The penalty area was his domain and goals were his currency. Gerd Müller is one of the greatest figures in the history of German football and a living legend. On Tuesday, Der Bomber, perhaps the greatest goalscorer ever, turns 75. fcbayern.com has a look at his remarkable career.
Overview of Gerd Müller’s honours
FC Bayern Munich (1964-1979):
Intercontinental Cup: 1976
European Cup: 1974, 1975, 1976
UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup: 1967
Bundesliga: 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974
DFB Cup: 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971
European Golden Shoe: 1970, 1972
Bundesliga top scorer: 1967, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1978
Ballon d’Or: 1970
Germany’s Footballer of the Year: 1967, 1969
427 Bundesliga games / 365 goals
74 European games / 66 goals
Germany (1966-1974):
World Cup: 1974
European Championship: 1972
World Cup Golden Boot: 1970 (10 goals)
62 caps / 68 goals
Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1979-1981):
80 games in the North American Soccer League / 40 goals
Other records
The Bundesliga’s all-time top scorer with 365 goals in 427 games.
Müller scored on average every 105 minutes in the Bundesliga, which is a record for players with at least 20 goals.
Der Bomber holds the record for goals scored in a single Bundesliga season (40 in 1971/72).
Müller scored in a record 16 consecutive Bundesliga games in 1969/70.
Müller scored a brace or more in 87 Bundesliga games – a league record by some distance.
That included 32 hat-tricks or more. He scored five goals in four matches and exactly four goals 10 times.
He is also the all-time top scorer in the DFB Cup, having more goals (78) than games (62).
He finished as top scorer in 18 different competitions.
He has a record seven Bundesliga Torjägerkanone.
With 13 goals at two World Cups, Der Bomber was the all-time top scorer until 2006 when Brazil’s Ronaldo overtook him with 14 from three tournaments.
Müller scored 142 goals to put his team in the lead, with 77 of them being the winner.
Learn more about the milestones from Müller’s great career here: