Rudi Völler
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Rudolf Völler | |
| Date of birth | April 13, 1960 (age 46) | |
| Place of birth | Hanau, Germany | |
| Height | 1.80 m | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
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| Current club | Bayer Leverkusen (Sporting Director) | |
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| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1980-1982 1982-1987 1987-1992 1992-1994 1994-1996 |
1860 Munich Werder Bremen AS Roma Olympique Marseille Bayer Leverkusen |
70 (46) 137 (97) 142 (45) 58 (24) 62 (26) |
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| 1982-1994 | Germany | 90 (47) |
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| 2000-July 2004 | Germany | |
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Rudolf 'Rudi' Völler (born April 13, 1960) is a German former international football striker, and a former manager of the German national team. He won the FIFA World Cup in 1990 as a player and coached the national team to second place at the 2002 World Cup. He was born in Hanau, Hesse.
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[edit] Club career
Völler joined the Bundesliga team Werder Bremen in 1982, winning his first cap for Germany in the same year. In 1987 he was transferred to A.S. Roma, where he became a mainstay of the team. He won the Italian Cup in 1991.
In 1992, Völler joined Olympique Marseille, winning the Champions League with this team in 1993. 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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[edit] National team
Völler was capped 90 times for the national team, scoring 47 goals, including 8 in World Cup finals matches. He was a member of the team that won the 1990 World Cup. During the second-round game against Holland, Völler and Dutch player Frank Rijkaard were sent off the field after a spitting involvement. Rijkaard began spitting several times and continued as the players were leaving the pitch. Rijkaard later stated that it was his fault: "That day I was wrong. There was no insult. I always had much respect for Rudi Völler. But I went berserk when I saw that red card. I talked to him after the match and I apologized. I'm very happy that he accepted. I have no bad feeling about him now. We even posed for a very funny advert together, years after." (Rijkaard had family problems in this time)[1].
Völler also played in Euro 84, the 1986 World Cup, Euro 88, Euro 92, and the 1994 World Cup.
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[edit] Coaching career
After a disappointing Euro 2000 for the national team under manager Erich Ribbeck, the DFB appointed Völler as new manager, even though he then did not have a coaching licence. At first only planning to manage the national team for one year, he extended his contract when his planned successor Christoph Daum was involved in a drug scandal. He led the team to a surprising appearance in the Final of the 2002 World Cup.
After a first-round exit from Euro 2004, he resigned from his post.
Following his resignation from the German national job, Völler briefly coached Italian side A.S. Roma in 2004. Hired as a last-minute appointment after the shock resignation of Cesare Prandelli, he resigned after a series of poor results and high-profile disagreements with players, notably Antonio Cassano.
Moving back to the support ranks at Bayer Leverkusen, Völler was named caretaker manager of Bayer Leverkusen on September 16, 2005 after the club sacked manager Klaus Augenthaler. Völler served in that role until Michael Skibbe was named as the club's new permanent manager that October.
Völler was (and still is) very popular in Germany. Even when the national squad achieved only modest results, Völler never lost his popularity as the German public knew he was achieving as much as possible with a relatively limited squad. His predecessor Berti Vogts by contrast was widely "slagged off" by everybody even during periods of success with a far more talented German squad. The public even forgave Völler when - during a TV interview in September 2003 - he lost his temper, used dirty language, even attacked and yelled at the presenter Waldemar Hartmann in order to defend his team against unfair press statements.
Völler earned himself the affectionate nickname "Tante Käthe" ("Aunt Kathie") due to his curly grey "auntie" hairdo (see photograph).
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West Germany squad - 1986 FIFA World Cup Runners-up | |
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1 Schumacher | 2 Briegel | 3 Brehme | 4 Förster | 5 Herget | 6 Eder | 7 Littbarski | 8 Matthäus | 9 Völler | 10 Magath | 11 Rummenigge | 12 Stein | 13 Allgöwer | 14 Berthold | 15 Augenthaler | 16 Thon | 17 Jakobs | 18 Rahn | 19 Allofs | 20 Hoeneß | 21 Rolff | 22 Immel | Coach: Beckenbauer |
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West Germany squad - 1990 FIFA World Cup Champions (3rd Title) | |
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1 Illgner | 2 Reuter | 3 Brehme | 4 Kohler | 5 Augenthaler | 6 Buchwald | 7 Littbarski | 8 Häßler | 9 Völler | 10 Matthäus | 11 Mill | 12 Aumann | 13 Riedle | 14 Berthold | 15 Bein | 16 Steiner | 17 Möller | 18 Klinsmann | 19 Pflügler | 20 Thon | 21 Hermann | 22 Köpke | Coach: Beckenbauer |
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Germany squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finalists | |
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1 Illgner | 2 Strunz | 3 Brehme | 4 Kohler | 5 Helmer | 6 Buchwald | 7 Möller | 8 Häßler | 9 Riedle | 10 Matthäus | 11 Kuntz | 12 Köpke | 13 Völler | 14 Berthold | 15 Gaudino | 16 Sammer | 17 Wagner | 18 Klinsmann | 19 Kirsten | 20 Effenberg | 21 Basler | 22 Kahn | Coach: Vogts |
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Germany squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup Runners-up | |
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1 Kahn | 2 Linke | 3 Rehmer | 4 Baumann | 5 Ramelow | 6 Ziege | 7 Neuville | 8 Hamann | 9 Jancker | 10 Ricken | 11 Klose | 12 Lehmann | 13 Ballack | 14 Asamoah | 15 Kehl | 16 Jeremies | 17 Bode | 18 Böhme | 19 Schneider | 20 Bierhoff | 21 Metzelder | 22 Frings | 23 Butt | Coach: Völler |
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