Rudolf Krause (21 January 1927 – 12 December 2003) was a German footballer and coach who won a silver medal as manager of East Germany at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

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Rudolf Krause

Krause in 1958
Personal information
Date of birth	(1927-01-21)21 January 1927
Place of birth	Leipzig, Germany
Date of death	12 December 2003(2003-12-12) (aged 76)
Place of death	Leipzig, Germany
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1946–1947	SG Stötteritz
1947–1949	SG Probstheida
1949–1952	Chemie Leipzig
1952–1953	Vorwärts Berlin	5	(1)
1953–1954	Chemie Leipzig	28	(12)
1954–1955	Lokomotive Leipzig	20	(7)
1955	Lok Weimar	12	(8)
1956–1962	Lokomotive Leipzig	127	(42)
International career
1953–1956	East Germany	2	(0)
Managerial career
1961–1963	Stahl Lippendorf
1963–1965	SC Leipzig
1965–1966	Chemie Zeitz
1968–1975	East Germany Youth
1976–1978	East Germany U-21
1979–1980	East Germany Olympic
1980–1981	East Germany U-21
1982–1983	East Germany
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Krause played as a striker in the Oberliga and scored 111 goals in the East German top flight.^[1] The prolific forward also won two caps for East Germany in the mid-1950s.^[2]