Uwe Rahn

Uwe Rahn (born 21 May 1962) is a German former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Uwe Rahn
Personal information
Date of birth (1962-05-21) 21 May 1962
Place of birth Mannheim, West Germany
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
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 Reds 7 (1)
Total 325 (108)
International career
1982–1984 West Germany U-21 3 (0)
1984 West Germany Olympic 5 (4)
1984–1987 West Germany 14 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Rahn played 318 Bundesliga matches in his professional career,[1] 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 1986–87. The attacking midfielder scored 24 goals that season, fourteen in the course of the final nine weeks of the season. Subsequent to this achievement, Rahn was awarded Footballer of the Year (Germany) 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.

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.[2] 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 17 October 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.[3]

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

Career statistics

Club
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[4]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Borussia Mönchengladbach 1980–81 Bundesliga 143143
1981–82 302302
1982–83 243243
1983–84 31143114
1984–85 34143414
1985–86 289289
1986–87 31243124
1987–88 25122512
1988–89 100100
Total 2278122781
1. FC Köln 1988–89 Bundesliga 207207
1989–90 236236
Total 43134313
Hertha BSC 1990–91 Bundesliga 215215
Fortuna Düsseldorf 1991–92 Bundesliga 155155
Eintracht Frankfurt 1992–93 Bundesliga 123123
Urawa Reds 1993 J1 League 712040131
1994 00000000
Total 712040131
Career total 3251082040331108

International
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Germany 198421
198573
198621
198730
Total145

Honours

Borussia Mönchengladbach

1. FC Köln

West Germany

Individual

References
  1. Matthias Arnhold (5 February 2015). "Uwe Rahn - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  2. Matthias Arnhold (5 February 2015). "Uwe Rahn - International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  3. "Uwe Rahn Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
  4. Uwe Rahn at National-Football-Teams.com
  5. "Bundesliga Historie 1986/87" (in German). kicker.
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