Career
Peter Bernauer was brought up in Rickenbach, Baden-Württemberg. As a youngster he played Basketball for his local club and was called into the German national team He played his youth football at the small club Football Club Bergalingen.
Later he moved to Football Club Wehr 1912 and started his senior football career by SV 08 Laufenburg.
From 1987 to 1991 he played for Football Club Basel. His trainer at Basel was Urs Siegenthaler and his team mates included goalie Urs Suter, defender Massimo Ceccaroni, and Swiss national team players such as Adrian Knup, Dominique Herr and Peter Nadig.
Despite this personally strongly occupied team Basel were relegated to the Nationalliga Bachelor in 1988
Bernauer returned to Laufenburg during the seasons 1991-1994. He then spent one year by Bachelor of Science Old Boys and one year by Football Club Bülach before he ended his career by Football Club Riehen and Football Club Pratteln.