Benjamin Reichert (born 17 May 1983 in

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) is a German former professional

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player and co-founder of the SK Gaming e-sports clan. Reichert started his career in the junior teams of Rot-Weiß Oberhausen. His first call-up to the men's squad came in the 2002–03 season, where he was subbed into a game of RWO in the

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. When Oberhausen was relegated into the Regionalliga and even into the Oberliga (third and fourth German soccer divisions), Reichert stuck with his team. He became a regular on the teams that were promoted into the Regionalliga in 2007–08 and into the 2. Bundesliga one year later. Reichert is also notable as an e-sports pioneer. In 1997, he founded the clan SK Gaming (named "Schroet Kommando" back then) with his brothers Ralf and

Tim Reichert Tim Reichert (born 9 October 1979 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a retired German professional football player and co-founder of the SK Gaming e-sports clan. He is also the head of FC Schalke 04's e-sports division. Career Tim Reichert ...

and several other gamers, among them

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. Among gamers, Reichert was known as ''SK, Kane''. Remarkably, both Tim ''SK, Burke'' Reichert and Musa ''SK, kila'' Celik also played professional football for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen.

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* 1983 births Living people Footballers from Essen German footballers Rot-Weiß Oberhausen players Wuppertaler SV players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players German esports players SK Gaming players Association football defenders {{eSports-player-stub