Konstantin Rausch

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Viktorovich and the family name is Rausch.

Konstantin Rausch

Rausch playing for Russia in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Konstantin Viktorovich Rausch
Date of birth	(1990-03-15) 15 March 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Kozhevnikovo, Tomsk Oblast, Soviet Union
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s)	Left-back Left midfielder
Youth career
1996–2002	TuS Lachendorf
2002–2004	SV Nienhagen
2004–2008	Hannover 96
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2009	Hannover 96 II	15	(0)
2008–2013	Hannover 96	150	(9)
2013–2015	VfB Stuttgart	25	(2)
2015	VfB Stuttgart II	9	(2)
2015–2016	Darmstadt 98	31	(2)
2016–2018	1. FC Köln	40	(0)
2018–2020	Dynamo Moscow	48	(2)
2021–2022	1. FC Nürnberg	4	(0)
2021	1. FC Nürnberg II	1	(0)
Total		323	(17)
International career
2005–2006	Germany U16	5	(0)
2006–2007	Germany U17	24	(0)
2007–2008	Germany U18	4	(0)
2008–2009	Germany U19	10	(0)
2010–2011	Germany U21	8	(1)
2017–2018	Russia	9	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Konstantin Viktorovich Rausch (Russian: Константин Викторович Рауш, German: Konstantin Rausch; born 15 March 1990) is a former professional footballer who played as a left-back.^[2] Born in Germany, he represented the country at various youth levels before switching allegiance to the Russia senior national team.

Early life

Rausch was born in Kozhevnikovo, Tomsk Oblast, Russian SFSR to ethnic German parents. His family emigrated to Germany from Russia in 1996. His first friend in Germany could not pronounce "Konstantin" and instead called him "Kocka", a nickname still used by his teammates and coaches.^[3] Rausch is dual citizen of Russia and Germany.

Club career

Early career

Shortly after moving to Germany, Rausch started playing football at the local club, TuS Lachendorf. At the age of twelve he received an offer to join the youth team of Bundesliga side Hannover 96. He decided he was not mature enough for such a big club and instead joined another local side, SV Nienhagen. He finally joined Hannover two years later, rejecting offers from Werder Bremen and Feyenoord.^[4]

Hannover 96

When 96 first choice left full back Michael Tarnat and his replacement Christian Schulz were injured, Rausch debuted against VfB Stuttgart on 30 March 2008. He was aged 18, which made him the youngest player ever, to appear in Hannover's first squad. Rausch had a good game, but had to be substituted at half time after straining a muscle. Two days later, he signed his first professional contract, running until 2010.^[5] While Hannover favoured a longer contract, Rausch did not want to tie himself for too long.^[6]

VfB Stuttgart

After the end of his contract with Hannover on 1 July 2013, Rausch moved to VfB Stuttgart on a free transfer. On 5 May 2013, Konstantin Rausch signed a contract until June 2016 with VfB Stuttgart.^[7]

Darmstadt 98

On 6 July 2015, Rausch signed a one-year contract with SV Darmstadt 98.^[8]

Dynamo Moscow

On 21 January 2018, he signed with Russian club FC Dynamo Moscow.^[9] On 19 December 2020, Dynamo announced that he left the club as his contract expired.^[10]

1. FC Nürnberg and retirement

In summer 2022, after a season with 1. FC Nürnberg, Rausch retired from professional football.^[11]

International career

International youth teams

Rausch played for various German youth teams as a left full back or wing back, accumulating more than 30 appearances.^[12] His biggest success was a bronze medal at the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup, where he started in every game except for one, which he missed following a red card.^[13] After the tournament, he was awarded a Fritz Walter Medal in silver as the second most promising German football player of his age.^[14]

Senior team

In March 2011, Russian media quoted Rausch to be interested in playing for the Russia national team, but that the Russian Football Union never approached him.^[15] On 16 August 2017, he was called up for Russia for a friendly game against a club side Dynamo Moscow, which did not count as a full international match.^[16] He made his full international debut on 7 October 2017 in a friendly game against South Korea.^[17]

On 11 May 2018, he was included in Russia's extended 2018 FIFA World Cup squad.^[18] He was not included in the finalized World Cup squad due to back injury.^[19]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hannover 96	2007–08[20]	Bundesliga	2	0	0	0	–		2	0
	2008–09[20]		25	0	1	0	–		26	0
	2009–10[20]		26	0	1	0	–		27	0
	2010–11[20]		34	5	0	0	–		34	5
	2011–12[20]		33	1	2	0	14	1	49	2
	2012–13[20]		30	3	2	1	10	0	42	4
	Total		150	9	6	1	24	1	180	11
Hannover 96 II	2007–08[20]	Oberliga Nord	11	0	–		–		11	0
	2008–09[20]	Regionalliga Nord	4	0	–		–		4	0
	Total		15	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
VfB Stuttgart	2013–14[20]	Bundesliga	21	2	1	0	1	0	23	2
	2014–15[20]		4	0	0	0	–		4	0
	Total		25	2	1	0	1	0	27	2
VfB Stuttgart II	2014–15[20]	3. Liga	9	2	–		–		9	2
Darmstadt 98	2015–16[20]	Bundesliga	31	2	2	1	–		33	3
1. FC Köln	2016–17[20]	Bundesliga	28	0	3	1	–		31	1
	2017–18[20]		12	0	1	0	6	0	19	0
	Total		40	0	4	1	6	0	50	1
Dynamo Moscow	2017–18[21]	Russian Premier League	10	0	0	0	–		10	0
	2018–19[21]		16	0	0	0	–		16	0
	2019–20[21]		18	1	0	0	–		18	1
	2020–21[21]		4	1	–		0	0	4	1
	Total		48	2	0	0	0	0	48	2
1. FC Nürnberg	2021–22[20]	2. Bundesliga	4	0	0	0	–		4	0
1. FC Nürnberg II	2021–22[20]	Regionalliga Bayern	1	0	–		–		1	0
Career total			323	17	13	3	31	1	367	21

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[22]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Russia	2017	4	0
Total		4	0

Honours

Germany U17

• FIFA U-17 World Cup: third place 2007

Individual

• Fritz Walter Medal: 2007 in Silver (Category U17)
• Fritz Walter Medal: 2009 in Silver (Category U19)

References

1. "Dynamo".
2. "Konstantin Rausch". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 15 August 2021.
3. "HAZ: Nachgefragt … bei Konstantin Rausch" (in German). Das Fanmagazin.^{[dead link‍]}
4. "NP: Dieser Rausch soll 96 glücklich machen" (in German). Das Fanmagazin.^{[dead link‍]}
5. "Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896 e.V". Archived from the original on 4 April 2008.
6. "NP: Vertrag bis 2010 für den 96-Rausch" (in German). Das Fanmagazin. Archived from the original on 30 March 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2008.
7. "Konstantin Rausch signs for VfB". vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. 5 May 2013. Archived from the original on 23 January 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
8. "Konstantin Rausch signs for Darmstadt". vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. 6 July 2015. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
9. Константин Рауш перешел в «Динамо» (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 21 January 2018.
10. "Константин Рауш покидает "Динамо"" (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 19 December 2020.
11. "Fußball - Celle - Früherer Profi Rausch spielt jetzt in der 3. Kreisklasse". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 29 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
12. "National team player Konstantin Rausch". DFB. Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
13. Konstantin Rausch – FIFA competition record (archived)
14. "DFB ehrt Nachwuchsspieler der Saison mit Medaille" (in German). tor24.de. Archived from the original on 11 December 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2008.
15. Константин РАУШ: "РОББЕН МЕНЯ ПОХВАЛИЛ И ЗАГРУСТИЛ" (in Russian). Sport Express. 9 March 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
16. Расширенный состав сборной России (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 16 August 2017.
17. Уверенно победили Южную Корею (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 7 October 2017.
18. Расширенный состав для подготовки к Чемпионату мира (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 11 May 2018.
19. Заявка сборной России на Чемпионат мира FIFA 2018 (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 3 June 2018.
20. "Konstantin Rausch » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
21. Konstantin Rausch at Soccerway
22. Konstantin Rausch at National-Football-Teams.com

External links

• Konstantin Rausch at the official German U18 page
• Konstantin Rausch at fussballdaten.de (in German)
• Konstantin Rausch – UEFA competition record (archive)