{"id":27414,"date":"2021-08-15T19:33:06","date_gmt":"2021-08-15T19:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=27414"},"modified":"2021-08-15T19:43:17","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T19:43:17","slug":"germany-football-legend-muller-dies-aged-75","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=27414","title":{"rendered":"Germany football legend Muller dies aged 75"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bayern Munich and Germany legend Gerd Muller has died at the age of 75.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the best strikers in history, Muller scored 68 goals in 62 appearances for West Germany, including the winning goal in the 1974 World Cup final against the Netherlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also scored 547 goals in 594 competitive games during 15 years at Bundesliga giants Bayern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cToday is a sad, black day for FC Bayern and all of its fans,\u201d Bayern president Herbert Hainer said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGerd Muller was the greatest striker there has ever been \u2013 and a fine person, a personality in world football. We are united in deep sorrow with his wife Uschi and his family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWithout Gerd Muller, FC Bayern would not be the club we all love today. His name and the memory of him will live on forever.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018One of the greatest legends in history\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Muller, a two times German footballer of the year, won the Golden Boot for netting 10 goals at the 1970 World Cup and also won the Ballon d\u2019Or that year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He helped West Germany win the European Championship two years later, scoring twice in a 3-0 win against the Soviet Union in the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe news of Gerd Muller\u2019s death deeply saddens us all,\u201d Bayern chief executive Oliver Kahn said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe\u2019s one of the greatest legends in the history of FC Bayern, his achievements are unrivalled to this day and will forever be a part of the great history of FC Bayern and all of German football.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs a player and a person, Gerd Muller stands for FC Bayern and its development into one of the biggest clubs in the world like no other. Gerd will forever be in our hearts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A record holder for decades<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

During his 15 years at Bayern, Muller was the Bundesliga\u2019s top scorer seven times. He also held the record for the most goals in a calendar year after scoring 85 in 1972 until Lionel Messi surpassed his total in 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His record of 40 goals in a Bundesliga season \u2013 scored in 1971-72 \u2013 stood for 49 years before it was broken by Robert Lewandowski in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In total, Muller helped Bayern win four Bundesliga and DFB Cup titles, three European Cups, a European Cup Winners\u2019 Cup and an Intercontinental Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2015, the club announced he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018The Muhammad Ali of the penalty box\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Born on 3 November 1945, Muller joined Bayern in 1964. With his short stature and stocky build he was nicknamed \u201cshort, fat Muller\u201d by his first coach at the club, Zlatko Cajkovski.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Muller quickly developed a reputation for being a clinical striker and his goals helped Bayern win the league title four times between 1969 and 1974.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His prowess in the penalty box quickly made him one of the most feared forwards at club and international level, with another Bayern great \u2013 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge \u2013 describing Muller in 2015 as \u201cthe best of all time, the Muhammad Ali of the penalty box\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Muller retired from international football shortly after helping West Germany win the World Cup in 1974, aged just 28, but continued to enjoy success at Bayern before leaving in 1979 to join Fort Lauderdale Strikers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He played three seasons in the United States before announcing his retirement in 1982.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A goal machine for club and country \u2013 Muller\u2019s remarkable numbers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n