Friedel Rausch
Rausch in 1979
Personal information
Date of birth (1940-02-27)27 February 1940
Place of birth Duisburg, Germany
Date of death 18 November 2017(2017-11-18) (aged 77)
Place of death Horw, Switzerland
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1961–1962 Meidericher SV
1962–1971 Schalke 04 195 (7)
Managerial career
1971–1976 Schalke 04 (youth, assistant)
1976–1977 Schalke 04
1979–1980 Eintracht Frankfurt
1980–1982 Fenerbahçe
1982–1983 MVV
1983–1985 Iraklis Thessaloniki
1985–1992 FC Luzern
1992–1993 FC Basel
1993–1996 1. FC Kaiserslautern
1996–1997 LASK
1998 Borussia Mönchengladbach
1998–2000 1. FC Nürnberg
2001 Eintracht Frankfurt
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Friedel Rausch (27 February 1940 – 18 November 2017) was a German football player and manager.[1] As a manager, he won with FC Luzern the Swiss championship in 1989 and the cup in 1992, thereby becoming the most successful manager in the club's history.[2]

In 1969, Rausch produced some headlines as he was bitten by an Alsatian during the derby of Schalke 04 and Borussia Dortmund.[3]

End March/beginning April 2006, Rausch was diagnosed with skin cancer.[4][5] He died at the age of 77 on 18 November 2017.[6]

See also

References

  1. Krütli, Albert (18 November 2017). "FCL trauert um Meistertrainer Friedel Rausch". Luzerner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  2. "Trauergottesdienst für Friedel Rausch am Montag in Horw". Luzerner Zeitung (in German). 22 November 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  3. "Rausch: "Meine Hose war plötzlich blutdurchtränkt"" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  4. "Es war ein Schock für meine Familie" (in German). Blick. 21 April 2006. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  5. "Friedel Rausch ist nur noch stolzer Großvater". Frankfurter Neue Presse (in German). 26 October 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  6. "Friedel Rausch: Schalke-Legende ist tot" [Friedel Rausch: Schalke legend is dead]. Der Spiegel (in German). 18 November 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2023.


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