Uwe Rahn (born 21 May 1962) is a German former professional

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who played as an

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Career

Rahn played 318

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matches in his professional career, scoring the majority of his 107 Bundesliga goals in his eight years at

Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e. V. Mönchengladbach, commonly known as Borussia Mönchengladbach (), Mönchengladbach () or Gladbach (; abbreviated as Borussia MG, BMG), is a professional Association football, football club based in ...

where he grew to a

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international and lifted the kicker-Torjägerkanone award for scoring the most goals in the Bundesliga of 1986–87. The

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 1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V., commonly known as simply FC Köln () or FC Cologne in English, is a German professional football club based in Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs ''Kölner Ballspi ...

Hertha BSC Hertha, Berliner Sport-Club e. V., commonly known as Hertha BSC (), and sometimes referred to as Hertha Berlin, Hertha BSC Berlin, or simply Hertha, is a German professional football club based in the locality of Westend of the borough of Charl ...

, Fortuna Düsseldorf,

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and finally Urawa Red Diamonds of

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, 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

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, appeared in a total of 14 matches for

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

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in a World Cup qualifier on 17 October 1984. Hampered by injury, he was part of the

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squad of his nation but did not come to action in the tournament. Rahn also competed for West Germany at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

. Rahn is not related to Helmut Rahn, the

1954 FIFA World Cup The 1954 FIFA World Cup was the fifth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament for senior men's national teams of the nations affiliated to FIFA. It was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July. Switzerla ...

-winning goalscorer of

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Borussia Mönchengladbach * DFB-Pokal runner-up: 1983–84 1. FC Köln *

runner-up: 1988–89, 1989–90 West Germany * FIFA World Cup runner-up:

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Individual * Footballer of the Year (Germany): 1987 * Bundesliga top scorer: 1986–87 *'' kicker''

Team of the Season: 1986–87

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rahn, Uwe 1962 births Living people Footballers from Mannheim German footballers Association football midfielders Germany under-21 international footballers Germany international footballers Kicker-Torjägerkanone Award winners Bundesliga players J1 League players Borussia Mönchengladbach players 1. FC Köln players Hertha BSC players Urawa Red Diamonds players Eintracht Frankfurt players Fortuna Düsseldorf players 1986 FIFA World Cup players Olympic footballers of West Germany Footballers at the 1984 Summer Olympics German expatriate footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate footballers in Japan