Rainer Ernst

Rainer Ernst

Personal information
Date of birth	(1961-12-31) 31 December 1961
Place of birth	Neustrelitz, East Germany
Height
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1968–1975	Dynamo Neustrelitz
1975–1979	BFC Dynamo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1979–1990	BFC Dynamo	216	(91)
1990–1991	1. FC Kaiserslautern	18	(2)
1991–1992	Girondins Bordeaux	24	(7)
1992–1993	AS Cannes	7	(0)
1993–1994	FC Zürich	17	(2)
1994–1997	FSV Salmrohr	52	(5)
International career
1981–1990	East Germany	56	(20)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rainer Ernst (born 31 December 1961 in Neustrelitz) is a former German footballer who amassed 56 caps for East Germany.

Career

File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1988-0924-024, Dynamo Dresden - BFC Dynamo 2-1.jpg

Hendrik Herzog, Matthias Sammer, Rainer Ernst

Until the age of 14, Ernst played in the Dynamo Neutrelitz youth side. He then transferred to BFC Dynamo, where he played in 203 league games, scoring 88 goals, until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1990, when he was signed by 1. FC Kaiserslautern. He stayed with the club for just one season, playing 18 games and scoring two goals, before moving to the French league with Girondins Bordeaux for the 1991–92. With Bordeaux he scored seven goals in 24 games during the club's return to the French top-flight. Ernst didn't, however, return with the club, as in the summer of 1992 he moved to AS Cannes in Ligue 2. He played just seven games in Cannes and scored no goals, a record which saw him transfer to FC Zürich the following season. He then moved to Servette FC in 1993–94, before returning to Germany in 1994 to spend two years in the regional league with FSV Salmrohr. He retired from professional football in 1996.

Honours

With BFC Dynamo, Ernst was DDR-Oberliga champion for ten consecutive years (1978–79 to 1987–88), and also German Bundesliga champion with Kaiserslautern in the 1990–91 season.

• FDGB Pokal winners 1987–88 and 1988–89
• DDR-Oberliga top goalscorer 1983–84 (20 goals) and 1984–85 (24 goals)

External links

• Rainer Ernst at the German Football Association website (German)