Germany: DFL awards honorary prizes for former international Rudi Völler and Professor Tim Meyer

"This year's recipients of the 'DFL Ehrenpreis' (honorary awards) are Prof. Dr. Tim Meyer (54) and Rudi Völler (62). By resolution of its executive committee, DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga is thus acknowledging the two individuals for their outstanding achievements," announced the German professional football league during a gala event held at the "Westfalenhallen" in Dortmund (GER), on 16/08/2022, on the eve of the body's general assembly.

"RudiVöller (born 13/04/1960) won the 1990 FIFA World Cup (in Italy) as a player, scored 132 goals in 232 Bundesliga matches, led the German team to the final of the 2002 FIFA World Cup (in South Korea and Japan) as manager, and has been an esteemed ambassador of German professional football for decades. Up to the end of last season, he spent many years in top roles at Bayer 04 Leverkusen (Bundesliga)," explained the DFL.

The former striker (absent from the ceremony for personal reasons) also won the Champions League on 26/05/1993 with Olympique de Marseille (Ligue 1 Uber Eats), which he played for from 1992 to 1994.

"As head of the sports…