Tim Reichert (born 9 October 1979 in
Essen,
North Rhine-Westphalia
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) is a retired
German
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professional
football player and co-founder of the
SK Gaming
SK Gaming is a professional esports organization based in Germany that has teams across the world competing in different titles. SK is particularly known for their success in '' Counter-Strike'' (CS) tournaments. SK's Brazilian ''CS'' team wo ...
e-sports
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clan. He is also the head of
FC Schalke 04's e-sports division.
Career
Tim Reichert 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), he returned to Oberhausen and played 13 matches in the 2007–08 season for Rot-Weiß. He left then on 2 June 2009 to sign with
Sportfreunde Siegen
Sportfreunde Siegen is a German association football club based in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia. After going through insolvency in 2008, the first team was forcibly relegated to the fifth-tier NRW-Liga. Promotion to fourth division Regionallig ...
.
Personal
Reichert is also notable as an
e-sports
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pioneer. In 1997, he founded the clan
SK Gaming
SK Gaming is a professional esports organization based in Germany that has teams across the world competing in different titles. SK is particularly known for their success in '' Counter-Strike'' (CS) tournaments. SK's Brazilian ''CS'' team wo ...
(named "Schroet Kommando" back then) with his brothers Ralf and
Benjamin Reichert and several other gamers, among them
Musa Celik. Among gamers, Tim Reichert was known as ''SK, Burke''. Remarkably, both Benjamin ''SK, Kane'' Reichert and Musa ''SK, kila'' Celik also played professional soccer for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen.
In 2016,
Schalke entered competitive ''League of Legends'' by purchasing an EU LCS spot and named Reichert as Head of ESport.
References
External links
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Tim Reichertat FuPa
1979 births
Living people
Footballers from Essen
German footballers
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen players
German esports players
2. Bundesliga players
SK Gaming players
Association football midfielders
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