Rob Reekers

Robert "Rob" Reekers (born 7 May 1966) is a retired Dutch footballer[1] who played in the Netherlands for FC Twente and in Germany for ASC Schöppingen, VfL Bochum and FC Gütersloh. He earned four caps for the Netherlands national side between 1988 and 1989. After retiring as a player in 2000, Reekers has managed Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, FC Gütersloh and SuS Stadtlohn.

Rob Reekers
Personal information
Full name Robert Reekers
Date of birth (1966-05-07) 7 May 1966
Place of birth Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1974–1981 KVV Losser
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1982 KVV Losser
1982–1985 FC Twente II
1985–1986 ASC Schöppingen
1986–1995 VfL Bochum 242 (8)
1995–2000 FC Gütersloh 90 (0)
International career
1988–1989 Netherlands 4 (0)
Managerial career
2000–2003 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
2003–2004 FC Gütersloh
2006–2008 SuS Stadtlohn
2008–2009 Neftchi Baku PFC (assistant)
2009–2012 FC Augsburg (assistant)
2012– Hertha BSC (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Reekers worked by the end of June 2009 to June 2012 as Assistant coach of Jos Luhukay at FC Augsburg. For the 2012–13 season, he moved with him to Hertha BSC.[2]

Reekers is one of a small number of Dutch footballers to be selected for the Netherlands national team while never having played in the Dutch Eredivisie. The other capped players are Jordi Cruyff, Jerrel Hasselbaink, Willi Lippens, Wim Hofkens, Nathan Aké, Timothy Fosu-Mensah and Javairô Dilrosun.

Honours

References
  1. "Rob Reekers". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  2. "First Team Hertha BSC". herthabsc.de. Retrieved 16 February 2013.


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