Burkhard Reich (born 1 December 1964) is a German former professional

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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

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BFC Dynamo Berliner Fussball Club Dynamo e. V., commonly abbreviated to BFC Dynamo () or BFC (), alternatively sometimes called Dynamo Berlin, is a German football club based in the locality of Alt-Hohenschönhausen of the borough of Lichtenberg of Ber ...

at 12-years-old in 1977. He then returned to SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde when he was 17 years old. He made his professional debut for SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde in the

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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 during the 1985–86 season. Reich scored his first goal in the

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in the

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against 1. FC Union Berlin at the

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on 13 September 1986. BFC Dynamo won the match with a massive 8-1. Reich played 302 top-flight matches in (East) German football: 102 in the Oberliga and 200 in the

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. Reich won six caps for

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between 1987 and 1990.

Honours

: 1986–87, 1987–88 *

FDGB-Pokal The FDGB-Pokal (Freier Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund Pokal or Free German Trade Union Federation Cup) was an elimination football tournament held annually in East Germany. It was the second most important national title in East German football af ...

: 1987–88, 1988–89 *

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finalist: 1995–96

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References

1964 births Living people German men's footballers East German men's footballers Men's association football defenders East Germany men's international footballers FSV Union Fürstenwalde players Berliner FC Dynamo players Karlsruher SC players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players DDR-Oberliga players People from Fürstenwalde Footballers from Brandenburg Sportspeople from Bezirk Frankfurt {{germany-footy-defender-1960s-stub