| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | August 4, 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Freital, East Germany | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Blau Weiß Freital | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1993-1995 | Dynamo Dresden (A) | ||
| 1995-2000 | Dynamo Dresden | 102 | (16) |
| 2000-2001 | Carl Zeiss Jena | 7 | (1) |
| 2001-2003 | TSV 1860 Munich (A) | ||
| 2003-2005 | FC St. Pauli | 44 | (5) |
| 2005-2007 | FV Dresden-Nord | 39 | (10) |
| 2007-2008 | FSV Zwickau | 22 | (4) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Rico Hanke (born August 4, 1975) is a German former footballer who played as a striker.
Hanke began his career with Dynamo Dresden, and broke into the first team in 1995, when the club had been relegated to the Regionalliga Nordost. He spent five years playing for the club at this level, and was top scorer in his final season, but the club were relegated to the NOFV-Oberliga, and Hanke left for Carl Zeiss Jena in 2000. After one season with Jena, he spent two years playing for 1860 Munich's reserve team, and a further two with FC St. Pauli, whom he helped win the Hamburger Pokal in 2005, scoring the winning goal in the final. He left St. Pauli shortly after that, and after a few months without a club, he returned to Dresden, to sign for FV Dresden-Nord. After a season and a half, he moved again, joining FSV Zwickau, where he spent one season before retiring in 2008.