Bruno Rahmen (born 15 October 1948) is a former

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player and

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Private life

After his football career, Rahmen worked for the Basler chemical industry and advanced to Sales Executive before his retirement. He married Marlis in 1966 and they have two sons Patrick and Micha, both of whom also became professional footballers. From July 2007 until October 2011,

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was trainer and manager of the FC Basel U-21 squad, presently he is

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in the

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Football career

Rahmen started his football with the youth teams of FC Riehen and also played in their amateur 2. Liga first team. In 1966, he signed for

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and played with them for ten years, winning the

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Championship five times, the

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twice and the

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once. In the summer of 1976, Rahmen transferred to FC Luzern (then in the second division) and played for them for five years, winning promotion with his team in the 1978/79 season. Bruno Rahmen finished his playing career as player-manager by

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in the top Swiss Amateur League. During the 1983–1985 period, Rahmen was manager of FC Luzern. In 1992, he was also caretaker manager of Basel for a short time, together with

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, after

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was sacked and before

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took over.

Honours

Basel *

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: 1967, 1975 *

: 1973 *

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: 1969, 1970 Luzern * Promotion to

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: 1979

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rahmen, Bruno 1948 births Living people Swiss men's footballers Swiss football managers FC Basel players FC Luzern players FC Luzern managers FC Basel managers Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders 20th-century Swiss sportsmen