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Marco Reich 
Personal information Full name Marco Reich Date of birth 30 December 1977 Place of birth Meisenheim, West Germany Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Playing position Midfielder
wingerClub information Current club SK Austria Klagenfurt Number 9 Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1996–2001 1. FC Kaiserslautern 138 (12) 2001–2002 1. FC Köln 24 (0) 2002–2004 Werder Bremen 17 (0) 2004–2005 Derby County 50 (7) 2005 Red Star Belgrade 0 (0) 2005–2007 Crystal Palace 27 (2) 2007–2008 Kickers Offenbach 17 (0) 2008–2009 Walsall 19 (3) 2009 Jagiellonia[1] 15 (2) 2010-2011 WAC St. Andrä 42 (15) 2011- SK Austria Klagenfurt 3 (0) National team 1997–1998 Germany U-21 11 (2) 1999 Germany 1 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 July 2009.
† Appearances (Goals).Marco Reich (born 30 December 1977) is a German footballer currently playing for SK Austria Klagenfurt.
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Club career
He made his professional debut in October 1996 with Kaiserslautern in the Second Bundesliga and subsequently played five seasons for the club, four of them in the Bundesliga after they were promoted there in 1997. He also won the Bundesliga champions title with Kaiserslautern in 1998.[2]
In the summer of 2001, he moved to Köln and spent one season with the club, making 24 Bundesliga appearances without scoring a goal. He then moved to Werder Bremen next summer, subsequently spending one season and a half with the club, but only making 17 Bundesliga appearances with no goals scored before moving to Derby County of then Football League First Division in January 2004. At Derby, he spent a bit more than one season and a half before moving to Crystal Palace in September 2005. The highlight of his time at Palace was arguably when he scored the winning goal to knock European champions Liverpool out of the 2005/06 Carling Cup.[3]
Reich also won one international cap for Germany, playing 78 minutes in their 3–3 draw with Colombia in a friendly match played in Miami, Florida on 9 February 1999.
He has a reputation for starting strongly at clubs, before fading away and falling out of favour, as has been the case with his last three clubs. At Werder Bremen, he was earmarked as the replacement for Oliver Bierhoff in the German national team, before losing his first-team place and moving to Derby County on a free transfer. There, a series of virtuoso performances helped to keep the club in the Championship, and he also gave many autographs to fans. He eventually left the club in much the same way as Werder Bremen, signing for Crystal Palace. Marco then moved to German side Kickers Offenbach on 30 January 2007 on a free transfer.
He joined Walsall on a free transfer in August 2008 after being released by Offenbach following their relegation from the second tier of German football.[4] On 2 May 2009 signed a contract with Jagiellonia after being released by Walsall.[5] He has recently been critical of the standard of football in the Ekstraklasa, comparing it to the lower divisions of the German League, although he did speak favourably about teams like Wisla Krakow and Lech Poznan.[6] In December 2009 was announced he will sign for WAC St. Andrä[7] and signed one month later for WAC.[8]
Successes
- 1x DFB-Pokal Winner (1996) with 1. FC Kaiserslautern.
- 1x German football champions Winner (1998) with 1. FC Kaiserslautern.
- 1x German football champions Winner (2004) with SV Werder Bremen.
- 1x Polish Cup Winner (2010) with Jagiellonia Białystok.
References
- ^ http://www.jagiellonia.pl/strona.php?s=5997
- ^ Marco Reich im Interview: "Wofür soll ich mich rechtfertigen?"
- ^ "Crystal Palace 2-1 Liverpool". BBC. 25 October 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/4366900.stm. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
- ^ "Walsall snap up midfielder Reich". BBC Sport. 4 August 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/walsall/7540501.stm. Retrieved 26 January 2009.
- ^ Marco Reich wechselt nach Polen
- ^ Reich: Ekstraklasa like Germany's 3rd division
- ^ WAC: Unterschreibt Reich?
- ^ Reich zum WAC
External links
- Marco Reich career stats at 90minut.pl
- Marco Reich career stats at Soccerbase
- Player profile at Walsall F.C. official site
- National Football Teams
Preceded by
Joonas KolkkaCrystal Palace F.C. Goal of the Season
2005/06Succeeded by
Dougie FreedmanCategories:- 1977 births
- Living people
- People from the District of Bad Kreuznach
- Crystal Palace F.C. players
- Derby County F.C. players
- 1. FC Kaiserslautern players
- 1. FC Köln players
- Association football midfielders
- Expatriate footballers in England
- German footballers
- Germany international footballers
- Germany under-21 international footballers
- Kickers Offenbach players
- The Football League players
- Walsall F.C. players
- SV Werder Bremen players
- Fußball-Bundesliga players
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