Benjamin Reichert
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Benjamin Reichert is a German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 professional football player for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen is a German association football club in Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was formed as Oberhausener SV in December 1904 out of the merger of Emschertaler SV and the football enthusiasts of Oberhausener TV 1873...

 and co-founder of the SK Gaming
SK Gaming
SK Gaming is a professional German electronic sports organization founded in 1997 by a small group of Quake players living in Oberhausen. SK Gaming retains teams across different genres and are particularly known for their success in Counter-Strike tournaments...

 e-sports clan.

Reichert started his career in the junior teams of Rot-Weiß Oberhausen. His first call-up to the men's squad came in the 2002–03 season, where he was subbed into a game of RWO in the Second Bundesliga
2. Fußball-Bundesliga
- Changes in division set-up :* Number of clubs: currently 18. From 1974 to 1981 there were two conferences, each of 20 teams. In 1981–91 it had 20...

. 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 2007–08 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
SK Gaming
SK Gaming is a professional German electronic sports organization founded in 1997 by a small group of Quake players living in Oberhausen. SK Gaming retains teams across different genres and are particularly known for their success in Counter-Strike tournaments...

 (named "Schroet Kommando" back then) with his brothers Ralf and Tim Reichert
Tim Reichert
Tim Reichert is a German professional football player for Sportfreunde Siegen and co-founder of the SK Gaming e-sports clan.- Career :...

 and several other gamers, among them Musa Celik
Musa Celik
Musa Celik is a German professional footballer who currently plays for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen II and is co-founder of the SK Gaming e-sports clan.-Career:...

. Among gamers, Benjamin Reichert was known as SK|Kane. Remarkably, both Tim SK|Burke Reichert and Musa SK|kila Celik also played professional football for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen.

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