Rainer Rauffmann
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Markos Rainer Rauffmann | ||
| Date of birth | 26 February 1967 | ||
| Place of birth | Kleve, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1972–1983 | Siemens Amberg | ||
| 1983–1984 | FC Amberg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1991 | FC Amberg | ||
| 1991–1992 | Blau-Weiß Berlin | 18 | (6) |
| 1992–1995 | SV Meppen | 105 | (37) |
| 1995–1996 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 26 | (4) |
| 1996–1997 | Arminia Bielefeld | 4 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | → LASK (loan) | 16 | (3) |
| 1997–2004 | Omonia | 153 | (192) |
| Total | 322 | (242) | |
| National team | |||
| 2002–2003 | Cyprus | 5 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Markos Rainer Rauffmann (born 26 February 1967) is a retired footballer who played as a striker.
After having played mainly for modest clubs in his country of birth, Germany, he revived his career in Cyprus where he played with success for Omonia, eventually representing the Cypriot national team despite having already reached his 30's.
Born in Kleve, North-Rhine Westphalia, Rauffmann moved at the age of 16 to FC Amberg, a local team playing in the Fußball-Oberliga, but only managed to stay a season there before moving to the seventh level. After five years in the amateur leagues he returned to the club, now as a semi-professional.
In 1991 Rauffmann signed for SpVgg Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin, which at the time was playing in the second division. He spent most of his first professional spell as a right back, still managing to score six goals although the club eventually suffered relegation.
For the next three seasons Rauffmann continued to play in that category, now for SV Meppen where he made the transition to forward. In 1995, he joined Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga, making his debut in the competition on 12 August in the season's opener against Karlsruher SC and netting in a 2–2 home draw; he was fairly used during the course of the campaign, but again dropped down a level.
In the ensuing summer Rauffmann signed with Arminia Bielefeld, but only lasted a few months, finishing the season on loan to Austria's LASK Linz.
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