Manfred Müller

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Manfred Müller
Date of birth	July 28, 1947 (1947-07-28) (age 60)
Place of birth	Essen, Germany
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1966–1971 1971–1976 1976–1979 1979 1979–1984 1986	Schwarz-Weiß Essen Wuppertaler SV 1. FC Nuremberg ESV Ingolstadt Bayern Munich 1. FC Nuremberg	86 (0) 01 (0) 49 (0) 01 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Manfred Müller (born July 28, 1947) is a German former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Müller began his career with Schwarz-Weiß Essen, before moving to Wuppertaler SV in 1971. Wuppertal immediately earned promotion to the Bundesliga, and finished a surprising third in their first season in the top-flight. The title challenge was not to repeated, however, and the club struggled against relegation in 1973-74, and dropped down the following year. After Wuppertal's failure to bounce back in their first season, Müller left, moving south to in 1976 to join 1. FC Nürnberg. In his second season at Nürnberg, they won promotion, beating Rot-Weiß Essen in a playoff, only to be relegated the following year. Müller was on the move again, and after a brief spell at ESV Ingolstadt, moved on to Bayern Munich, ostensibly as cover for Walter Junghans. He did, though, manage a few decent runs in the first team, including an appearance in the 1982 European Cup Final, but eventually lost his place to the incoming Jean-Marie Pfaff, before before retiring in 1984. He returned to 1. FC Nürnberg as general manager, and made a surprise return to action in November 1986, starting a Bundesliga fixture because of an injury to Andreas Köpke. He now runs a television production company.