Oliver Reck (born 27 February 1965) is a German

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manager and former player. In a 20-year professional career, he played as a

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and was best known for his stints with

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, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. Founded on 4 February 1899, they are best known for the ...

and Schalke 04, for whom he appeared in more than 500 official games combined, 471 in the

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alone.

Club career

Reck started his professional career with

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in the

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; he played 18 matches as his team were relegated. In 1985, he joined

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, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. Founded on 4 February 1899, they are best known for the ...

, being the side's undisputed starter for 11 of his 13 seasons, while also being instrumental in the club's conquests, which included two leagues and the 1992 Cup Winners' Cup. However Reck was suspended for the

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, in which he was replaced by

Jürgen Rollmann Jürgen Rollmann (born 17 October 1966) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. The most notable game of his career was the victorious 1992 European Cup Winners' Cup Final The 1992 European Cup Winners' Cup Final ...

. Reck moved to FC Schalke 04 in 1998, aged 33, still amassing a further 112 league matches. In his last season, he played second-fiddle to

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, and chose to retire. Although Oliver Kahn holds the record for most matches without conceding goals in the league, at 180 in a total of 515 matches, Reck is the most effective goalkeeper, not conceding a goal in 173 of 471 matches, with an "effectivity rate" of 0.367, versus Kahn's 0.349. On 9 February 2002, in his penultimate year, Reck scored a

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for Schalke in a 4–0 home win against FC St. Pauli.

International career

Reck played once for

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, on 4 June 1996 in a 9–1 friendly win against

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. He was a member of the 1996 European Championship-winning squad.

Managerial career

After retiring, he became the goalkeeping coach at Schalke 04. After the sacking of Fred Rutten in March 2009, he became interim manager, alongside

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and Mike Büskens until the end of the season. Reck replaced Milan Šašić as manager of MSV Duisburg on an interim basis on 28 October 2011. His first match was a 3–0 loss against

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on 30 October 2011. Reck was later made permanent manager, but he was sacked on 27 August 2012 just 3 matches into the new season. In July 2013, Reck became goalkeeper coach at

Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorfer Turn- und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V., commonly known as Fortuna Düsseldorf (), is a German football club in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, which competes in the 2. Bundesliga. Founded in 1895, Fortuna entered the league ...

. Following the sacking of Mike Büskens he was made interim coach of Fortuna Düsseldorf on 2 December 2013. Reck finished his interim position when Fortuna Düsseldorf hired

Lorenz-Günther Köstner Lorenz-Günther Köstner (born 30 January 1952) is a retired German footballer who is now a football manager who last managed Fortuna Düsseldorf. Following the sacking of Armin Veh on 25 January 2010, he was named interim manager of VfL Wolfsbur ...

as the new head coach, and he returned as goalkeeper coach. After Fortuna dissolved the contract with Köstner in June 2013, Reck returned to the position as head coach in Düsseldorf. On 23 February 2015 he was sacked after only picking up a point from three matches after the winter break. His final match was a 3–1 loss the previous day against

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. On 27 January 2016 Oliver Reck became the coach of

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team

. However, as of 27 May 2016, the future of the club is in doubt due to heavy debts. Reck is, however, reportedly wanting to stay at the club. In April 2018 it was announced that Reck would leave Offenbach at the end of his contract on 30 June 2018. In December 2019, fourth-tier club

SSV Jeddeloh Spiel- und Sportverein Jeddeloh II e.V., commonly known as SSV Jeddeloh or SSV Jeddeloh II, is a German association football club based in the community of Jeddeloh II in the municipality of Edewecht, located in the district of Ammerland, Lower ...

announced Reck would take over as manager on a contract until end of the 2019–20 season. In March 2020, a contract extension until summer 2021 was announced.

Managerial record

Honours

Werder Bremen *

: 1987–88,

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, 1993–94; runner-up: 1988–89, 1989–90 * DFL-Supercup:

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: 1991–92 Schalke 04 *DFB-Pokal: 2000–01, 2001–02 *

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runner-up:

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Germany U23 *

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Bronze medal:

Germany *

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