Marco Reich
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| Marco Reich | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marco Reich | |
| Date of birth | December 30, 1977 | |
| Place of birth | Meisenheim, West Germany | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Kickers Offenbach | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Kaiserslautern | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1996-2001 2001-2002 2002-2004 2004-2005 2005-2007 2007- |
Kaiserslautern Köln Werder Bremen Derby County Crystal Palace Kickers Offenbach |
117 (9) 24 (0) 17 (0) 55 (7) 28 (2) 8 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1999 | Germany | 1 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Marco Reich (born December 30, 1977) is a German footballer currently playing for Kickers Offenbach in the 2nd Bundesliga, the second-highest division in Germany. He is a winger.
He made his professional debut in October 1996 with Kaiserslautern in the Second Bundesliga and subsequently played five seasons for the club, four of them in the Bundesliga after they were promoted there in 1997. He also won the Bundesliga champions title with Kaiserslautern in 1998.
In the summer of 2001, he moved to Köln and spent one season with the club, making 24 Bundesliga appearances without scoring a goal. He then moved to Werder Bremen next summer, subsequently spending one season and a half with the club, but only making 17 Bundesliga appearances with no goals scored before moving to Derby County of then Football League First Division in January 2004. At Derby, he spent a bit more than one season and a half before moving to Crystal Palace in September 2005.
Reich also won one international cap for Germany, playing 78 minutes in their 3-3 draw with Colombia in a friendly match played in Miami, Florida on February 9, 1999.
He has a reputation for starting strongly at clubs, before fading away and falling out of favour, as has been the case with his last three clubs. At Werder Bremen, he was earmarked as the replacement for Oliver Bierhoff in the German national team, before losing his first-team place and moving to Derby County on a free transfer. There, a series of virtuoso performances helped to keep the club in the Championship,and he also gave many autographs to fans. He eventually left the club in much the same way as Werder Bremen, signing for Crystal Palace. Marco then moved to German side Offenbach on 30th January 2007 on a free transfer. He is yet to play a game for the Kickers, as he is out with a torn hamstring.
| Preceded by Joonas Kolkka |
Crystal Palace F.C. Goal of the Season 2005/06 |
Succeeded by Dougie Freedman |
