Gerd MÃ¼ller

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A different Gerd Müller is a German politician

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Gerhard 'Gerd' Müller (born November 3, 1945 in Nördlingen) is a former German football player.

With national records of 68 goals in 62 international appearances and 365 goals in 427 Bundesliga games he was one of the most successful strikers of all time. His nicknames are "Bomber der Nation" (the nation's Bomber) and "kleines dickes Müller" (short fat Müller, declension intentionally wrong).

1 Bayern Munich
2 The national team
3 Fort Lauderdale Strikers
4 Life after football
5 Honors
6 External links

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Bayern Munich

Born in Nördlingen, Germany, he began his football career at the TSV 1861 Nördlingen. Müller joined FC Bayern München 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 Cup once, 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 66 goals in his 74 appearances at European cups, still a record. He is also one of the very few, perhaps the only player of 50 or more caps, to score more goals than he has games played. Not even Pele can claim this distinction.

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The national team

His career in the national team started in 1966 and ended on July 7, 1974 with the win of the World Cup at his home stadium in Munich. He scored the winning goal for the 2-1 victory over the Netherlands in the final. His 4 goals in that tournament and his 10 goals at the Template:Wc combined make him the most successful Template:Wc striker to date.

Müller also participated in the 1972 European Championship, becoming top scorer with 4 goals and winning the Championship with the German team.

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Fort Lauderdale Strikers

After his career in the Bundesliga he went to the USA, 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.

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Life after football

After Müller ended his career in 1982, he fell into a slump and acquired an alcohol addiction. But his former companions at Bayern Munich convinced him to go through alcohol rehabilitation. When he emerged, they gave him a job as an amateur coach at Bayern Munich, where he still works as of 2006. There is also a collection of apparell released by sporting giants Adidas under the Gerd Muller name. It is part of the adidas originals series.

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