Uwe Rahn

Uwe Rahn
Personal information
Full name Uwe Rahn
Date of birth 21 May 1962 (1962-05-21) (age 49)
Place of birth Mannheim, West Germany
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Attacking Midfielder, Striker
Club information
Current club Retired
Youth career
1970–1975 TSV Schönau
1975–1980 Waldhof Mannheim
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1980–1988 Borussia Mönchengladbach 227 (81)
1988–1990 1. FC Köln 43 (13)
1990–1991 Hertha BSC 21 (5)
1991–1992 Fortuna Düsseldorf 15 (5)
1992–1993 Eintracht Frankfurt 12 (3)
1993–1994 Urawa Red Diamonds 7 (1)
– Career 325 (108)
National team
1982–1984 West Germany U-21 3 (0)
1984 West Germany Olympic 5 (4)
1984–1987 West Germany 14 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Uwe Rahn (born 21 May 1962 in Mannheim, Germany) is a former German football player.

Rahn played 318 Bundesliga matches in his professional career, scoring the majority of his 107 Bundesliga goals in his eight years at Borussia Mönchengladbach where he grew to a West Germany international and lifted the kicker-Torjägerkanone award for scoring the most goals in the Bundesliga of 1986-1987. The attacking midfielder scored 24 goals that season, magnificent fourteen in the course of the final nine weeks of the season. Subsequent to this achievement, Rahn was handed the Fußballer des Jahres award in 1987. Shortly after, he was poised to join PSV Eindhoven as a replacement for Ruud Gullit, but a move stalled and did not take place. Less impressive in scoring the season after, Rahn's form decreased massively then and ended in pittance-like transfers to 1. FC Köln, Hertha BSC, Fortuna Düsseldorf, Eintracht Frankfurt and finally Urawa Red Diamonds of Japan, the club where he finished his career. All the way through those clubs and years he couldn't get his form (and career) back on, something signified by the decreasing length of his spells.

Uwe Rahn, who was from time to time used as striker, appeared in a total of 14 matches for West Germany in between 1984 and 1987. In those games he scored five goals, the most important of them seconds after coming on as a second-half substitute for Felix Magath on his debut against Sweden in a World Cup qualifier on October 17, 1984. Hampered by injury, he was part of the 1986 FIFA World Cup squad of his nation but did not come to action in the tournament. Rahn also competed for West Germany at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[1]

Rahn is not related to Helmut Rahn, the 1954 FIFA World Cup-winning goalscorer of West Germany.

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Club career statistics

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Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Germany League DFB-Pokal DFB Ligapokal Total
1980/81 Borussia Mönchengladbach Bundesliga 14 3 14 3
1981/82 30 2 30 2
1982/83 24 3 24 3
1983/84 31 14 31 14
1984/85 34 14 34 14
1985/86 28 9 28 9
1986/87 31 24 31 24
1987/88 25 12 25 12
1988/89 10 0 10 0
1988/89 Köln Bundesliga 20 7 20 7
1989/90 23 6 23 6
1990/91 Hertha Berlin Bundesliga 21 5 21 5
1991/92 Fortuna Düsseldorf Bundesliga 15 5 15 5
1992/93 Eintracht Frankfurt Bundesliga 12 3 12 3
Japan League Emperor's Cup J. League Cup Total
1993 Urawa Red Diamonds J. League 1 7 1 2 0 4 0 13 1
1994 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Country Germany 318 107 318 107
Japan 7 1 2 0 4 0 13 1
Total 325 108 2 0 4 0 331 108

International career statistics

Germany national team
Year Apps Goals
1984 2 1
1985 7 3
1986 2 1
1987 3 0
Total 14 5

Honours

References

  1. ^ "Uwe Rahn Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/uwe-rahn-1.html. Retrieved 2009-10-28. 
  2. ^ http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=17597
West Germany squad – 1984 Summer Olympics
West Germany squad – 1986 FIFA World Cup Runners-Up