Michael Reschke

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Michael Reschke (2017)

Michael Reschke (born September 29, 1957 in Frechen ) is a German football official .

Career

Reschke studied at the German Sport University Cologne . From 1979 to 1988 he was the coach of the U-19 and U-17 teams at Bayer 04 Leverkusen . In 1985 he led the U 19 to the runner-up and in 1986 to the German championship . In 1996 he was runner- up again before he worked as a junior manager at Bayer 04 Leverkusen from 1998 to 2004.

In 2004 he succeeded Reiner Calmund as manager at Bayer 04 Leverkusen and was involved in the transfers of Bernd Leno , Stefan Kießling , Simon Rolfes , André Schürrle and Arturo Vidal , among others . Reschke's successor as manager at Bayer 04 Leverkusen was Jonas Boldt , who had previously headed the club's scouting department.

For the 2014/15 Bundesliga season , Reschke took over the newly created position of Technical Director at Bayern Munich .

On August 5, 2017, Reschke terminated his contract with FC Bayern Munich and agreed with VfB Stuttgart on a three-year contract as a sports director , which ran from August 11, 2017. In the first season with Reschke as sports director, the re-promoted VfB managed to stay in the first division. After sporting failures in the 2018/19 Bundesliga season and the Stuttgart team slipping to 16th place, Reschke was dismissed in February 2019 and replaced by Thomas Hitzlsperger .

For the 2019/20 Bundesliga season , Reschke took over the newly created post of Technical Director at FC Schalke 04 . He started the new job on June 1, 2019. As Technical Director, he will be responsible for restructuring the scouting department and management planning.

Trivia

During the 2017/18 season in Stuttgart, Reschke used the ritual of giving up his place in the stands in the 76th minute of the game and switching to coach Tayfun Korkut's bench .

In September 2018, Reschke proposed the innovative idea of ​​introducing play-offs for the Bundesliga in the television program Wontorra - the football talk . For this he was criticized by his former president Uli Hoeneß during a memorable press conference in October 2018 and called "the clever Mr. Reschke". Reschke explained that he hadn't asked for anything, just suggested discussing a thought and added that being smart was “not the worst”.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Homepage of the German Sport University Cologne: Well-known students and alumni of the German Sport University Cologne
  2. ↑ Press release by FC Bayern Munich ( Memento from June 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). June 5, 2014, accessed February 5, 2016.
  3. ↑ Michael Reschke becomes sports director of VfB Stuttgart VfB Stuttgart August 5, 2017
  4. ↑ Michael Reschke starts on Friday at VfB VfB Stuttgart August 8, 2017
  5. ↑ Michael Reschke recalled, Thomas Hitzlsperger new sports director , vfb.de, February 12, 2019, accessed on February 12, 2019.
  6. ↑ dpa : Restructuring almost completed - FC Schalke 04 signed Michael Reschke. tagesspiegel.de , May 19, 2019, accessed June 2, 2018 .
  7. ↑ a b Schalke gets Reschke - Schneider: "Excellent networked". sportbild.bild.de , May 19, 2019, accessed on June 2, 2018 .
  8. ↑ VfB Stuttgart - Michael Reschke's superstition and the impressive VfB series. Stuttgarter Zeitung , May 12, 2018, accessed on October 26, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Reschke brings Bundesliga playoffs up for discussion - Wontorra - the soccer talk on YouTube , accessed on October 26, 2018
  10. ↑ a b FC Bayern: Reschke counters Hoeneß criticism - "Being smart is not the worst". Sportbuzzer.de , October 20, 2018, accessed on October 26, 2018 .
  11. ↑ Dirk Adam: Michael Reschke comments on allegations from Bayern boss Uli Hoeneß. eurosport.de , October 19, 2018, accessed October 26, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Reschke, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German football manager
DATE OF BIRTH September 29, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Cheeky