Rudi Völler
Völler with Leverkusen in 2014.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Rudolf Völler | ||
| Date of birth | 13 April 1960 | ||
| Place of birth | Hanau, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Bayer Leverkusen (Sporting director) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1966–1975 | TSV 1860 Hanau | ||
| 1975–1977 | Kickers Offenbach | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1977–1980 | Kickers Offenbach | 73 | (19) |
| 1980–1982 | 1860 Munich | 70 | (46) |
| 1982–1987 | Werder Bremen | 137 | (97) |
| 1987–1992 | Roma | 142 | (45) |
| 1992–1994 | Marseille | 58 | (24) |
| 1994–1996 | Bayer Leverkusen | 62 | (26) |
| Total | 542 | (257) | |
| National team | |||
| 1979–1982 | West Germany U21 | 19 | (10) |
| 1980 | West Germany B | 3 | (0) |
| 1982–1994 | Germany | 90 | (47) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2000 | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
| 2000–2004 | Germany | ||
| 2004 | Roma | ||
| 2005 | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
| 2005– | Bayer Leverkusen (sporting director) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Rudolf "Rudi" Völler (pronounced [ˈfœlɐ]; born 13 April 1960), nicknamed "Tante Käthe" (English: "Aunt Käthe"), is a German former international footballer and a former manager of the Germany national team. He won the FIFA World Cup in 1990 as a player.
Along with Mário Zagallo and Franz Beckenbauer, Völler has the distinction of reaching a World Cup final as both a player (1986 and 1990) and as a manager (2002).
Völler started his career with 1860 Hanau before joining Bundesliga club Werder Bremen in 1982, winning his first cap for West Germany that same year. Following a successful season in which he was the Bundesliga's top scorer, foreign clubs became interested in the striker, and in 1987 he was transferred to Roma, where he became a mainstay of the team and earned the nickname "er tedesco" ("the German") and also "il tedesco volante" ("the flying German"). He won the Coppa Italia in 1991 and was the club's top scorer on several occasions.
In 1992, Roma decided to sell Völler to Marseille, where he was intended as replacement for superstar striker Jean-Pierre Papin. That also allowed Roma to add Claudio Caniggia as its third foreigner to the squad, so both parties were happy to let the deal go through. There he won his biggest club honour in a very successful first season, thanks to the UEFA Champions League with Marseille won in 1993. Völler started the match, playing 78 minutes. Marseille was then caught in a bribery scandal, however, and was stripped of its 1993 league title, and were relegated despite a second-place finish in 1994. Völler scored 24 league goals for the club but departed after its relegation. Returning to Germany, he joined Bayer Leverkusen in 1994, where he ended his career as a player in 1996 and started a career in the management of the club.
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