Wolfgang Rausch

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Wolfgang Rausch
Personal information
Date of birth (1947-04-30) 30 April 1947 (age 76)
Place of birth Aachen, Germany
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1965–1968 1. FC Köln 47 (0)
1968–1974 Rot-Weiss Essen
1974–1977 Kickers Offenbach 103 (21)
1977–1979 Bayern Munich 51 (3)
1979–1981 Dallas Tornado 82 (17)
1979–1980 Detroit Lightning (indoor) 27 (21)
1980–1981 Dallas Tornado (indoor) 17 (21)
1981–1982 New Jersey Rockets (indoor) 44 (32)
1982 Oklahoma City Slickers
1983–1985 Dallas Americans
International career
1967 West Germany U-23 2 (0)
Managerial career
1982 Oklahoma City Slickers (assistant)
1983–1985 Dallas Americans
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Wolfgang Rausch (born 30 April 1947) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender. He made a total of 257 appearances in the Bundesliga during his playing career. [1]

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Career

Rausch was born in Aachen. In 1979, he left Germany for the United States where he signed with the Dallas Tornado of the North American Soccer League. Rausch played three outdoor and one indoor seasons with the Tornado. While with the Tornado, he also played the 1979–1980 Major Indoor Soccer League season on loan with the Detroit Lightning. In the fall of 1981, Rausch left the Tornado and signed with the New Jersey Rockets of the MISL. In 1982, he moved back outdoors with the Oklahoma City Slickers of the second division American Soccer League at the request of head coach Brian Harvey, an ex-teammate from the Tornado. [2] During his season in Oklahoma, Rausch was also an assistant coach. After one season, he joined the newly established Dallas Americans as a player-coach. The ASL collapsed after the 1983 season and the Americans moved to the United Soccer League for the 1984 and 1985 seasons.

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References

  1. ↑ "Rausch, Wolfgang" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "A Who's Who of the Slickers The Names May Not Be Familiar". The Daily Oklahoman. 26 April 1982.
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