Andreas Reinke (born 10 January 1969) is a German former professional

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who played as a

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. During his professional career, in which he appeared for six clubs in three countries, he played in 228

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games during 11 seasons.

Career

Born in

Krakow am See Krakow am See is a municipality in the Rostock district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated southeast of Güstrow Güstrow (; la, Gustrovium) is a town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is capital of the Rostoc ...

Bezirk Schwerin The Bezirk Schwerin was a district (''Bezirk'') of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Schwerin. History The district was established, with the other 13, on 25 July 1952, substituting the old German states. After 3 Octobe ...

, Reinke started playing senior football in his native

East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

with

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, moving in 1990 – with the nation already reunified – to Hamburger SV. There, he played his first game in the

on 28 August 1991, a 0–3 home loss against Stuttgarter Kickers; that would be his only appearance for the first team in three years. After helping

FC St. Pauli Fußball-Club St Pauli von 1910 e.V., commonly known as simply FC St Pauli (), is a German professional football club based in the St. Pauli district of Hamburg, that competes in the 2. Bundesliga. The football department is part of a larger sp ...

narrowly miss out on promotion from the

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, Reinke signed with 1. FC Kaiserslautern, where he won his first trophies: in 1996, the Palatinate Forest side suffered top flight relegation but managed to win the cup, 1–0 against

Karlsruher SC Karlsruher SC is a German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg that currently plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. Domestically, the club was crowned German champion in 1909, and won the D ...

. Reinke and Kaiserslautern immediately promoted back, amazingly repeating the feat of winning the league the following year, with the player conceding 53 in 56 matches both seasons combined. Deemed surplus to requirements in the 2000 summer, Reinke spent the following three years abroad, starting in Greece with

Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C. Gymnastic Club Iraklis Thessaloniki Football Club ( el, Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Ηρακλής Θεσσαλονίκης) is a Greek professional football club based in the city of Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece. As of 2022, t ...

then moving to Real Murcia after one year. With the Spaniards, he won the Ricardo Zamora Trophy in the 2002–03 campaign as the club returned to

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; apart from only conceding 21 in 40 games he still found the net, converting a

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in a 2–1 home win over

CD Numancia Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club in Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 April 1945, it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at ''Nuevo Estadio Los ...

. Aged 34, Reinke returned to his country, signing with

SV Werder Bremen Sportverein Werder Bremen von 1899 e. V. (), commonly known as Werder Bremen (), Werder or simply Bremen, is a German professional sports club based in Bremen, Bremen (state), Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. Founded on 4 February 1899, they are be ...

. In his first year the club won the double, and he did not miss one second of action in that and the following seasons. However, he would be eventually pushed to the bench by younger

Tim Wiese Tim Wiese (; born 17 December 1981) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Having progressed through the youth teams at DJK Dürscheid and Bayer Leverkusen, Wiese started his professional career at Fortuna Köln, ...

(who also played at Kaiserslautern) and retired from the game at the end of 2006–07, aged 38, having accomplished the feat of being the first goalkeeper to win the German championship with two different clubs. Reinke started his coaching career shortly after, briefly being in charge of Germany under-21s goalkeepers. In 2013, he signed for

Hansa Rostock FC Hansa Rostock () is a German association football club based in the city of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The club is also called as "the cog" because of its club crest. They have emerged as one of the most successful clubs from the forme ...

in the same predicament.

Honours

1. FC Kaiserslautern *

: 1997–98 *

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: 1996–97 Real Murcia *

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: 2002–03 Werder Bremen * Bundesliga: 2003–04 * DFB-Pokal: 1995–96, 2003–04 * DFB-Ligapokal:

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Individual * Ricardo Zamora Trophy: 2002–03 (

)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Reinke, Andreas 1969 births Living people German men's footballers East German men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Hamburger SV II players Hamburger SV players FC St. Pauli players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players SV Werder Bremen players Super League Greece players Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) players Segunda División players Real Murcia CF players German expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Spain German expatriate sportspeople in Greece German expatriate sportspeople in Spain People from Bezirk Schwerin People from Rostock (district) Footballers from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania