Rudi Völler

**Rudolf** "**Rudi**" **Völler** (; born 13 April 1960), nicknamed "_Tante Käthe_" ("Aunt Käthe"), is a German former professional football player and manager who serves as the sporting director for Bayer Leverkusen.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|Cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Kickers Offenbach|1977–78|2. Bundesliga|6|1|—|—|—|6|1|||||
|1978–79|2. Bundesliga|29|11|1|2|—|—|30|13|||||
|1979–80|2. Bundesliga|38|7|5|2|—|—|43|9|||||
|1860 Munich|1980–81|Bundesliga|33|9|2|1|—|—|35|10||||
|1981–82|2. Bundesliga|37|37|2|2|—|—|39|39|||||
|Werder Bremen|1982–83|Bundesliga|31|23|1|2|8|11|—|40|36|||
|1983–84|Bundesliga|31|18|4|1|9|2|—|44|21||||
|1984–85|Bundesliga|32|25|4|1|2|0|—|38|26||||
|1985–86|Bundesliga|13|9|1|1|6|4|—|20|14||||
|1986–87|Bundesliga|30|22|1|0|1|0|—|32|22||||
|Roma|1987–88|Serie A|21|3|7|2|—|—|28|5||||
|1988–89|Serie A|29|10|7|3|6|2|1|0|43|15|||
|1989–90|Serie A|32|14|6|2|—|—|38|16|||||
|1990–91|Serie A|30|11|10|4|12|10|—|52|25||||
|1991–92|Serie A|30|7|2|0|3|0|1|0|36|7|||
|Marseille|1992–93|Ligue 1|33|18|3|2|8|2|—|44|22|||
|1993–94|Ligue 1|25|6|4|0|—|—|29|6|||||
|Bayer Leverkusen|1994–95|Bundesliga|30|16|1|0|3|0|—|34|16|||
|1995–96|Bundesliga|32|10|5|2|—|4|3|41|15||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="13"|Germany|1982|1|0|
|1983|10|7|||
|1984|10|4|||
|1985|8|4|||
|1986|10|7|||
|1987|6|3|||
|1988|10|4|||
|1989|5|3|||
|1990|13|8|||
|1991|6|2|||
|1992|6|2|||
|1993|0|0|||
|1994|5|3|||

- _Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Völler goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|30 March 1983|Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania||1–0|2–1|UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying||||||||
|2|7 September 1983|Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary||1–1|1–1|Friendly||||||||
|3|5 October 1983|Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen, Germany||2–0|3–0|UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying||||||||
|4|3–0|||||||||||||
|5|26 October 1983|Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany||1–0|5–1|UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying||||||||
|6|3–0|||||||||||||
|7|15 February 1984|Spartak Stadium, Varna, Bulgaria||2–0|3–2|Friendly||||||||
|8|29 February 1984|Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium||1–0|1–0|Friendly||||||||
|9|28 March 1984|Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover, Germany||1–1|2–1|Friendly||||||||
|10|17 June 1984|Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens, France||1–0|2–1|UEFA Euro 1984||||||||
|11|2–1|||||||||||||
|12|24 February 1985|Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal||2–0|2–1|FIFA World Cup 1986 qualifying||||||||
|13|17 April 1985|Rosenaustadion, Augsburg, Germany||1–0|4–1|Friendly||||||||
|14|4–1|||||||||||||
|15|25 September 1985|Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden||1–0|2–2|FIFA World Cup 1986 qualifying||||||||
|16|11 May 1986|Ruhrstadion, Bochum, Germany||1–1|1–1|Friendly||||||||
|17|14 May 1986|Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany||1–0|3–1|Friendly||||||||
|18|2–0|||||||||||||
|19|8 June 1986|Estadio La Corregidora, Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico||1–1|2–1|FIFA World Cup 1986||||||||
|20|25 June 1986|Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico||2–0|2–0|FIFA World Cup 1986||||||||
|21|29 June 1986|Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico||2–2|2–3|FIFA World Cup 1986||||||||
|22|29 October 1986|Prater Stadium, Vienna, Austria||1–1|1–4|Friendly||||||||
|23|12 August 1987|Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany||1–0|2–1|Friendly||||||||
|24|2–0|||||||||||||
|25|23 September 1987|Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, Germany||1–0|1–0|Friendly||||||||
|26|17 June 1988|Olympic Stadium, Munich, Germany||1–0|2–0|UEFA Euro 1988||||||||
|27|2–0|||||||||||||
|28|31 August 1988|Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland||1–0|4–0|FIFA World Cup 1990 qualifying||||||||
|29|2–0|||||||||||||
|30|22 March 1989|Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria||1–1|2–1|Friendly||||||||
|31|4 October 1989|Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany||4–0|6–1|FIFA World Cup 1990 qualifying||||||||
|32|15 November 1989|Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne, Germany||1–1|2–1|FIFA World Cup 1990 qualifying||||||||
|33|25 April 1990|Neckarstadion, Stuttgart, Germany||2–1|3–3|Friendly||||||||
|34|30 May 1990|Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen, Germany||1–0|1–0|Friendly||||||||
|35|10 June 1990|Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan, Italy||4–1|4–1|FIFA World Cup 1990||||||||
|36|15 June 1990|Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan, Italy||1–0|5–1|FIFA World Cup 1990||||||||
|37|5–1|||||||||||||
|38|10 October 1990|Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden||2–0|3–1|Friendly||||||||
|39|31 October 1990|Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg||3–0|3–2|UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying||||||||
|40|19 December 1990|Neckarstadion, Stuttgart, Germany||1–0|4–0|Friendly||||||||
|41|16 October 1991|Frankenstadion, Nuremberg, Germany||2–0|4–1|UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying||||||||
|42|20 November 1991|King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium||1–0|1–0|UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying||||||||
|43|30 May 1992|Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen, Germany||1–0|1–0|Friendly||||||||
|44|14 October 1992|Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion, Dresden, Germany||1–0|1–1|Friendly||||||||
|45|8 June 1994|Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Canada||2–0|2–0|Friendly||||||||
|46|2 July 1994|Soldier Field, Chicago, United States||1–0|3–2|FIFA World Cup 1994||||||||
|47|3–1|3–2||||||||||||

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|colspan="6"|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Germany|2 July 2000|24 June 2004||||||
|Bayer Leverkusen|21 October 2000|11 November 2000||||||
|Roma|31 August 2004|27 September 2004||||||
|Bayer Leverkusen|16 September 2005|9 October 2005||||||

### Player

**Werder Bremen**
- Bundesliga: runner-up: 1984–85, 1985–86

**Roma**
- Coppa Italia: 1990–91
- UEFA Cup runner-up: 1990–91

**Marseille**
- UEFA Champions League: 1992–93

**Germany**
- FIFA World Cup: 1990; runner-up: 1986
- UEFA European Championship runner-up: 1992

**Individual**
- UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship Golden Player: 1982
- 2. Bundesliga Top Goalscorer: 1981–82
- Bundesliga Top Goalscorer: 1982–83
- _kicker_ Bundesliga Team of the Season: 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1994–95
- Footballer of the Year (Germany): 1983
- UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament: 1984
- UEFA Cup Top Goalscorer: 1990–91
- A.S. Roma Hall of Fame: 2014

### Manager

**Germany**
- FIFA World Cup runner-up: 2002

## Other websites

- Rudi Völler at leverkusen.com
- Legends – Rudi Völler  German Documentary

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Rudi Völler
- **image**: Rudi Völler Bühne (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Völler in 2016
- **fullname**: Rudolf Völler
- **birth place**: Hanau, West Germany
- **height**: 1.80 m
- **position**: Forward (association football), Forward
- **currentclub**: Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Bayer Leverkusen (sporting director)
- **youthyears1**: 1966–1975
- **youthclubs1**: TSV Hanau
- **youthyears2**: 1975–1977
- **youthclubs2**: Kickers Offenbach
- **years1**: 1977–1980
- **clubs1**: Kickers Offenbach
- **caps1**: 73
- **goals1**: 19
- **years2**: 1980–1982
- **clubs2**: TSV 1860 Munich, 1860 Munich
- **caps2**: 70
- **goals2**: 46
- **years3**: 1982–1987
- **clubs3**: SV Werder Bremen, Werder Bremen
- **caps3**: 137
- **goals3**: 97
- **years4**: 1987–1992
- **clubs4**: A.S. Roma, Roma
- **caps4**: 142
- **goals4**: 45
- **years5**: 1992–1994
- **clubs5**: Olympique de Marseille, Olympique Marseille
- **caps5**: 58
- **goals5**: 24
- **years6**: 1994–1996
- **clubs6**: Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Bayer Leverkusen
- **caps6**: 62
- **goals6**: 26
- **totalcaps**: 542
- **totalgoals**: 257
- **nationalyears1**: 1979–1982
- **nationalteam1**: Germany national under-21 football team, West Germany U21
- **nationalcaps1**: 19
- **nationalgoals1**: 10
- **nationalyears2**: 1980
- **nationalteam2**: Germany national football B team, West Germany B
- **nationalcaps2**: 3
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 1982–1994
- **nationalteam3**: Germany national football team, Germany
- **nationalcaps3**: 90
- **nationalgoals3**: 47
- **manageryears1**: 1996–2000
- **managerclubs1**: Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Bayer Leverkusen (sporting director)
- **manageryears2**: 2000
- **managerclubs2**: Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Bayer Leverkusen
- **manageryears3**: 2000–2004
- **managerclubs3**: Germany national football team, Germany
- **manageryears4**: 2004
- **managerclubs4**: A.S. Roma, Roma
- **manageryears5**: 2005
- **managerclubs5**: Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Bayer Leverkusen
- **manageryears6**: 2005–
- **managerclubs6**: Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Bayer Leverkusen (sporting director)
- **medaltemplates**: <small> (as player)</small>

<small>(as manager)</small>