He probably inherited his fighting heart from his father…
Marco Völler (35) is a professional basketball player for second division team Frankfurt Skyliners. Fuller? Exactly! Marco is the eldest son of football legend Rudi (64).
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The 1.98 meter man is currently playing in the playoffs with the South Hesse team and dreams of the Bundesliga. After relegation last year, it would be a direct return for the Skyliners to the Easycredit Basketball Bundesliga. To do this, Völler goes to the pain threshold – and even beyond!
Because: Under normal circumstances he probably wouldn’t be on the floor at the moment. Völler to the “Frankfurter Neue Presse”: “At the moment the meniscus is torn, which is causing me a bit of problems. Not super dramatic – but just painful.”
Völler is fighting for the Bundesliga with a bad knee!
The Skyliners are currently facing Medipolis Jena in the playoff quarterfinals. After two games the score is 1-1 in the best-of-five series.
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The power forward holds his own and doesn’t want to let his team down. He has had problems with his knee for a long time, is being treated and needs breaks in training and games.
Völler, fighting weight 109 kilos: “I’m 35. And after a somewhat longer basketball career and a certain amount of weight that you carry around with you over the years, my knee was already a bit affected.”
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He’s really feeling it now. But he definitely wants to go through the season and only decide afterwards whether an operation will be carried out. And whether he continues. His contract is expiring. Maybe he will be drawn back to the official level. He has already been “playing” sports director at the Skyliners for two years from 2021 to 2023.
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But now the full focus is on the promotion. Game three continues at home against Jena on Wednesday (7 p.m.). Captain Völler wants to “go through with it and somehow bite his teeth” until the end.
Whether his famous dad, currently DFB sports director and in full preparation for the home European Championship, is cheering from the stands and keeping his fingers crossed? Rather not. Völler Junior: “Let’s take a look. Maybe he can do it again. He travels a lot.”
2024-05-07 14:24:31
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