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4 unusual facts about Rainer Rauffmann


Rainer Rauffmann

Rauffmann won his second championship with Omonia in 2002–03, at the age of 36, scoring a total of 41 goals in 40 official matches, and also reaching the Cyprus national team, playing five matches in one year.

Rauffmann forged a strong offensive partnership with the team's captain Costas Malekkos.

After having baptised himself a Greek Orthodox, Rauffmann married Cypriot Maria, and the couple later welcomed daughter Michaela.

Born in Kleve, North-Rhine Westphalia, Rauffmann moved at the age of 16 to FC Amberg, a local team playing in the German third division, but only managed to stay a season there, before moving to the seventh level.



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