Rudi Völler (Rudolf Völler, born 13 April 1960) is a German professional football manager and former forward, and since February 2023 the sporting director of the Germany national team. As a player he began at Kickers Offenbach and 1860 Munich, topped the 2. Bundesliga scoring in 1981-82 and the Bundesliga scoring in 1982-83 at Werder Bremen, then moved abroad to Roma and Marseille before finishing his career at Bayer Leverkusen. He won the Coppa Italia with Roma and the Champions League with Marseille in 1992-93. Debuting for West Germany in 1982, he played at three World Cups and three European Championships, reached the 1986 and 1990 World Cup finals against Argentina and won the trophy in 1990. Later he led Germany to the 2002 World Cup final as manager.
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born 13 April 1960
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In the wake of the drug scandal that involved the preferred choice of the DFB, Christoph Daum, Völler was ultimately kept on, and was able to lead Germany to the 2002 FIFA World Cup final, where they lost to Brazil.
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