Gerd Mueller
Everyone knows the name. Not just in his home town of Noerdlingen, not just in his native Germany - no, Gerd Mueller is a household name throughout the world for anyone interested in football.
Gerd Mueller's time as a professional footballer is synonymous with an era described as the golden age of football in Germany. Numerous matches and the names of a few special players were written in the pages of history. But nobody has a story as amazing as that of Gerd Mueller. The number of his achievements and records sets standards even today and his name resonates even among generations after his own.
"When everyone was starting to slouch, that's when Gerd suddenly came along.“ - Sepp Maier
"Bomber of the Nation" was his usual nickname, and with good reason. He is considered the original uncompromising striker like no other professional footballer, putting his all into somehow getting the ball into the back of the opponents' net.
"Everyone's looking for the ball - and he comes along and knocks it in." – Georg "Katsche" Schwarzenbeck
For Gerd Mueller, the "perfect goal" is not a perfectly set up or stylish shot. "Doesn't matter how", he would say to us, "just as long as it's in the net."
Excited by the opportunities that a game like PerfectGoal can offer today and particularly because all areas are covered - management, coaching and playing - Geld Mueller didn't hesitate to offer his support to Perfect goal. His experience played a valuable role in developing the realistic gameplay.
"Without Gerd we'd probably still have huts on our club grounds today." - Franz Beckenbauer
Anyone who can remember the 1974 World Cup will have seen many legendary scenes and dramatic images. But at the end of the day, the most important moments were always the goals, one especially - the winning goal by Gerd Mueller in the final with Germany versus the Netherlands in the Munich Olympiastadion bringing the result to 2-1.
"Gerd reigns absolute in tight spaces." – Uwe Seeler
And scenes like these were plentiful in the thus unmatched career of Gerd Mueller. His two goals in the "Match of the Century" against Italy in the 1970 World Cup in Mexico. Alone in his career on the German national team he shot 68 goals in national matches, a record at the time and to date unbeaten. Juergen Klinsmann, Rudi Voeller and Miroslav Klose have each scored 47.
"He can't be compared to anyone. Anyone! Not even Pelé." – Bernd Hölzenbein
As junior coach at FC Bayern he's as actively involved in football as ever.
And in PerfectGoal Gerd Mueller is supporting a game where one thing matters above all, just like on the field:
"I wanted that goal - that was all." – Gerd Müller
Background Gerd Müller, nicknamed "The Bomber“
| Born Size Family Hobby |
3/11/1945 in Noerdlingen, Germany 5'9" Married to wife Uschi since 1967, one daughter Tennis |
Clubs:
| • 1955 – 1964 • 1964 – 1979 • 1979 – 1981 |
TSV Noerdlingen FC Bayern Munich Fort Lauderdale Strikers |
Most significant successes:
| • World Champion • World Cup Third Place • European Champion • Winner of the Intercontinental Cup • European Nations Champions Cup • European Cup Winners Cup • German Champion • German Football Federation Cup Winner • As coach: Regional League Champion |
1974 1970 1972 1976 1974, 1975, 1976 1967 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971 2004 |
Most significant honours:
| • European Footballer of the Year • Germany's Footballer of the Year • World Cup Top Scorer • European Championship Top Scorer • European Top Scorer • Bundesliga Top Scorer |
1970 1967, 1969 1970 1972 1970, 1972 1967, 69, 70, 72, 73, 74, 78 |
| • Order of Merit with Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany 1977 • Member of the FIFA 100 list of the best footballers of all time |
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Statistics:
| • 365 goals in 427 Bundesliga matches • 78 goals in 62 German Football Federation Cup matches • 68 goals in 62 A national matches • 66 goals in 74 European cup matches • 38 goals in 71 NASL matches • 33 goals in 26 regional league matches • 18 times 3 goals in a Bundesliga match • 4 times 5 goals in a Bundesliga match • 7 hattricks in the Bundesliga • 1 hattrick in an international match • 1 hattrick (4 goals) in a international match • 1 hattrick in a World Cup match • A total of 1,497 goals in 1,222 matches (including friendlies) |