Michael Reschke (born 29 September 1957) is a German director of football. He was head of sport of VfB Stuttgart from 2017 to 2019.
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| Born | 29 September 1957 Frechen, Germany |
| Occupation | Director of football |
Career
editReschke studied at the German Sport University Cologne.[1] He started his career as youth coach of Viktoria Frechen and moved to Bayer 04 Leverkusen in 1979.[2] In 1986 he coached the under-19 team of Leverkusen to win the German Championship. Reschke replaced Reiner Calmund as managing director of Bayer 04 Leverkusen in 2004.[3] Reschke's successor as manager at Bayer 04 Leverkusen was Jonas Boldt, who had previously headed the club's scouting department.[4]
In the summer of 2014 he became technical director of FC Bayern Munich.[5]
Reschke moved to VfB Stuttgart in August 2017.[6] He officially took over his new office as head of sport and sporting director in Stuttgart on 11 August 2017.[7] On 12 February 2019, he was relieved of his duties.[8] 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 Stuttgart slipping down to 16th place, Reschke was recalled in February 2019 and replaced by Thomas Hitzlsperger.[9]
Reschke took over the newly created post of technical director at FC Schalke 04 for the 2019/20 Bundesliga season.[10][11] He started the new job on 1 June 2019. As technical director, he was responsible for restructuring the scouting department and squad planning.[11] At the end of November 2020, the club, which was in 18th place after more than 24 consecutive Bundesliga games without a win, parted ways with Reschke. The reason given was that he had negotiated with Hertha BSC about the sale of captain Omar Mascarell at the end of the transfer period without the knowledge of the club and player. He was also seen as partly responsible for the sporting misery of the club.[12]
After leaving Schalke, he became director of the English consulting agency Stellar Football, which looks after Eduardo Camavinga, among others.[13]
Trivia
editDuring the 2017/18 season in Stuttgart, Reschke used the ritual of giving up his seat in the stands in the 76th minute of the game and going to coach Tayfun Korkut on the substitutes' bench.[14]
In September 2018, Reschke proposed the innovative idea of introducing playoffs for the Bundesliga on the television show Wontorra – der Fußball-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 an idea, adding that being smart was "not the worst thing".[15]
References
edit- ^ "Bekannte Studierende und Alumni" (in German). DSHS Köln. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ "Gut für Calli, gut für den Klub" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. 17 May 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ "Kaderplaner Michael Reschke ist momentan der wichtigste Mann" (in German). Eurosport. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ "Reschke neuer technischer Direktor bei Bayern" (in German). Bundesliga. 5 June 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ "Bayern Munich appoint Michael Reschke as new technical director". Sky Sports. 5 June 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ "Bayern Munich technical director Michael Reschke leaves for Stuttgart". ESPN. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ "Michael Reschke beginnt bereits am Freitag beim VfB". VfB Stuttgart. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ "Thomas Hitzlsperger replaces Michael Reschke". VfB Stuttgart. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^ "Michael Reschke abberufen, Thomas Hitzlsperger neuer Sportvorstand" (in German). VFB. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ "Update Neustrukturierung fast abgeschlossen : FC Schalke 04 verpflichtet Michael Reschke" (in German). Tagesspiegel. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Schalke holt Reschke – Schneider: „Hervorragend vernetzt"" (in German). Sportbild. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ "Offiziell! Schalke schmeißt Kaderplaner Reschke raus" (in German). Weltfussball. 24 November 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ ""Eine Explosion der Freude" Michael Reschke über den A-Junioren-Titel im Jahr 1986" (in German). Bayer04. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ "Michael Reschkes Aberglaube und die beeindruckende VfB-Serie" (in German). Stuttgarter Zeitung. 12 May 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ Adam, Dirk (19 October 2018). "Michael Reschke nimmt Stellung zu Vorwürfen von Bayern-Boss Uli Hoeneß" (in German). Eurosport. Retrieved 18 April 2024.