Sven Ratke

German footballer

Sven Ratke

Personal information

Date of birth

(1972-01-03) 3 January 1972 (age 52)

Place of birth

Görlitz, East Germany

Height

1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)

Position(s)

Attacking midfielder

Youth career

Dynamo Görlitz

0000–1984

BSG Motor Niesky

1984–1989

Dynamo Dresden

Senior career*

Years

Team

Apps

(Gls)

1989–1995

Dynamo Dresden

(2)

1995–1996

SV Lurup

(2)

1996–1998

VfL Wolfsburg

(6)

1998–1999

VfB Hellerau-Klotzsche

1999–2002

Dresdner SC

(8)

2002–2004

Dynamo Dresden

(0)

Total

257

(18)

International career

East Germany Olympic

(2)

Medal record

Dynamo Dresden

Winner	DDR-Oberliga	1990
Winner	FDGB Pokal	1990

*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sven Ratke (born 3 January 1972 in Görlitz) is a German former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.^[1]

Career

Ratke began his career with Dynamo Dresden, making his debut in the 1989–90 season, in which the club won the League and Cup double, with Ratke coming on as a substitute for Matthias Döschner in the cup final. After reunification, Dynamo qualified for the Bundesliga, where they played for four seasons, and Ratke played in each one, a total of 48 appearances (one goal). After Dynamo's relegation in 1995, Ratke left the club, joining ambitious Hamburg club SV Lurup, where he spent half a season before signing for VfL Wolfsburg of the 2. Bundesliga. Wolfsburg were promoted to the Bundesliga in Ratke's second season with the club, and he made 13 appearances at this level, before leaving in 1998.

Ratke then returned to Dresden, spending a season in amateur football, with VfB Hellerau-Klotzsche, before signing for Dresdner SC, who were at this point the top club in the city, finishing second in the Regionalliga Nordost, while Dynamo were relegated to the NOFV-Oberliga. In 2002, Dynamo returned to the third tier (now the Regionalliga Nord), and Ratke returned to the club, where he spent two seasons before retiring in 2004, having helped the club earn promotion to the 2. Bundesliga.