Benjamin Reichert

Benjamin Reichert (* May 17 1983 in Essen) is a German professional soccer player for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen and co-founder of the SK Gaming e-sports clan.

Benjamin Reichert started his career in the junior teams of Rot-Weiß Oberhausen. His first call-up to the men's squad came in the 2002/3 season, where he was subbed into a game of RWO in the Second Bundesliga. When Oberhausen was relegated into the Regionalliga and even into the Oberliga (third and fourth German soccer divisions), Reichert stuck with his team. He became a regular on the teams that were promoted into the Regionalliga in 2007/8 and into the Second Bundesliga one year later. He is currently acting captain of RWO.

Reichert is also notable as an e-sports pioneer. In 1997, he founded the clan SK Gaming (named "Schroet Kommando" back then) with his brothers Ralf and Tim Reichert and several other gamers, among them Musa Celik. Among gamers, Benjamin Reichert was known as "SK|Kane". Remarkably, both Tim "SK|Burke" Reichert and Musa "SK|kila" Celik also play professional soccer for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen today.

Weblink

* [http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/reichertbenjamin/ Career Statistics] (German)
* [http://www.focus.de/panorama/reportage/reportage-die-killer-aus-dem-kinderzimmer_aid_206092.html Article of the FOCUS magazine on SK Gaming] (German)

Persondata
NAME=Reichert, Benjamin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=SK|Kane
SHORT DESCRIPTION = German soccer player and e-sports pioneer
DATE OF BIRTH=May 17, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH=Essen