on 12 December 1987 inBrasília againstBrazil in the 90th minute to a 1-1 draw.[5]
He later won the1990 World Cup, as well as theEuro 1996. At Euro 1996 he scored one of the penalties in the semi-final shootout againstEngland, however likeAndreas Möller he was suspended for thefinal.[6]
In 1992, Reuter became the first player in the European Championship history to be substituted as a substitute, when during the match between Germany and Scotland, he replacedKarl-Heinz Riedle but then only seven minutes later he had to leave the field due to an injury, and was replaced byMichael Schulz.[7]
His last game was the first round match against theUSA, played inParis on 15 June1998, which he won 2-0.[8]As a member of the 1990 World Cup football team, he received theSilver Laurel Leaf.[9]
From 1 July 2004 to 3 January 2005, Reuter worked as a management assistant atBorussia Dortmund in the area of sponsorship. Reuter served as team manager forTSV 1860 Munich from January 2006 to 2 February 2009 when he was removed from the job. After the termination without notice of his colleague Stefan Ziffzer, who was responsible for finance, Reuter was the sole managing director for three months from 13 May 2008 until Markus Kern was appointed as additional managing director on 13 August 2008. On 2 February 2009,Miroslav Stević was introduced as the new sports director at TSV 1860. A day later, Reuter rejected an offer to continue working in management with limited skills as unacceptable and was then suspended with immediate effect.[10] His contract expired on 30 June 2009.[11]
On 27 February 2012, he was appointed as general manager ofFC Augsburg.[12][13] Under Reuter's tenure,FC Augsburg qualified for theUEFA Europa League for the first time in the club's history in the2014/15 season.[14]
Reuter's current contract with FCA runs until 30 June 2026.[15]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 1984–85 | 2. Bundesliga | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 26 | 3 | |||
| 1985–86 | Bundesliga | 33 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 35 | 4 | ||||
| 1986–87 | Bundesliga | 33 | 6 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 35 | 7 | ||||
| 1987–88 | Bundesliga | 34 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 38 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 125 | 13 | 9 | 3 | — | — | — | 134 | 16 | |||||
| Bayern Munich | 1988–99 | Bundesliga | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 10 | 1 | — | 45 | 1 | ||
| 1989–90 | Bundesliga | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 45 | 0 | ||
| 1990–91 | Bundesliga | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 8 | 3 | 1[a] | 1 | 40 | 8 | ||
| Total | 95 | 4 | 7 | 0 | — | 26 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 130 | 9 | |||
| Juventus | 1991–92 | Serie A | 28 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 36 | 0 | |||
| Borussia Dortmund | 1992–93 | Bundesliga | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | — | 40 | 0 | ||
| 1993–94 | Bundesliga | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 5 | 0 | — | 28 | 1 | |||
| 1994–95 | Bundesliga | 33 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | 9 | 1 | — | 44 | 5 | |||
| 1995–96 | Bundesliga | 26 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 34 | 6 | ||
| 1996–97 | Bundesliga | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 9 | 1 | 1[a] | 0 | 38 | 3 | ||
| 1997–98 | Bundesliga | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 40 | 0 | |
| 1998–99 | Bundesliga | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 25 | 0 | ||||
| 1999–2000 | Bundesliga | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 37 | 0 | ||
| 2000–01 | Bundesliga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 2001–02 | Bundesliga | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | — | 45 | 0 | ||
| 2002–03 | Bundesliga | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | 43 | 0 | ||
| 2003–04 | Bundesliga | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 42 | 0 | ||
| Total | 307 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 85 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 421 | 15 | ||
| Career Total | 555 | 28 | 42 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 111 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 721 | 40 | ||
Juventus[18]
Germany U16
In his youth, Reuter was also a successful track and fieldathlete. He won district championships in thelong jump and was Bavarian champion incross country running. He retained this basic athletic training as a player. His dynamic sprints earned him the nickname Turbo.[19]
Reuter is a member of the board of trustees of the Stiftung Jugendfußball (youth football foundation) which was founded in 2000 by him,[20]Jürgen Klinsmann,[21] other German national team players and the lecturers of the special Pro Licence course. Reuter was the last active professional from the German 1990 World Cup winning squad.[22]
Media related toStefan Reuter at Wikimedia Commons
Germany squads | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||
