Uwe Rahn

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Uwe Rahn

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|5|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Mannheim, West Germany

| height = 1.84 m

| currentclub =

| position = Attacking midfielder

| youthyears1 = 1970–1975

| youthclubs1 = TSV Schönau

| youthyears2 = 1975–1980

| youthclubs2 = Waldhof Mannheim

| years1 = 1980–1988

| clubs1 = Borussia Mönchengladbach

| caps1 = 227

| goals1 = 81

| years2 = 1988–1990

| clubs2 = 1. FC Köln

| caps2 = 43

| goals2 = 13

| years3 = 1990–1991

| clubs3 = Hertha BSC

| caps3 = 21

| goals3 = 5

| years4 = 1991–1992

| clubs4 = Fortuna Düsseldorf

| caps4 = 15

| goals4 = 5

| years5 = 1992–1993

| clubs5 = Eintracht Frankfurt

| caps5 = 12

| goals5 = 3

| years6 = 1993–1994

| clubs6 = Urawa Reds

| caps6 = 7

| goals6 = 1

| totalcaps = 325

| totalgoals = 108

| nationalyears1 = 1982–1984

| nationalteam1 = West Germany U-21

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 1984

| nationalteam2 = West Germany Olympic

| nationalcaps2 = 5

| nationalgoals2 = 4

| nationalyears3 = 1984–1987

| nationalteam3 = West Germany

| nationalcaps3 = 14

| nationalgoals3 = 5

}}

Uwe Rahn (born 21 May 1962) is a German former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Career

Rahn played 318 Bundesliga matches in his professional career,{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/players/urahndata.html | title = Uwe Rahn - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga | author = Matthias Arnhold | date = 5 February 2015 | access-date = 13 February 2015 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}} scoring the majority of his 107 Bundesliga goals in his eight years at Borussia Mönchengladbach where he grew to a West Germany international and lifted the kicker-Torjägerkanone award for scoring the most goals in the Bundesliga of 1986–87. The attacking midfielder 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, Hertha BSC, Fortuna Düsseldorf, Eintracht Frankfurt and finally Urawa Red Diamonds of Japan, 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 striker, appeared in a total of 14 matches for West Germany in between 1984 and 1987.{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/urahn-intlg.html | title = Uwe Rahn - International Appearances | author = Matthias Arnhold | date = 5 February 2015 | access-date = 13 February 2015 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}} 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 Sweden in a World Cup qualifier on 17 October 1984. Hampered by injury, he was part of the 1986 FIFA World Cup squad of his nation but did not come to action in the tournament. Rahn also competed for West Germany at the 1984 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|publisher=Sports Reference|title=Uwe Rahn Biography and Statistics|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/uwe-rahn-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418044850/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/uwe-rahn-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|access-date=28 October 2009}}

Rahn is not related to Helmut Rahn, the 1954 FIFA World Cup-winning goalscorer of West Germany.

Career statistics

=Club=

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|National Cup !colspan="2"\|League Cup !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition{{NFT player\|16893\|accessdate= }}
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
rowspan="10"\|Borussia Mönchengladbach \|1980–81 \|rowspan="9"\|Bundesliga \|14	3					14	3
1981–82 \|30	2					30	2
1982–83 \|24	3					24	3
1983–84 \|31	14					31	14
1984–85 \|34	14					34	14
1985–86 \|28	9					28	9
1986–87 \|31	24					31	24
1987–88 \|25	12					25	12
1988–89 \|10	0					10	0
colspan="2"\|Total !227	81					227	81
rowspan="3"\|1. FC Köln \|1988–89 \|rowspan="2"\|Bundesliga \|20	7					20	7
1989–90 \|23	6					23	6
colspan="2"\|Total !43	13					43	13
Hertha BSC \|1990–91 \|Bundesliga \|21	5					21	5
Fortuna Düsseldorf \|1991–92 \|Bundesliga \|15	5					15	5
Eintracht Frankfurt \|1992–93 \|Bundesliga \|12	3					12	3
rowspan="3"\|Urawa Reds \|1993 \|rowspan="2"\|J1 League \|7	1	2	0	4	0	13	1
1994 \|0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
colspan="2"\|Total !7	1	2	0	4	0	13	1
colspan="3"\|Career total !325	108	2	0	4	0	331	108

=International=

National team	Year	Apps
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
rowspan="4"\|West Germany \|1984	2	1
1985	7	3
1986	2	1
1987	3	0
colspan="2"\|Total	14	5

Honours

Borussia Mönchengladbach

DFB-Pokal runner-up: 1983–84

1. FC Köln

Bundesliga runner-up: 1988–89, 1989–90

West Germany

FIFA World Cup runner-up: 1986

Individual

Footballer of the Year (Germany): 1987
Bundesliga top scorer: 1986–87
kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 1986–87{{cite web|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/198687/startseite.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019114424/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/198687/startseite.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 October 2012|title=Bundesliga Historie 1986/87|language=de|publisher=kicker}}