Stefan Reuter (born 16 October 1966) is a German football executive and former player who played as a defender or midfielder.

A proposed move to Liverpool following West Germany's victorious World Cup campaign was turned down at the last minute with Reuter following many of his compatriots to Italy.

The semi-finals in Heilbronn ended in a 5-1 win over Yugoslavia, and in the final on 5 May in Ulm he secured (as a substitute) with the team the U-16 title by beating the Soviet Union 2-0 -European Champion.

[3] He also played for the U-18 national team (seven times in a row after his debut on 14 January 1985 in Leningrad - as part of the Granatkin memorial tournament - in a 5-1 victory over Poland), as well as for the U-21 National team, for which he made his debut on 24 September 1985 in Eskilstuna in the 1-2 defeat by Sweden and also scored two goals in the process.

At Euro 1996 he scored one of the penalties in the semi-final shootout against England, however like Andreas Möller he was suspended for the final.

Reuter served as team manager for TSV 1860 Munich from January 2006 to 2 February 2009 when he was removed from the job.

A day later, Reuter rejected an offer to continue working in management with limited skills as unacceptable and was then suspended with immediate effect.

[12][13] Under Reuter's tenure, FC Augsburg qualified for the UEFA Europa League for the first time in the club's history in the 2014/15 season.

[19] Reuter is a member of the board of trustees of the Stiftung Jugendfußball (youth football foundation) which was founded in 2000 by him,[20] Jürgen Klinsmann,[21] other German national team players and the lecturers of the special Pro Licence course.