Knut Reinhardt Explained

Knut Reinhardt
Birth Date:27 April 1968
Birth Place:Hilden, West Germany
Height:1.81 m
Position:Midfielder
Youthclubs1:SSV Lützenkirchen-Quettingen
Youthyears2:1975–1977
Youthclubs2:Tus Quettingen
Youthyears3:1977–1986
Youthclubs3:Bayer Leverkusen
Years1:1986–1991
Caps1:118
Goals1:5
Years2:1991–1999
Caps2:170
Goals2:5
Years3:1999–2000
Caps3:14
Goals3:0
Totalcaps:302
Totalgoals:10
Nationalyears1:1987
Nationalcaps1:5
Nationalgoals1:2
Nationalyears2:1988–1990
Nationalcaps2:12
Nationalgoals2:2
Nationalyears3:1988–1992
Nationalcaps3:7
Nationalgoals3:0
Manageryears1:2004–2006
Managerclubs1:TuS Niederense

Knut Reinhardt (born 27 April 1968) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.[1]

Club career

Born in Hilden, North Rhine-Westphalia, Reinhardt played 14 consecutive seasons in the Bundesliga, starting in 1985–86 with Bayer 04 Leverkusen. He made his debut in the competition on 19 April 1986 by playing 17 minutes in a 0–0 away draw against FC Bayern Munich, and scored his first goal on 13 June of the following year in a 1–1 draw at Bayer 05 Uerdingen where he was also sent off.

Reinhardt appeared in 32 official games in the 1987–88 campaign, including eight in the team's victorious run in the UEFA Cup. In the 1991 summer he moved to Borussia Dortmund, where he remained for the next eight years.

Reinhardt contributed with 47 matches[2] to Borussia's back-to-back national championship conquests of 1995 and 1996. He left in January 1999 to 1. FC Nürnberg, featuring sparingly for his new club as it eventually suffered relegation as third from bottom and retiring altogether at the end of the following season.

International career

Reinhardt won seven caps for Germany, during four years.[3] He made his debut on 21 September 1988 in a friendly with the Soviet Union, coming on as a 46th-minute substitute for Hans Pflügler in the 1–0 win in Düsseldorf.

Personal life

Reinhardt and his wife, Conny, fathered a boy named Lasse. After the divorce the son was adopted by her new husband, fellow footballer Jens Lehmann.[4]

After his football career, Reinhardt started working as an elementary school teacher.[5] [6]

Honours

Bayer Leverkusen

1987–88

Borussia Dortmund

1994–95, 1995–96

1996–97

1997

runner-up 1992–93

runner-up 1997

1995[7]

West Germany U20

runner-up 1987

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Reinhardt, Knut . . German . 8 April 2012.
  2. Web site: Knut Reinhardt - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga . Matthias . Arnhold . 21 December 2017 . 21 December 2017 . RSSSF.
  3. Web site: Knut Reinhardt - International Appearances . Matthias . Arnhold . 21 December 2017 . 21 December 2017 . RSSSF.
  4. Web site: Conny Lehmann . . German . 7 July 2008 . 20 March 2014.
  5. Web site: Reinhardt: "Kinder weinen, wenn Sport ausfällt" . Reinhardt: "When sport fails, children cry" . . German . 5 May 2013 . 20 March 2014.
  6. Web site: Knut Reinhardt kämpft jetzt im Klassenzimmer . Knut Reinhardt now fights in the classroom . . German . 31 December 2013 . 20 March 2014.
  7. Web site: Deutscher Supercup, 1995, Finale . dfb.de . 5 November 2020.