Rainer Künkel

{{Short description|German footballer}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1950|4|9}}

| birth_place = Breidenbach, West Germany

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| position = Forward

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| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1966

| youthclubs1 = FV 1920 Wiesenbach

| youthyears2 = 1966–1970

| youthclubs2 = FV 09 Breidenbach

| years1 = 1970–1974

| clubs1 = Hessen Kassel

| caps1 = 107

| goals1 = 32

| years2 = 1974–1976

| clubs2 = SV Darmstadt 98

| caps2 = 41

| goals2 = 29

| years3 = 1976–1978

| clubs3 = Bayern Munich

| caps3 = 33

| goals3 = 6

| years4 = 1978–1980

| clubs4 = 1. FC Saarbrücken

| caps4 = 64

| goals4 = 33

| years5 = 1980–1984

| clubs5 = Viktoria Köln

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| years6 = 1984–1985

| clubs6 = SC 1919 Gladenbach

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| years7 = 1985–1988

| clubs7 = VfL Marburg

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| years8 = 1988–1989

| clubs8 = VfL 1911 Biedenkopf

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| years9 = 1989–1991

| clubs9 = SV 1924 Allendorf

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| years10 = 1991–1992

| clubs10 = VfL Marburg

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| years11 = 1992–1993

| clubs11 = VfL 1911 Biedenkopf

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Rainer Künkel (born 9 April 1950 in Breidenbach, Hesse) is a German former footballer.{{cite web | url = http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/2bundesliga/vereine/1977-78/11705/vereinsspieler_rainer-kuenkel.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112412/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/2bundesliga/vereine/1977-78/11705/vereinsspieler_rainer-kuenkel.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 4 March 2016 | title = Künkel, Rainer | language = German | magazine = Kicker | accessdate = 14 May 2012}}