GermanyCounted from the international goal archive — every scorer-credited goal in the matches it covers, 1916 to today. A record of covered matches, not a complete career count; own goals never join a scorer's tally.
Helmut Rahn, known as Der Boss, was a German footballer who played as a forward. He became a legend for having scored the winning goal in the final of the 1954 FIFA World Cup. Rahn, along with the German team, were decorated by the President of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1972. — Wikipedia
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In the line-ups
12 appearances in recorded line-ups · 1954–1959The archive holds 12 team sheets naming Helmut Rahn in Germany's starting line-up, from 1954-06-20 to 1959-05-06.
12 appearances in the starting line-ups the archive holds — not a career total. Our line-up coverage is partial, so a match he played that we hold no sheet for is simply not counted here.
International goals in our archive
11 goals across 9 scoring matches · 2 tournaments · 1953–1958| Date | Opponent | Result | Minutes | Competition | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958-06-28 |  France | L3–6(n) | 52' | FIFA World Cup | Gothenburg |
| 1958-06-19 | Yugoslavia | W1–0(n) | 12' | FIFA World Cup | Malmö |
| 1958-06-15 |  Northern Ireland | D2–2(n) | 20' | FIFA World Cup | Malmö |
| 1958-06-11 | Czechoslovakia | D2–2(n) | 71' | FIFA World Cup | Helsingborg |
| 1958-06-08 |  Argentina | W3–1(n) | 32' 79' | FIFA World Cup | Malmö |
| 1954-07-04 |  Hungary | W3–2(n) | 18' 84' | FIFA World Cup | Bern |
| 1954-06-27 | Yugoslavia | W2–0(n) | 85' | FIFA World Cup | Geneva |
| 1954-06-20 | Hungary | L3–8(n) | 77' | FIFA World Cup | Basel |
| 1953-11-22 |  Norway | W5–1(h) | 88' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Hamburg |
Honours
3 team trophies · Wikipedia + Wikidata, community-updated| Team honours3 | ||||
| FIFA World Cup | ×1 | 1954 | West Germany | |
| DFB-Pokal | ×1 | 1952–53 | Rot-Weiss Essen | |
| German football championship | ×1 | 1955 | Rot-Weiss Essen | |
| Individual honours4 | ||||
| Teams of the season · 1 | ||||
| FIFA World Cup All-Star Team | 1954 | |||
| More honours · 3 | ||||
| FIFA World Cup Silver Boot | 1958 | |||
| German Football Hall of Fame | 2018 | |||
| Silbernes Lorbeerblatt | ||||