German former professional footballer (born 1964)

Burkhard Reich (born 1 December 1964 in Fürstenwalde) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is currently the athletic director for Karlsruher SC II.

Reich began to play football for SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde and joined the youth academy of BFC Dynamo in 1977. He made his professional debut for SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde in the DDR-Liga in 1981. The coach of BFC Dynamo Jürgen Bogs was so impressed by Reich after a friendly match between SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde and BFC Dynamo that he decided to bring him back to BFC Dynamo for the 1985–86 season.

He played 302 top-flight matches in (East) German football: 102 in the Oberliga and 200 in the Bundesliga.

Reich won six caps for East Germany between 1987 and 1990.

Honours

• DDR-Oberliga: 1986–87, 1987–88
• FDGB-Pokal: 1987–88, 1988–89
• DFB-Pokal finalist: 1995–96

External links

• Burkhard Reich at fussballdaten.de (in German)
• Burkhard Reich at WorldFootball.net
• Burkhard Reich at National-Football-Teams.com

References