Rainer Rauffmann
Rainer Rauffmann ( born February 26, 1967 in Kleve ), Cyprus Markos Rauffmann, is a former Cypriot football player German origin, as Talent scouts for the Cypriot first division club Alki Larnaca is currently active.
Playing career ...
In Germany ...
Rauffmann began in Ebermannsdorf, in the Upper Palatinate district of Amberg -Sulzbach, among the local soccer association with football games and changed - grown out of adolescence - the first division club FC Bayern Amberg. In the 1991/92 season he was six times successfully in the 2nd Bundesliga Nord for Blue-White 90 Berlin in 18 games. His second league debut, he was crowned on 23 July 1991 ( 1st Round ) 5-2 victory at home to FC Remscheid with his two goals for interim 3-0 in the 48th minute and a 5-2 final score in the 76. minute. As a result of the descent of his club he joined in 1992/93 for second division side SV Meppen in the " single-track " 2nd Bundesliga, spent three seasons there and played 105 league games in which he scored 37 goals.
For the 1995/96 season he was obliged by Eintracht Frankfurt, for which he on August 12, 1995 ( 1st Round ) 2-2 draw at home against Karlsruher SC at once his first Bundesliga goal, the goal for interim 1:1 After 43 minutes, scored. With four goals in 26 league games he could not prevent the descent of Hesse.
He then joined the newly promoted Bundesliga Arminia Bielefeld, but only got to four league stakes due to personal differences with coach Ernst Middendorp.
In this regard, he moved - on loan - to Austria for the first division LASK Linz, for whom he played 16 league games and scored three goals.
In Cyprus ...
In 1997, he finally accepted an offer of the Cypriot first division club Omonia Nicosia and justified his decision later as follows:
"That appealed to me already: beach, sun and sea. Also, my name in Germany was broken by the descents with Frankfurt and Bielefeld. "
In Cyprus, the discarded Rauffmann became a superstar. In seven seasons for Omonia Nicosia he played 152 league games and scored 181 goals. It was in 1998 at 42, 1999 36, 2000 35 and 2001 with 30 goals this season top scorer in the First Division and won in 2001 and 2003 with his team the championship. In 1998, he was top scorer in Europe, but because of the low coefficient of Cypriot league he never had the Golden Shoe.
2002 Rauffmann received the Cypriot citizenship, which enabled him to play for the Cyprus national team. So he came during qualifying for the 2004 European Championships four times for the island nation to use and scored two goals. He made his debut on 7 September 2002 in Nicosia in the 1-2 defeat against the selection of France. His two international goals he scored on 20 November 2002 (also in Nicosia) in a 2-1 victory against the selection of Malta with the results for the interim 1-0 in the 50th minute and on 29 March 2003 in Limassol in the 1-1 draw against the selection of Israel with the equalizer in the 61st minute. His last international match for Cyprus, he played on 2 April 2003 in Ljubljana in the 1:4 defeat to the selection of Slovenia.
Due to a cartilage injury he ended his active career in May 2004. At his farewell game in July, the fans celebrated him with standing ovations and " Trellos Germanos " chants, which means something like "crazy German ". The " Panzyprische association of professional footballers ( Pasp ) " awarded him for his services to the Cypriot football with a badge of honor. " Rainer has honored the Cypriot footballer, although he was an opponent for some of us and worries us ," " Pasp " Minister Kostas Malekos said at the presentation of an honorary badge to the striker Omonia Nicosia. Rauffmann tribute to the award plaque then as one of the most prized awards in his career.
Coaching career
Rauffmann earned his coaching license in the course of a quick course for national team in Greece. After the 2nd round of the 2004/05 season, his former club Omonia Nicosia hired him as sports director. When in January Michailovic head coach threw in the towel, Rauffmann was ignored in his own words at the trainer finding what prompted him to resign on the same day.
In June 2005 he went his first work as a trainer in the Cypriot first division club Olympiakos Nicosia. Since the players were not paid for two months Rauffmann end of the year remained a demonstrative organized by Club Boss Kleanthis Georgiadis food away and solved before the turn of the year on his contract. After working as a coach and sports director at Omonia Nicosia to Rauffmann operated as chief scout (as of September 2012). .
Others
Rauffmann is married to a Cypriot, was baptized Greek Orthodox and carries on Cyprus the Greek name Markos. With his wife, he has a daughter and a son from a previous relationship.