Robert "Rob" Reekers (born 7 May 1966) is a retired Dutch

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who played in the Netherlands for FC Twente and in Germany for

ASC Schöppingen ASC Schöppingen is a German association football club from the town of Schöppingen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club's greatest success has been winning a league championship in the tier three Oberliga Westfalen 1985–86 and taking part in t ...

VfL Bochum Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as simply VfL Bochum (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has spent 35 seas ...

and

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. He earned four caps for the Dutch national side between 1988 and 1989. After retiring as a player in 2000, Reekers has managed Rot-Weiß Oberhausen,

and

SuS Stadtlohn The SuS Stadtlohn (full name: ''Spiel- und Sportverein Stadtlohn 19/20 e.V.'') is the largest sports club in the city of Stadtlohn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The association was founded in 1919 and has around 2512 members. The soccer depar ...

. Reekers worked by the end of June 2009 to June 2012 as Assistant coach of Jos Luhukay at FC Augsburg. For the 2012–13 season, he moved with him to

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. Reekers is one of a small number of Dutch footballers to be selected for the

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while never having played in the Dutch Eredivisie. The others capped players are Jordi Cruyff,

Jerrel Hasselbaink Jerrel Floyd "Jimmy" Hasselbaink ( ; born 27 March 1972) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of League One club Burton Albion. Born in Suriname, he and his family would later move to th ...

Willi Lippens Willem Gerard "Willi" Lippens (born 10 November 1945) is a former football player. He is nicknamed "Ente" (German for "duck") due to his waddling. Born in Germany, he represented the Netherlands national team. Born near the German-Dutch border ...

Wim Hofkens Wim Hofkens (born 27 March 1958) is a former football player who played five games for the Dutch national side. Hofkens is one of only eight Dutch football players to be selected for the national team while never having played in the Dutch Ere ...

Nathan Aké Nathan Benjamin Aké (born 18 February 1995) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Manchester City and the Netherlands national team. Although he predominantly plays as a centre-back, he has also ...

Timothy Fosu-Mensah Evans Timothy Fosu Fosu-Mensah (born 2 January 1998) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder, centre-back or full-back for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen and the Netherlands national team. He formerly played for ...

and

Javairô Dilrosun Javairô Joreno Faustino Dilrosun (born 22 June 1998) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a winger for Eredivisie club Feyenoord. He made an appearance for the Netherlands national team in 2018. Club career Youth career Dilrosun ...

Honours

* Oberliga Westfalen: champion 1985–86 * DFB-Pokal: runner-up 1987–88 *

2. Bundesliga The 2. Bundesliga ( ) is the second division of professional football in Germany. It was implemented 11 years after the founding of the Fußball-Bundesliga as the new second division for professional football. The 2. Bundesliga is ranked below ...

: champion 1993–94 *

Regionalliga West/Südwest The Regionalliga West/Südwest was the third tier of the German football league system in the states of Saarland, Rheinland-Pfalz and Nordrhein-Westfalen from 1994 to 2000. Overview The Regionalliga West/Südwest was formed in 1994 to form a r ...

: champion 1995–96

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