Rüdiger Vollborn

{{short description|German footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

{{Multiple issues|

{{BLP sources|date=May 2014}}

{{more footnotes|date=May 2014}}

}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Rüdiger Vollborn

| image =

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|2|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = West Berlin, West Germany

| height = {{height|m=1.84}}

| position = Goalkeeper

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Traber Berlin

| youthyears2 =

| youthclubs2 = Blau-Weiß Berlin

| youthyears3 = 1981–1982

| youthclubs3 = Bayer Leverkusen

| years1 = 1982–1999

| clubs1 = Bayer Leverkusen

| caps1 = 401

| goals1 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1982–1984

| nationalteam1 = West Germany U21

| nationalcaps1 = 9

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's football}}

{{MedalCountry|{{fb|West Germany}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|FIFA World Youth Championship}}

{{Medal|W|1981 Australia|}}

}}

Rüdiger Vollborn (born 12 February 1963) is a German retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

During a 17-year professional career he played solely for Bayer Leverkusen, appearing in a total of 401 Bundesliga games.{{Cite web | url = http://rsssf.com/players/vollborndata.html | title = Rüdiger Vollborn - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga | author = Matthias Arnhold | date = 22 May 2014 | accessdate = 22 May 2014 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}} Vollborn was the club's first-choice goalkeeper and led the club to the 1987–88 UEFA Cup title.{{cite web|website=spox.com|title=Die Torhüter-Familie|author=Börlein, Daniel|url=https://www.spox.com/de/sport/fussball/nachwuchs/1105/Artikel/torhueter-familie-vollborn-ruediger-fabrice-rene-adler-bayer-leverkusen-keeper-nummer-eins.html|language=de|date=24 May 2011}}{{cite news|publisher=Munzinger-Archiv|title=Rüdiger Vollborn - Internationales Sportarchiv 02/1990|url=https://www.munzinger.de/search/go/document.jsp?id=01000000973|language=de|date=1 January 1990}}