Rolf Schönauer (born 20 January 1961) is a

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retired

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who played in the late 1970s and 1980s as defender. Schönauer played his youth football by

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and advanced to their first team in 1977. During the summer 1978 he joined

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's first team for their 1978–79 season under head-coach

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. He played his first match for the club in the

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in an away match against

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. He played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game on 19 June 1979 as Basel were defeated 2–4 by

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In his two seasons with the club Schönauer played a total of nine games for Basel without scoring a goal. Two of these games were in the Nationalliga A, one in the

and six were friendly games.

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* Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel.
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