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Rudi Völler

1960 - Today

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Rudolf "Rudi" Völler (pronounced [ˈfœlɐ]; born 13 April 1960) is a German professional football manager and former player, who is currently the director of the Germany national team. In Germany, he is nicknamed "Tante Käthe" ("Aunt Kathy"), a name bestowed upon him by Thomas Berthold, and in Italy, he is nicknamed "Il tedesco volante" ("The flying German") by supporters of Roma. A forward, Völler began his professional career at Kickers Offenbach, before joining 1860 Munich, and he was top scorer of the 2. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rudi Völler has received more than 1,640,852 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Rudi Völler is the 82nd most popular soccer player (up from 144th in 2019), the 541st most popular biography from Germany (up from 922nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular German Soccer Player.

Rudi Völler is most famous for being a German football player who played for West Germany in the 1982 and 1986 World Cups.

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  • 3.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Rudi Völler ranks 82 out of 21,273. Before him are Rivaldo, Neymar, Giacinto Facchetti, Paul Breitner, Béla Guttmann, and Bobby Moore. After him are Rob Rensenbrink, Kurt Hamrin, Bebeto, Carlos Queiroz, Hristo Stoichkov, and Peter Schmeichel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Rudi Völler ranks 22. Before him are Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Franco Baresi, Kenneth Branagh, Sean Penn, and Julianne Moore. After him are Andreas Brehme, Ebrahim Raisi, Tilda Swinton, Yoon Suk Yeol, Bono, and Kim Ki-duk.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Rudi Völler ranks 541 out of 7,253. Before him are Theodor Morell (1886), Klaus Fuchs (1911), Hugh of Saint Victor (1096), Jochen Rindt (1942), Adolf Galland (1912), and Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774). After him are Philipp Scheidemann (1865), Aby Warburg (1866), Wilhelm List (1880), Wilhelm Marx (1863), Louis II, Prince of Monaco (1870), and Kurt Student (1890).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Germany

Among soccer players born in Germany, Rudi Völler ranks 9. Before him are Lothar Matthäus (1961), Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (1955), Jürgen Klinsmann (1964), Uwe Seeler (1936), Oliver Kahn (1969), and Paul Breitner (1951). After him are Andreas Brehme (1960), Fritz Walter (1920), Bert Trautmann (1923), Berti Vogts (1946), Helmut Rahn (1929), and Harald Schumacher (1954).

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