Stefan Reuter

Stefan Reuter

Reuter in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth	(1966-10-16) 16 October 1966 (age 57)
Place of birth	Dinkelsbühl, West Germany
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Position(s)	Centre back Defensive midfielder Right midfielder
Team information
Current team	FC Augsburg (general manager)
Youth career
1971–1982	TSV 1860 Dinkelsbühl
1982–1984	1. FC Nürnberg
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1984–1988	1. FC Nürnberg	125	(13)
1988–1991	Bayern Munich	95	(4)
1991–1992	Juventus	28	(0)
1992–2004	Borussia Dortmund	307	(11)
Total		545	(28)
International career
1985	West Germany U-18
1987–1998	Germany	69	(2)
Medal record Bayern Munich Winner Bundesliga 1989 Runner-up DFB-Supercup 1989 Winner Bundesliga 1990 Winner DFB-Supercup 1990 Borussia Dortmund Runner-up UEFA Cup 1993 Winner Bundesliga 1995 Winner DFB-Supercup 1995 Winner Bundesliga 1996 Winner DFB-Supercup 1996 Winner UEFA Champions League 1997 Runner-up UEFA Super Cup 1997 Winner Intercontinental Cup 1997 Winner Bundesliga 2002 Runner-up UEFA Cup 2002 Runner-up DFB-Ligapokal 2003   Germany Winner UEFA Under-16 Championship 1984 Winner FIFA World Cup 1990 Runner-up European Championship 1992 Winner European Championship 1996
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stefan Reuter (born 16 October 1966) is a German football executive and former player who played as a defender or midfielder. He has been the sportvorstand of Bundesliga club FC Augsburg since 2012.

During his playing career, he was included in the West Germany national team which won the 1990 FIFA World Cup and the Germany which won UEFA Euro 1996. He also won the 1996–97 UEFA Champions League with Borussia Dortmund.

Club career

Born in Dinkelsbühl, Reuter started his career with local side TSV 1860 Dinkelsbühl. In 1982, he played for 1. FC Nürnberg, first in the 2. Bundesliga and, from 1985, in the Bundesliga. In exactly 100 games he scored ten goals. He was occasionally used as a right sided midfielder.

In 1988, he was transferred to Bayern Munich. He played 95 games in the Bundesliga and scored four goals for the Bavarians. He won the Bundesliga title with Bayern in 1988–89 and 1989–90.

A proposed move to Liverpool following West Germany's victorious World Cup campaign was turned down at the last minute with Reuter following many of his compatriots to Italy. From 1991 to 1992 he played for Juventus, but soon returned to Germany, joining Borussia Dortmund. With Borussia, Reuter won the Bundesliga in 1994–95, 1995–96 and 2001–02, and the UEFA Champions League in 1996–97. The team also reached the final of the UEFA Cup in both 1993 and 2002. Overall, he played 307 games for Dortmund and scored 11 goals in the Bundesliga before retiring in 2004. ^[2]

International career

In 1984, Reuter was part of the team that won the U-16 European Championship, held in Germany from 3 to 5 May 1984, after the team had won the group in qualifying and the quarterfinals against the Netherlands. The semi-finals in Heilbronn ended in a 5-1 win over Yugoslavia, and in the final on 5 May in Ulm he secured (as a substitute) with the team the U-16 title by beating the Soviet Union 2-0 -European Champion. ^[3]

He also played for the U-18 national team (seven times in a row after his debut on 14 January 1985 in Leningrad - as part of the Granatkin memorial tournament - in a 5-1 victory over Poland), as well as for the U-21 National team, for which he made his debut on 24 September 1985 in Eskilstuna in the 1-2 defeat by Sweden and also scored two goals in the process. He also took part in the military world championships in Italy in 1987 with the Bundeswehr national team and finished second. ^[4] On 18 April 1987, Reuter played for the senior national team for the first time. In the 0-0 draw against Italy in Cologne, his first of 69 appearances began with the substitution of Wolfgang Rolff in the 63rd minute. He scored his first of two international goals on 12 December 1987 in Brasília against Brazil in the 90th minute to a 1-1 draw. ^[5]

He later won the 1990 World Cup, as well as the Euro 1996. At Euro 1996 he scored one of the penalties in the semi-final shootout against England, however like Andreas Möller he was suspended for the final. ^[6]

In 1992, Reuter became the first player in the European Championship history to be substituted as a substitute, when during the match between Germany and Scotland, he replaced Karl-Heinz Riedle but then only seven minutes later he had to leave the field due to an injury, and was replaced by Michael Schulz. ^[7]

His last game was the first round match against the USA, played in Paris on 15 June 1998, which he won 2-0. ^[8] As a member of the 1990 World Cup football team, he received the Silver Laurel Leaf. ^[9]

Managerial career

From 1 July 2004 to 3 January 2005, Reuter worked as a management assistant at Borussia Dortmund in the area of sponsorship. Reuter served as team manager for TSV 1860 Munich from January 2006 to 2 February 2009 when he was removed from the job. After the termination without notice of his colleague Stefan Ziffzer, who was responsible for finance, Reuter was the sole managing director for three months from 13 May 2008 until Markus Kern was appointed as additional managing director on 13 August 2008. On 2 February 2009, Miroslav Stević was introduced as the new sports director at TSV 1860. A day later, Reuter rejected an offer to continue working in management with limited skills as unacceptable and was then suspended with immediate effect. ^[10] His contract expired on 30 June 2009. ^[11]

On 27 February 2012, he was appointed as general manager of FC Augsburg. ^{[12] [13]} Under Reuter's tenure, FC Augsburg qualified for the UEFA Europa League for the first time in the club's history in the 2014/15 season. ^[14]

Reuter's current contract with FCA runs until 30 June 2026. ^[15]

Club statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ^[16]

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1. FC Nürnberg	1984–85	2. Bundesliga	25	3	1	0	—		—		—		26	3
	1985–86	Bundesliga	33	2	2	2	—		—		—		35	4
	1986–87	Bundesliga	33	6	2	1	—		—		—		35	7
	1987–88	Bundesliga	34	2	4	0	—		—		—		38	2
	Total		125	13	9	3	—		—		—		134	16
Bayern Munich	1988–99	Bundesliga	32	0	3	0	—		10	1	—		45	1
	1989–90	Bundesliga	33	0	3	0	—		8	0	1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	45	0
	1990–91	Bundesliga	30	4	1	0	—		8	3	1 [lower-alpha 1]	1	40	8
	Total		95	4	7	0	—		26	4	2	1	130	9
Juventus	1991–92	Serie A	28	0	8	0	—		—		—		36	0
Borussia Dortmund	1992–93	Bundesliga	26	0	4	0	—		10	0	—		40	0
	1993–94	Bundesliga	21	0	2	1	—		5	0	—		28	1
	1994–95	Bundesliga	33	4	2	0	—		9	1	—		44	5
	1995–96	Bundesliga	26	6	2	0	—		5	0	1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	34	6
	1996–97	Bundesliga	27	1	1	1	—		9	1	1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	38	3
	1997–98	Bundesliga	28	0	2	0	1	0	8	0	1 [lower-alpha 2]	0	40	0
	1998–99	Bundesliga	25	0	0	0	—		—		—		25	0
	1999–2000	Bundesliga	26	0	1	0	2	0	8	0	—		37	0
	2000–01	Bundesliga	5	0	0	0	—		—		—		5	0
	2001–02	Bundesliga	28	0	0	0	2	0	15	0	—		45	0
	2002–03	Bundesliga	31	0	2	0	0	0	10	0	—		43	0
	2003–04	Bundesliga	31	0	2	0	3	0	6	0	—		42	0
	Total		307	11	18	2	8	0	85	2	3	0	421	15
Career Total			555	28	42	5	8	0	111	6	5	1	721	40

1. Appearances in the German Super Cup
2. Appearance in the Intercontinental Cup

Honours

Borussia Dortmund ^{[17] [18]}

• Bundesliga: 1994–95, 1995–96, 2001–02
• DFL-Supercup: 1995, 1996
• UEFA Champions League: 1996–97
• UEFA Cup: runner-up: 1992–93, 2001–02
• Intercontinental Cup: 1997

Bayern Munich ^{[17] [18]}

• Bundesliga: 1988–89, 1989–90
• DFL-Supercup: 1990

Juventus ^[18]

• Serie A: runner-up: 1991–92
• Coppa Italia: runner-up: 1991–92

West Germany, Germany ^{[17] [18]}

• FIFA World Cup: 1990
• European Championship: 1996, runner-up 1992

Germany U16

• UEFA European Under-16 Championship: 1984 ^[18]

Personal life

In his youth, Reuter was also a successful track and field athlete. He won district championships in the long jump and was Bavarian champion in cross country running. He retained this basic athletic training as a player. His dynamic sprints earned him the nickname Turbo. ^[19]

Reuter is a member of the board of trustees of the Stiftung Jugendfußball (youth football foundation) which was founded in 2000 by him, ^[20] Jürgen Klinsmann, ^[21] other German national team players and the lecturers of the special Pro Licence course. Reuter was the last active professional from the German 1990 World Cup winning squad. ^[22]

References

1. "Stefan Reuter". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 29 January 2019.
2. "Reuter beendet seine Karriere" (in German). FAZ. 21 March 2004. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
3. "Welt- und Europameister: "Dauerläufer" Stefan Reuter wird 50" (in German). DFB. 16 October 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
4. "Ellwanger Kicker testen die Nationalelf" (in German). Schawäbische Post. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
5. "Freundschaft, 1987/1988, Saison" (in German). DFB. 12 December 1987. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
6. "Euro 96 Semi-finals" . Independent. 26 June 1996. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
7. "Germany end Tartan dreams". Archived from the original on 3 April 2008.
8. "Stefan Reuter » WM 1998 in Frankreich" (in German). fussball.de. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
9. "Weltmeister erhalten Silbernes Lorbeerblatt vom Bundespräsidenten" (in German). DFB. 10 November 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
10. "Stefan Reuters Ende bei den Löwen?" (in German). eyeP.tv. 3 February 2009. Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
11. Weiß, Florian (9 May 2014). "Reuter: 1860 fehlt, was Augsburg hat" (in German). tz. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
12. "Augsburg have appointed Stefan Reuter as their new director of sport". Sky Sports. 27 December 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
13. Uersfeld, Stephan (28 December 2012). "Augsburg appoint Reuter". ESPN FC. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
14. "Heute werden die Gegner in der Europa League ausgelost" (in German). Augsburger Allgemeine. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
15. "Markus Krapf schafft Klarheit zur Vertragssituation von Stefan Reuter & dem Transfer von Ricardo Pepi" (in German). AUGSBURGER JOURNAL. 5 July 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
16. "Stefan Reuter » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
17. "Reuter wird neuer Geschäftsführer". Faz.net (in German). Frankfurter Allgemeine. 27 December 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
18. "FD21 - Stefan Reuter" (in German). FD21. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
19. "Welt- und Europameister: "Dauerläufer" Stefan Reuter wird 50" (in German). DFB. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
20. "Stefan Reuter - Weltmeister engagiert sich für die Weltmeister von morgen" (in German). EAGLES Charity Golf Club e.V. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
21. Schülke, Martin (11 November 2004). "Klinsmann startet Fußball-Schulprojekt" (in German). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
22. Eggers, Erik (30 December 2003). "Turbo Reuter rollt langsam aus" (in German). Spiegel. Retrieved 4 August 2023.

External links

• Stefan Reuter at fussballdaten.de (in German)