Rüdiger Vollborn: Player with most appearances, title winner and club historian
The first triumph in 1981: Rüdiger Vollborn holds up the U18 European Championship trophy after the 1-0 win against Poland in the final.
May 1981: Rüdiger Vollborn in a Germany U18 shirt. He hadn't signed for Leverkusen at this point.
„A Mr Kallemund rang up
His second title in 1981: Vollborn is a World Cup winner in Australia with the Germany U20s. His teammates include the current BVB sporting director, Michael Zorc (back row, third from left).
In the 1982/83 season, Bayer 04 coach Dettmar Cramer promotes the 19-year-old Rüdiger Vollborn to the first-team squad. And Herbert Waas (bottom right) is also new to the team.
„The fans now knew what made me tick and I knew what made them tick
Rüdiger Vollborn is almost always only on the bench but he remains extremely important for the team.
A moving farewell: The fans cheer Rüdiger Vollborn for a last time after his 401st Bundesliga appearance for Bayer 04.
