Gerd Muller

Gerhard "Gerd" Müller; born 3 November 1945 in Nördlingen) is a former (West) 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. His nicknames are “Bomber der Nation” (the nation's Bomber) and “kleines dickes Müller” (Small thick Müller, declension intentionally 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 FIFA World Cup. Before the goal scored by Ronaldo against Ghana in the Round of 16 of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Müller held the all-time goal-scoring record in the tournament, with a 14-goal total.

Honors

Titles with Bayern Munich

Bundesliga: 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974

German Cup: 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971

European Champions’ Cup: 1974, 1975, 1976

Intercontinental Cup: 1976

Cup Winners’ Cup: 1967

 Titles with the national team

European Championship: 1972

World Cup: 1974

 Personal honours

German top scorer: 1967, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1978

European top scorer: 1970, 1972

World Cup top scorer: 1970

European Championship top scorer: 1972

Eurochampionscup Topscorer 1973 ,1974 ,1975 ,1977

German Footballer of the Year: 1967, 1969

Voted best Player 40 Years Bundesliga 1963-2003

European Footballer of the Year: 1970

World Football's Greatest Goalscorer of All Time (awarded in 2000)

Named to FIFA 100