Rolf Schönauer (born 20 January 1961) is a Swiss retired footballer who played in the late 1970s and 1980s as defender.

Rolf Schönauer
Personal information
Full name Rolf Schönauer
Date of birth (1961-01-20) 20 January 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth Switzerland
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1978 SC Binningen
1978–1980 FC Basel 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Schönauer played his youth football by SC Binningen and advanced to their first team in 1977. During the summer 1978 he joined FC Basel's first team for their 1978–79 season under head-coach Helmut Benthaus. He played his first match for the club in the Swiss League Cup in an away match against Grenchen.[1] He played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game on 19 June 1979 as Basel were defeated 2–4 by Zürich[2]

In his two seasons with the club Schönauer played a total of nine games for Basel without scoring a goal. Two of these games were in the Nationalliga A, one in the Swiss League Cup and six were friendly games.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Grenchen - FC Basel 3:2 (1:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. ^ "FC Zürich - FC Basel 4:2 (3:1)fcz-fcb-1978/79". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Rolf Schönauer - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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