Burkhard Reich

Burkhard Reich
Reich with BFC Dynamo in 1989
Personal information
Date of birth (1964-12-01) 1 December 1964 (age 59)
Place of birth Fürstenwalde, East Germany
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1974–1977 SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde
1977–1981 BFC Dynamo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1986 SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde 66 (17)
1986–1989 BFC Dynamo II 10 (0)
1986–1991 BFC Dynamo / FC Berlin 102 (16)
1991–1999 Karlsruher SC 214 (15)
1999–2000 VfB Leipzig 33 (4)
Total 425 (52)
International career
1987–1990 East Germany 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Burkhard Reich (born 1 December 1964) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender.[1] He is currently the athletic director for Karlsruher SC II.

Reich began to play football for SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde and joined the youth academy of BFC Dynamo at 12-years-old in 1977. He then returned to SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde when he was 17 years old.[2] He made his professional debut for SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde in the DDR-Liga in 1981. The coach of BFC Dynamo Jürgen Bogs was so impressed by Reich after a friendly match between SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde and BFC Dynamo that he decided to bring him back to BFC Dynamo during the 1985–86 season.[2] Reich scored his first goal in the DDR-Oberliga in the derby against 1. FC Union Berlin at the Stadion der Weltjugend on 13 September 1986. BFC Dynamo won the match with a massive 8-1.[3][4]

Reich played 302 top-flight matches in (East) German football: 102 in the Oberliga and 200 in the Bundesliga.[5]

Reich won six caps for East Germany between 1987 and 1990.[6]

Honours

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References

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  1. ^ "Reich, Burkhard" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  2. ^ a b Müller, Ronny (8 November 2019). "Ex-DDR-Nationalspieler Burkhard Reich über den Mauerfall: "Haben wir gar nicht mitbekommen"". Sportbuzzer (in German). Hannover: Sportbuzzer GmbH. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  3. ^ Thiemann, Klaus (16 September 1986). ""Zwillinge" eröffneten den Regien" (PDF). Die neue Fußballwoche (in German). Vol. 1986, no. 37. Berlin: DFV der DDR. p. 4. ISSN 0323-8407. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  4. ^ Bertram, Marco (2015). BFC Dynamo Fußballfibel (1st ed.). Berlin: CULTURCON medien, Sole trader: Bernd Oeljeschläger. p. 86. ISBN 978-3-944068-38-1.
  5. ^ Arnhold, Matthias (23 April 2015). "Burkhard Reich - Matches and Goals in Oberliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  6. ^ Arnhold, Matthias (23 April 2015). "Burkhard Reich - International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 28 April 2015.