New TV documentary
Rudi Völler gives rare insight into his private life
Updated on 03.10.2025 – 6:01 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
Rudi Völler once became a national player at Werder Bremen. Later he was one of the best strikers in the world. Sky made a film about the life of the 65-year-old.
A new documentary shows exclusive insights into the private life of Rudi Völler. Pay TV broadcaster Sky will show the film from October 3 under the title “Rudi Völler-there is only one”.
The approximately 90-minute documentation illuminates the almost 50-year career of today’s DFB sports director. In the film, the 65-year-old visits his parents’ house in Hanau and the club in which he started playing football as a child. Rudi Völler’s career began at the age of 17 at the then second division club Kickers Offenbach. In 1980 he played for TSV 1860 Munich For the first time in the 1st Bundesliga, but after only one season, the “lions” descended from the upper house.
The striker finally made the breakthrough under “King Otto” Rehhagel near Werder Bremen. From 1982 to 1987, Völler stayed on the Weser – in 174 competitive games he scored 119 goals. Rudi Völler never won a title with the SVW: in 1983, 1985 and 1986 only the place of the “runner -up” was left.
After all, the Hanauer received two personal awards: in 1983 he became top scorer of the Bundesliga and Germany’s footballer of the year. Later, Völler still played for AS Rome, Olympique Marseille and Bayer Leverkusen. As team boss, he led the German national team to the World Cup final in 2002.
The production was realized by Banijay Productions Germany on behalf of Sky. The sports journalist Marc Schlömer directed.