Rolf Lauper (17 January 1960 – 18 August 2006) was a

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who played in the late 1970s, the 1980s and early 1990s as defender. Lauper played his youth football with

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and advanced to their first team during their promotion season 1976–77 from the Nationalliga B, the second tier of Swiss football. Lauper stayed with the club in the

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. But this was not a successful season and the club suffered relegation. Before the

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season, Lauper signed a contract with

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. He stayed with the club for two and a half years, before he moved on to

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who at that time played in the Nationalliga B. With Wettingen in the 1981–82 Nationalliga B season Lauper won promotion. He stayed with the club for one more season. Lauper joined FC Basel's first team for their 1983–84 season under team manager

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. After playing in ten test games, Lauper played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game on 10 August 1983 as Basel were defeated 2–4 by AC Bellinzona. In his two seasons with the club, Lauper played a total of 106 games for Basel scoring five goals. 49 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, four in the

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and 53 were friendly games. He scored all five goals during the test games. Following Basel, Lauper moved to FC Baden in the Nationalliga B for three seasons then to

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for two seasons. Finally he ended his football career spending two seasons with

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, who escaped relegation in the 1991–92 season, but suffered relegation the next.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lauper, Rolf SC Young Fellows Juventus players Grasshopper Club Zurich players FC Wettingen players FC Basel players FC Baden players Swiss men's footballers Men's association football defenders 1960 births 2006 deaths