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Tim Reichert

Tim Reichert

German esports pioneer and footballer (born 1979)

Tim Reichert (born 9 October 1979) is a German esports pioneer and former professional footballer. He was co-founder of the esports team SK Gaming and is the head of Schalke 04's esports division.

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Football career

Tim Reichert was born in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia. He 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]

Esports career

Reichert is also notable as an esports 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.[4] Both Benjamin Reichert and Musa Celik also played professional soccer for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen.[4] In 2016, Reichert was named Head of ESport at Schalke 04 which had entered competitive esports.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Keine Kracher beim TuS und SCK" (in German). ngz-online.de. 30 June 2005. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  2. [2]
    "Tim Reichert" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  3. [3]
    "Gerd Kehrberg überzeugte neue Spieler mit seinem Konzept" (in German). Der Westen. 2 June 2009. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  4. [4]
    Hein, Dirk (8 September 2008). "Kapitän Kane: Ein Profi-Kicker als Profi-Klicker" [Captain Kane: A professional kicker as a professional clicker]. WAZ (in German). Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  5. [5]
    "Was machen eigentlich ... die Reichert-Brüder?" [What's happening … with the Reichert brothers?]. Reviersport (in German). 23 March 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2023.


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