{{Short description|Filipino footballer (born 1988)}} {{Philippine name|Alcala|Reichelt}} {{Use Philippine English|date=June 2022}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Patrick Reichelt | image = Patrick Reichelt on the Field - PHI vs AFG, September 12, 2023.png | image_size = | caption = Reichelt playing for Philippines in 2023 | fullname = Patrick Gerry-Anthony Alcala Reichelt<ref name="soccerway profile">{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/patrick-reichelt/141801/ |title=Patrick Gerry-Anthony Alcala Reichelt - Soccerway profile |work=soccerway.com}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|6|15|mf=y}} | birth_place = Berlin, Germany | height = {{height|m=1.80}} | position = Winger, forward | currentclub = One Taguig | clubnumber = 29 | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 2007–2009 | clubs1 = Nordberliner SC | years2 = 2009–2010 | clubs2 = Reinickendorfer Füchse | years3 = 2010–2011 | clubs3 = Energie Cottbus II | years4 = 2012 | clubs4 = TSG Neustrelitz | years5 = 2012–2013 | clubs5 = Global | years6 = 2013–2014 | clubs6 = Port | years7 = 2014–2019 | clubs7 = Ceres–Negros | years8 = 2019 | clubs8 = Melaka United | years9 = 2020–2021 | clubs9 = Suphanburi | years10 = 2022 | clubs10 = PT Prachuap | years11 = 2023– | clubs11 = Kuala Lumpur City | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0 | caps2 = 13 | goals2 = 2 | caps3 = 5 | goals3 = 0 | caps4 = 1 | goals4 = 0 | caps5 = 16 | goals5 = 8 | caps6 = 15 | goals6 = 4 | caps7 = 82 | goals7 = 52 | caps8 = 22 | goals8 = 9 | caps9 = 39 | goals9 = 7 | caps10 = 29 | goals10 = 1 | caps11 = 32 | goals11 = 1 | nationalyears1 = 2012–2024 | nationalteam1 = Philippines | nationalcaps1 = 93 | nationalgoals1 = 16 | club-update = 14:11; 1 July 2025 (UTC) | nationalteam-update = 18:30; 21 December 2024 (UTC) }}
'''Patrick Gerry-Anthony Alcala Reichelt''' (born June 15, 1988) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Philippines Football League club One Taguig.
Born in Germany, he started his career in the lower tiers of German football. He moved to the Philippines in 2012, where he won the United Football League Division 1 title with Global and another four league titles with Ceres–Negros. He also played in the top-tier leagues of other Southeast Asian countries such as the Thai League 1 and the Malaysia Super League.
Eligible for the Philippines national team through his mother, Reichelt represented them internationally from 2012 to 2024, notably in six editions of the biannual ASEAN Championship.
==Club career== Reichelt started his football career in Germany, playing for various clubs including Nordberliner SC 74, Reinickendorfer Füchse, Energie Cottbus II, and TSG Neustrelitz.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chaudhuri |first1=Arunava |title=Philippines' Patrick Reichelt: India is strong, but we have come to win |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/philippines-patrick-reichelt-india-strong-win |access-date=July 19, 2020 |work=Sportskeeda |date=November 15, 2013}}</ref>
Then United Football League side Global was the first Philippine-based club Reichelt played for, helping Global win its first title in his first season with the club in 2012.
He played for Singhtarua F.C. of the Thai Division 1 League for the 2013 season.<ref name=tojoinMSL>{{cite news |last1=Leyba |first1=Olmin |title=Azkal Reichelt to join Malaysia Super League |url=https://www.philstar.com/sports/2019/01/23/1887374/azkal-reichelt-join-malaysia-super-league |access-date=July 19, 2020 |work=The Philippine Star |date=January 23, 2020}}</ref>
Reichelt moved back to the Philippines to play for then UFL side Ceres<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sacamos |first1=Karl |title=Acquisition of Azkals Reichelt, De Murga boosts Ceres bid to crash UFL top flight |url=https://www.spin.ph/football/pfl/acquisition-of-azkalsreichelt-de-murga-boost-ceres-bid-for-return-to-ufl-top-flight |access-date=July 19, 2020 |work=Sports Interactive Network Philippines |date=March 3, 2014}}</ref> He stayed with the club, which became Ceres–Negros F.C. when it joined the Philippines Football League in 2017, for five seasons.
Melaka United signed Reichelt in January 2019 to play in the Malaysia Super League.<ref name=tojoinMSL/> He became Melaka's top scorer for the 2019 season and had an opportunity to continue playing for the club for at least another season. However, Reichelt returned to Thailand in 2020 to join Thai League 1 club Suphanburi. He sustained a head injury in the early parts of the 2020 season and had to play with protective headgear upon his return from injury.<ref name="recharged">{{cite news |last1=Tupas |first1=Cedelf |title=Recharged, resilient Reichelt puts Suzuki Cup in his crosshairs |url=https://sports.inquirer.net/398906/recharged-resilient-reichelt-puts-suzuki-cup-in-his-crosshairs#ixzz6Sd950WpS |access-date=July 19, 2020 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=July 19, 2020}}</ref>
==International career== Born in the German capital of Berlin, Reichelt represented the Philippines for which he was eligible through his mother—who hails from Argao, Cebu.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Alison |first1=Marsante |title=Cebuano talents to see action in Azkals 'Faceoff' |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/307538/cebuano-talents-to-see-action-in-azkals-faceoff |access-date=December 24, 2024 |work=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=November 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121117111048/https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/307538/cebuano-talents-to-see-action-in-azkals-faceoff |archive-date=November 17, 2012}}</ref> He first became involved with the national team in 2011 as a participant of a training camp in Düren, Germany. However an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear on the first day of the training camp forced his exclusion from the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers and the Southeast Asian Games for that year.<ref name="recharged"/>
He made his debut for the Philippines at the age of 24 on September 5, 2012 against Cambodia which ended in a scoreless draw.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soccercentralph.com/news/philippines-settle-draw-v-cambodia |title=Philippines settles for draw v Cambodia |author=De Guzman, Mikhail |publisher=Soccer Central Philippines |date=2012-09-06 |access-date=2012-09-07 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/275068/sports/football/fifa-removes-azkals-vs-cambodia-match-from-official-fixtures |title=FIFA removes Azkals vs Cambodia match from official fixtures |author=Moore, Roy |work=gmanetwork.com |publisher=GMA Network, Inc (Global Media Arts Network Inc.) |date=2012-09-21 |access-date=2012-09-22 }}</ref> Being a vital part of the Philippine national team since then, he played in six editions of the ASEAN Championship (2012, 2014, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024) and helped the team qualify for the very first time for the AFC Asian Cup in 2019.
On December 22, 2024, just after the Philippines qualified for the semi-finals of the 2024 ASEAN Championship, Reichelt announced his retirement from international football. He explained that his decision was "discussed with the management and coaching staff beforehand" and that his wife was expected to give birth to their first child in a few days. In his 12 years with the national team, he scored 16 goals in 93 international appearances.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Masoy |first1=Niel Victor C. |title=Reichelt retires from PH natl football team |url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/12/24/sports/reichelt-retires-from-ph-natl-football-team/2026634 |access-date=December 24, 2024 |work=The Manila Times |date=December 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241224145835/https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/12/24/sports/reichelt-retires-from-ph-natl-football-team/2026634 |archive-date=December 24, 2024}}</ref>
===International goals=== :''Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first.''<ref name="soccerway profile"/> {| class="wikitable" ! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1. || September 25, 2012 || Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila || {{fb|GUM}} ||align="center"| 1–0 ||align="center"| 1–0 || rowspan="2"|2012 Philippine Peace Cup |- | 2. || September 27, 2012 || Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila || {{fb|MAC}} ||align="center"| 5–0 ||align="center"| 5–0 |- | 3. || October 15, 2013 || Panaad Stadium, Bacolod || {{fb|PAK}} ||align="center"| 1–1 || align="center"| 3–1 || 2013 Philippine Peace Cup |- | 4. || May 22, 2014 || Addu Football Stadium, Addu City || {{fb|LAO}} ||align="center"| 2–0 || align="center"| 2–0 || rowspan="2"|2014 AFC Challenge Cup |- | 5. || May 24, 2014 || National Football Stadium, Malé || {{fb|TKM}} ||align="center"| 2–0 || align="center"| 2–0 |- | 6. || rowspan=2|November 22, 2014 || rowspan="2" |Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi || rowspan=2|{{fb|LAO}} || {{center|3–1}} || rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | 4–1 || rowspan=2|2014 AFF Championship |- | 7. || {{center|4–1}} |- | 8. || November 13, 2018 || Panaad Stadium, Bacolod || {{fb|SIN}} ||align="center"| 1–0 || align="center"| 1–0 || rowspan="2"|2018 AFF Championship |- | 9. || December 2, 2018 || Panaad Stadium, Bacolod || {{fb|VIE}} ||align="center"| 1–1 || align="center"| 1–2 |- | 10. || September 10, 2019 || GFA National Training Center, Dededo || {{fb|GUM}} || {{center|2–0}} || {{center|4–1}} || 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |- | 11. || December 11, 2021 || National Stadium, Kallang || {{fb|TLS}} || {{center|4–0}} || {{center|7–0}} || rowspan="2"|2020 AFF Championship |- | 12. || December 14, 2021 || National Stadium, Kallang || {{fb|THA}} || {{center|1–1}} || {{center|1–2}} |- | 13. || June 19, 2023 || Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila || {{fb|TPE}} || {{center|2–1}} || {{center|2–3}} || Friendly |- | 14. || September 8, 2023 || Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung || {{fb|TPE}} || {{center|1–0}} || {{center|1–1}} || Friendly |- | 15. || November 21, 2023 || Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila || {{fb|IDN}} || {{center|1–0}} || {{center|1–1}} || rowspan="2"|2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |- | 16. || June 6, 2024 || Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi || {{fb|VIE}} || {{center|1–0}} || {{center|2–3}} |}
==Honors==
'''Global''' *UFL Division 1: 2012
'''Ceres–Negros''' * UFL Division 2: 2014 * UFL Division 1: 2015 * Philippines Football League: 2017, 2018
'''Philippines''' *Philippine Peace Cup: 2012, 2013
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{NFT player|48625}}
{{Template:One Taguig F.C. squad}} {{Philippines squad 2019 AFC Asian Cup}}
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