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Gerd Muller


Gerhard "Gerd" Müller (German pronunciation: [ˈɡɛɐt ˈmʏlɐ]; born 3 November 1945 in Nördlingen) is a former German football player and one of the most prolific goalscorers of all time.
With national records of 68 goals in 62 international appearances, 365 goals in 427 Bundesliga games and the international record of 66 goals in 74 European Club games, he was one of the most successful goalscorers of his era. Müller is now 8th on the list of all time international goalscorers despite playing fewer matches than every player in the top 15. His nicknames are “Bomber der Nation” (the nation's Bomber) and“kleines dickes Müller” (short fat Müller; this name was given to him by Čik Čajkovski, his first coach at Bayern Munich. Čajkovski wasYugoslavian and got the German declension wrong.).
In 1970 Müller was elected European Footballer of the Year after a successful season at Bayern Munich and scoring 10 goals at the 1970 World Cup. Müller held the all-time goal-scoring record in the tournament with a 14-goal total, a record that stood for 32 years until it was broken byBrazil's Ronaldo against Ghana in the Round of 16 of the 2006 World Cup. In 1999, he was voted ninth place in the European player of the Century election held by the IFFHS and he was voted thirteenth in the IFFHS' "World Player of the Century" election.[2]
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Personal information
Full nameGerhard Müller
Date of birth3 November 1945 (age 66)
Place of birthNördlingen, Germany
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current clubBayern Munich II (Assistant Manager)
Youth career
1960–19631861 Nördlingen
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1963–19641861 Nördlingen32(51)
1964–1979Bayern Munich453(398)
1979–1981Fort Lauderdale Strikers80(40)
Total565(489)
National team
1966West Germany U-231(1)
1966–1974West Germany62(68)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Career

[edit]Bayern Munich

Born in Nördlingen, Germany, Müller began his football career at the TSV 1861 Nördlingen. Müller joined FC Bayern Munich in 1964 where he teamed up with future stars Franz Beckenbauer and Sepp Maier. The club, which would go on to become the most successful German club in history was then still in the Regionalliga Süd (Regional League South), which was one level below the Bundesliga at the time. After one season, Bayern Munich advanced to the Bundesliga and started a long string of successes. With his club, Müller amassed titles during the 60s and 70s: He won the German Championship four times, the German Cup four times, the European Champions' Cup three times, the Intercontinental Cuponce, and the European Cup Winners’ Cup once. A supremely opportunistic goal-scorer, he also became German top scorer seven times and European top scorer twice. Müller scored 365 goals in 427 Bundesliga matches for Bayern Munich, almost 100 goals more than the second most successful Bundesliga scorer, Klaus Fischer. He holds the single-season Bundesliga record with 40 goals in season 1971–72. He scored 68 goals in 62 German Cup games. His record of 66 goals in 74 appearances at European Cups was just recently surpassed by Raúl González of Schalke 04.
Müller autographing a football in 1967. To his left are Sepp Maier and Franz Beckenbauer.

[edit]National team

Müller scored 68 goals in 62 games for West Germany. His international career started in 1966 and ended on 7 July 1974 with the win of the World Cup at hishome stadium in Munich.[3] He scored the winning goal for the 2–1 victory over the Netherlands in the final. His four goals in that tournament and his ten goals at the 1970 World Cup combined made him the all-time highest World Cup goalscorer overall at the time with 14 goals; his record stood until the 2006tournament, coincidentally held in Germany, when it was broken by Brazilian forward Ronaldo on 27 June 2006 playing against Ghana and was equalled by his countryman Miroslav Klose in 2010. As of the end of the 2006 tournament, Ronaldo has scored 15 goals in four World Cups. Müller also participated in the1972 European Championship, becoming top scorer with four goals (including two in the final) and winning the Championship with the German team.

[edit]Fort Lauderdale Strikers

After his career in the Bundesliga he went to the United States, where he joined the Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the North American Soccer League in 1979. He played three seasons with this team, scoring 38 goals, and once reaching, but losing, the league final in 1980. He was a 2nd-team NASL All Star in 1979.

[edit]Life after football

After Müller ended his career in 1982, he fell into a slump and suffered from alcoholism. However, his former companions at Bayern Munich convinced him to go through alcohol rehabilitation. When he emerged, they gave him a job as a coach at Bayern Munich II, where he still works to this day. There is also a collection of apparel released by sporting giants Adidas under the Gerd Müller name. It is part of the adidas originals series. In July 2008, the Rieser Sportpark, in Nördlingen, where Müller had begun his career, was renamed the Gerd-Müller-Stadion in his honour.

[edit]Playing style

In his book "Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football", David Winner writes, "Müller was short, squat, awkward-looking and not notably fast; he never fit the conventional idea of a great footballer, but he had lethal acceleration over short distances, a remarkable aerial game, and uncanny goalscoring instincts. His short legs gave him a strangely low center of gravity, so he could turn quickly and with perfect balance in spaces and at speeds that would cause other players to fall over. He also had a knack of scoring in unlikely situations."

[edit]Honors

[edit]Titles with Bayern Munich

[edit]International

[edit]Personal honours

[edit]Career statistics

Club performanceLeagueCupContinentalTotal
SeasonClubLeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GermanyLeagueDFB-PokalEuropeTotal
1963–641861 Nördlingen3346--3346
1964–65Bayern MunichBundesliga2633--2633
1965–66331561-3916
1966–67322847984543
1967–68341944874630
1968–69303057-3537
1969–70333834203842
1970–713222710874739
1971–72344065854850
1972–733336576124455
1973–743430451084843
1974–75332332754330
1975–76222367653435
1976–772528411453344
1977–78332434644232
1978–7919924-2113
USALeagueOpen CupNorth AmericaTotal
1979Fort Lauderdale StrikersNASL2719--2719
19803616--3616
1981175--175
TotalGermany45339862687466589532
USA8040--8040
Career total53343862687466669572
Germany national team
YearAppsGoals
196610
196746
196832
196979
19701213
1971812
1972713
197387
1974126
Total6268

[International goals

Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first:

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