Capital:	€ 2 million
Age:	74
Born:	11/03/1945
Country of origin:	Germany
Source of wealth:	Soccer player
Last updated:	2022

Short introduction

Gerd Müller won the title “Bomber of the Nation” with his extraordinary skills as a striker. With 365 goals, he is still the most successful Bundesliga goal scorer ever.

In addition, he won many titles with FC Bayern Munich, including the German championship, the European championship club and the World Cup. In addition, he won European champions and the world with the German national team.

After his career, the “bomber of the nation” had to deal with the alcohol problem that took him to the threshold of financial destruction in the early 1990s. Müller only managed to get rid of alcohol thanks to the help of his old friends from FC Bayern Munich.

After a successful withdrawal treatment, Bayern manager at that time Uli Hoeneß offered him a position as a striker and goalkeeper coach with an amateur FC Bayern Munich, who only surrendered in 2014 due to Alzheimer’s disease.

Early life

Gerd Müller was born in 1945 from Christina Karoline and Johann Heinrich Müller in Nördlingen, Bavaria, where she grew up in a simple state.

Like many professionals from his generation, he began his career as a street soccer player. However, Müller was so shy that he only joined his first club, TSV 1861 Nördlingen, at the age of twelve.

In A-Youth he was first appointed for the election of youth Bavarian soccer associations after he scored 180 out of 204 goals from his club this season. After moving to the TSV men’s team, Müller made a significant contribution to promotion to Landesliga with 47 goals in 28 matches.

Outside the field, Müller graduated from high school. He sacrificed an internship as a weaven for his career as a professional soccer player.

Career highlights

Apart from his unprecedented record at Bayern Munich, Gerd Müller celebrated the peak of his career with the German national team. After Müller was appointed to the national team for the first time in 1966, he established himself as a regular player with ten goals during the 1970 World Cup in Mexico. The German national team eliminated Italy in the semifinals, but Müller was the top scorer.

The title was only won four years later on the “Home World Cup”. The decisive goal for 2-1 in the final against the Dutch became the peak in Müller’s career.

Famous quotes

“The most beautiful thing is a shot into the empty goal”

“You also have to be able to hit blind, you have to know where the gate is without looking.”

“My greatest triumph was the victory over alcohol”

Amazing facts

Gerd Müller is a Bundesliga goal scorer with 365 goals

In 1970 Müller was the first German chosen

In the 1971/72 season, Müller reached a record of 40 Bundesliga clubs in one season

During his career, Müller won the top scorer in eighteen competitions (seven times in the Bundesliga)