He played soccer for a number of teams in Germany such as Ukraina Ulm, Phönix Karlsruhe, Dnister Zuffenhausen, Sitch Regensburg, Jahn Regensburg and Schwaben Augsburg.
After helping FC St. Pauli narrowly miss out on promotion from the second level, Reinke signed with 1. FC Kaiserslautern, where he won his first trophies: in 1996, the Palatinate Forest side suffered top flight relegation, but managed to win the cup, 1–0 against Karlsruher SC.
Bundesliga and sharing the position of the league's second best goalscorer with Karlsruhe's Giovanni Federico.
In 1989 he changed for a transfer fee of 50,000 German Mark together with his Pforzheim colleague Eberhard Carl to the Bundesliga club Karlsruher SC.
In 1993, he left the Karlsruher SC and changed to the Oberliga club TSF Ditzingen.