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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 1,471,402 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia. Rudi Völler is the 144th most popular soccer player (down from 100th in 2019), the 922nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 750th in 2019) and the 10th 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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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Rudi Völler ranks 144 out of 16,880. Before him are Ademir de Menezes, Carlos Valderrama, Didier Deschamps, Pavel Nedvěd, Carles Rexach, and Luis Enrique. After him are Kenny Dalglish, José Leandro Andrade, Dennis Bergkamp, Iker Casillas, Franck Ribéry, and Giampiero Boniperti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Rudi Völler ranks 25. Before him are Hugo Weaving, Kim Ki-duk, Jeffrey Dahmer, Bono, Kenneth Branagh, and Roland Ratzenberger. After him are Isaac Herzog, Miguel Díaz-Canel, Ebrahim Raisi, Ivan Lendl, James Spader, and Damon Hill.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Rudi Völler ranks 922 out of 6,142. Before him are Ernst Heinrich Weber (1795), Leopold I, Margrave of Austria (940), Walter Hallstein (1901), Ralf Rangnick (1958), Marie of Prussia (1825), and Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1845). After him are Theodor Billroth (1829), Ernst vom Rath (1909), Udo Kier (1944), Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1557), Gudrun Ensslin (1940), and Princess Auguste of Bavaria (1877).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Germany

Among soccer players born in Germany, Rudi Völler ranks 10. Before him are Lothar Matthäus (1961), Oliver Kahn (1969), Fritz Walter (1920), Paul Breitner (1951), Jürgen Klinsmann (1964), and Uwe Seeler (1936). After him are Felix Magath (1953), Berti Vogts (1946), Günter Netzer (1944), Wolfgang Overath (1943), Harald Schumacher (1954), and Helmut Schön (1915).

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