Thomas Müller

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Thomas Müller

Müller playing for Germany
Personal information
Full name Thomas Müller
Date of birth 13 September 1989 (1989-09-13) (age 22)
Place of birth Weilheim, West Germany
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Midfielder/Forward
Club information
Current club Bayern Munich
Number 25
Youth career
1993–2000 TSV Pähl
2000–2007 Bayern Munich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2007–2009 Bayern Munich II 35 (16)
2008– Bayern Munich 89 (27)
National team‡
2004–2005 Germany U-16 6 (4)
2007 Germany U-19 1 (0)
2008 Germany U-20 1 (1)
2009–2010 Germany U-21 6 (1)
2010– Germany 25 (10)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:27, 16 December 2011 (UTC)[2].

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:43, 15 November 2011 (UTC)[1]

Thomas Müller (German pronunciation: [ˈtoːmas ˈmʏlɐ]) (born 13 September 1989) is a German footballer who plays for Bayern Munich and the German national team. Müller plays as a midfielder or forward, and has been deployed in a variety of attacking roles—as an attacking midfielder, second striker, and on either wing. He has been praised for his pace, technique and composure, and has shown consistency in scoring and creating goals. A product of Bayern's youth system, he made his first-team breakthrough in the 2009–10 season after Louis van Gaal was appointed as the main coach; he played almost every game as the club won the league and cup double and reached the Champions League final. This accomplishment earned him an international call-up, and at the end of the season he was named in Germany's squad for the 2010 World Cup, where he scored five goals in six appearances as the team finished in third place. He was named as the Best Young Player of the tournament and won the Golden Boot as the tournament's top scorer, with five goals and three assists.

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Club career

Early career

Born in Weilheim, Müller played as a youth for TSV Pähl, and at the age of 10 he made the 50 km journey to join local Bundesliga side Bayern Munich in 2000.[3] He progressed through the youth system and was part of the team that finished runner-up in the Under-19 Bundesliga in 2007.[3] He made his debut for the reserve team in March 2008 when he replaced Stephan Fürstner in a Regionalliga match against SpVgg Unterhaching,[4] in which he scored. He made two more Regionalliga appearances in the 2007–08 season, while continuing to play for the under-19 team. The following season, Bayern's second string qualified for the newly formed 3rd Liga, and Müller established himself as a key player – he played in 32 out of 38 matches[5] and scored 15 times to make him the league's fifth top scorer.[6] He also became involved in the first-team under then manager Jürgen Klinsmann; he appeared in pre-season friendlies,[7][8] and made his full debut on 15 August 2008, when he came on as a substitute for Miroslav Klose for the last ten minutes of a Bundesliga match against Hamburger SV.[9] Despite Müller feeling that his performance did not go well,[10] he made three more Bundesliga appearances that season[5] and made his Champions League debut on 10 March 2009 when he was substituted on in the 72nd minute for Bastian Schweinsteiger in a 7–1 win over Sporting CP. He scored Bayern's last goal as they won the tie 12–1 on aggregate.[11]

Breakthrough season

In February 2009, Müller signed his first contract for the senior team, a two year deal effective from the 2009–10 season, along with reserve team-mate Holger Badstuber.[12] He was prepared to be loaned or even transferred away to find first-team football,[10] but when Louis van Gaal was appointed manager, both players became fixtures in the Bayern first team from the start of the season.[13] In the first few matches Müller was a regular substitute, and on 12 September 2009, he was brought on against Borussia Dortmund and scored two goals in a 5–1 victory.[14] Three days later, he scored another brace in a 3–0 Champions League victory over Maccabi Haifa.[15] He rounded off September by being named the Bundesliga player of the month[16] and earned praise from his namesake, legendary former Bayern and Germany striker Gerd Müller.[17] After the Haifa match, Müller was in the starting eleven for almost every match,[18] only missing one match – a Champions League match against Bordeaux, for which he was suspended,[19] because he was sent off in an earlier match against the same team.[20]

In February 2010, Müller signed a new contract with Bayern Munich through 2013.[21] During the second half of the season, Müller continued to be a regular first-team starter,[13] usually playing in a central striking role due to the availability of other wide players Franck Ribéry and Arjen Robben. In April 2010, he scored the second goal in a 2–1 win against title rivals Schalke 04,[22] and in the penultimate league match of the season, he scored the first hat-trick of his career,[23] in a 3–1 win over Bochum which effectively secured the German title for Bayern.[24] The title was confirmed a week later with a 3–1 win at Hertha BSC,[25][26] a match which Müller started. For the season he played in all 34 Bundesliga matches, starting 29, and recorded 13 goals and 11 assists.[13] Bayern and Müller were back in Berlin the following week, to face Werder Bremen in the final of the DFB-Pokal. Müller started the match and Bayern won 4–0 to complete the domestic double.[27] Müller scored four goals and made two assists during the competition, which made him its leading scorer for the season.[28] Bayern's season ended in pursuit of a first treble, in the 2010 Champions League Final against Internazionale at the Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid. It was not to be, however, as they lost 2–0, with both goals coming from Diego Milito. Müller was in the starting line-up and had a key chance just after half-time, with Bayern 1–0 down, but his shot was saved by Júlio César.[29] Müller felt particularly disappointed by this defeat,[10] but he ended his first season as a first-team player with 52 matches played and 19 goals in all competitions.[13] In a poll conducted by the sports magazine kicker, he was voted by his fellow professionals as the best newcomer of the 2009–10 season[30] and was named in the Bundesliga team of the season.[31] Müller credits Van Gaal for having had the biggest part to play in his rise to success – the coach arrived with a reputation for promoting youth team players, particularly at Ajax, and consistently gave Müller his chance in the first-team, going as far to say "Müller spielt bei mir immer" (with me, Müller will always play).[32] Müller, in return, described Van Gaal as "a genius technician", who makes players "improve every time".[10]

2010–11 season

See also: 2010–11 FC Bayern Munich season

Müller returned from his post-World Cup break to sign another contract extension, this time extending his stay at Bayern until 2015.[33] As with all of Bayern's World Cup participants, he missed much of pre-season,[34] and his first match back was the Supercup against Schalke 04 on 7 August. He was named in the starting 11, and scored the opening goal in a 2–0 win.[35] Two weeks later he scored the opening goal of Bayern's league season in a 2–1 home win against VfL Wolfsburg.[36] Müller played in every match of the first half of the season, usually as a starter,[37] but as the team struggled for results, Müller was unable to match the previous season's goalscoring exploits,[37] being dropped to the bench,[32] and even receiving a telling off from Louis van Gaal after missing an easy chance in a 2–0 defeat against 1. FC Kaiserslautern in August.[10][38] He was philosophical about this dip in form, though,[39] and after eight league games without a goal, he scored in a 4–1 win against Eintracht Frankfurt on 27 November;[40] He followed that by scoring in consecutive league and cup wins against VfB Stuttgart three weeks later.[41][42] These goals took his tally to eight goals in all competitions[37] and included a spectacular goal to open the scoring in a 2–0 Champions League victory against Roma on 15 September.[10][43] As his team was on its winter break, Müller was left to reflect on "an almost unbelievable first year as a pro".[39] Müller began the second half of the season in good form, but was involved in an altercation with team-mate Arjen Robben, who was angered when Müller showed his displeasure at a poor free-kick Robben took during a 3–1 win at Werder Bremen.[44] Müller again played in every game of the season and scored 19 goals (12 in the league),[45] but the season was less successful for Bayern, as they finished third in the league,[46] and were knocked out of the DFB-Pokal in the semi-finals by Schalke 04[47] and in the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League by Internazionale; Bayern had won 1–0 in the San Siro, and Müller scored 31 minutes into the second leg to make it 3–1 on aggregate, but Inter levelled the score at 3–3 in the 88th minute, to go through on the away goals rule.[48] Müller's mentor, Van Gaal was increasingly criticised for inflexibility in tactical, transfer and selection policy,[49] and ultimately lost his job, being replaced with Jupp Heynckes.[50]

2011–12 season

In Bayern's first DFB-Pokal game Müller was awarded the man of the match after earning two penalties which were converted by Mario Gómez and Bastian Schweinsteiger, Müller then added a third in the closing stages to secure a 3–0 victory over Eintracht Braunschweig.[51] It took Müller five matches for him to get his first league goal he scored it against Schalke 04 in Bayern's 2–0 win. Müller then scored in Bayern's next home game in the early stages of the match, Bayern went on to win the game 3–0. On 26 November 2011, Müller netted the opener on the half-hour in Bayern's 6–0 thrashing of FC Ingolstadt 04 giving him his second DFB-Pokal goal.[52] Müller is on the short-list of this year's FIFA Ballon d'Or award.[53]

International career

Müller represented Germany at various youth levels, starting with the under-16s in 2004.[54] In August 2009, he was called up to the under-21 team for his debut in a 3–1 friendly defeat against Turkey.[55] He earned six caps for the under-21s and scored one goal,[56] the eighth in an 11–0 thrashing of San Marino.[57]

In October of the same year, Müller's regular appearances for Bayern's first team caused German national team manager Joachim Löw to publicly consider him for a call-up,[58][59] despite initial relcutance from the Bayern Munich board;[60] the following month, Müller was named in the squad for a friendly against Côte d'Ivoire.[61] However, this coincided with the death of national team goalkeeper Robert Enke, which led to the cancellation of a match against Chile the same week.[62] With less opportunity to try out new players, and with the under-21 team facing crucial qualifiers for the 2011 European Championship, Löw and under-21 manager Rainer Adrion felt that Müller was needed at the under-21 level, and Müller was called back into the under-21s.[63]

He was back in the senior squad for its next get-together, a training session in Sindelfingen in January 2010,[64] and was named in the squad for the following match, a friendly against Argentina in March.[65] He made his debut in this game in the starting eleven at the Allianz Arena, his home stadium. He was substituted in the 66th minute for fellow debutant Toni Kroos as Germany lost 1–0.[66]

2010 World Cup

Müller was named in Germany's provisional 27-man squad for the 2010 World Cup along with seven other Bayern Munich players.[67] Despite suffering a scare when he fell off his bicycle at the team's training camp in South Tyrol,[68] Müller only received superficial injuries and made the final cut for the tournament when the squad was reduced to 23 players.[69] He was allocated the number 13,[70] normally worn by injured captain Michael Ballack,[70] and previously worn by Müller's namesake Gerd.[70] He earned his second international cap in the final warm-up match before the World Cup when he came on as a half-time substitute for Piotr Trochowski in a 3–1 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina.[71] He started the first game of Germany's World Cup campaign and scored the third goal – his first internationally – in a 4–0 win over Australia,[72] winning Germany's goal of the month award in the process.[73] He played in all Germany's group games, as they finished top of Group D; he scored twice and assisted once in the 4–1 victory over England in the round of 16.[74] In the third minute of Germany's 4–0 quarter final win against Argentina, he opened the scoring with his fourth tournament goal.[75] However, he picked up his second booking of the tournament in the first half, for a handball[76] and was suspended for the semi-final defeat against Spain. Müller said that he felt far more nervous during the Spain game than any he was able to play.[10] He returned to the team for the third-place playoff against Uruguay and scored the first goal, his fifth of the tournament, as Germany won 3–2 to take the bronze medals.[77] The team's success was a culmination of a series of changes made after the national team's failure at Euro 2000. The Germans emphasized a more open, attack-minded style not previously associated with Germany, and included prominent young players, including Müller, Sami Khedira and Mesut Özil.[78]

With five goals Müller ended as joint top goalscorer of the tournament. He earned the Golden Boot with these goals and his three assists.[79] He also won the Best Young Player Award over fellow nominees André Ayew of Ghana and Giovani dos Santos of Mexico.[80] For both awards, he succeeded a German team-mate, Miroslav Klose and Lukas Podolski, respectively, from 2006.[81] In October 2010, he was named on the shortlist for the Ballon d'Or award along with four of his Germany team-mates.[82] Reflecting on his World Cup success, Müller said "I basically got lucky, I hit form at just the right time".[39]

Euro 2012

Müller started all ten of Germany's qualifiers for Euro 2012, as the team qualified for the finals with a 100% record. Müller provided assists for seven goals,[83] three of which came in a 6–2 win over Austria in September 2011 which secured Germany's qualification for the finals with two games to spare.[84] He scored three times in the campaign, two goals coming in a 4–0 win over Kazakhstan in March 2011,[85] the third in a 3–1 win over Turkey in October of the same year.[86]

International goals

Scores and results table.[2] Germany's goal tally first:

Playing style

Müller's role can be described as an attacking all-rounder,[1][78] a player able to play in a variety of forward positions. As he came through the youth system, he was seen primarily as a midfielder,[10] but since breaking into the first-team he has been used in more forward roles. Both Bayern Munich and the Germany national team usually play a 4–2–3–1 formation, and Müller is most often part of the three attacking midfielders behind the central striker. He can play in any of the attacking midfield roles but usually plays in the center for Bayern Munich,[87] and on the right for Germany.[88] He has been used as an out-and-out striker on occasion.[89]

Müller has been praised for his maturity,[90] pace, technique,[91] awareness and positioning.[39] He has been particularly noted for his composure; Germany manager Joachim Löw said he is "impervious to pressure" [10] and former Bayern manager Louis van Gaal said he has tremendous mental strength.[39] A consistent scorer and creator of goals,[2] he describes himself as a player who can find gaps in the opposition defence but not particularly good at dribbling or one-on-ones.[10]

Personal life

Müller was born in Weilheim, Upper Bavaria, and grew up in the nearby village of Pähl, which became the centre of media attention during his World Cup exploits.[92] His parents are named Klaudia and Gerhard, and he has a brother, named Simon, who is two and a half years younger.[92] He married girlfriend Lisa, a model[93] in December 2009, after being engaged for two years.[94] In June 2011 he became an ambassador for YoungWings, a charity that helps children who have suffered bereavement or trauma.[95]

Career statistics

As of 16 December 2011 (2011 -12-16).[2]
Club performance League Cup[nb 1] Continental[nb 2] Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2007–08 Bayern Munich II Regionalliga Süd 3 1 — — — — 3 1
2008–09 3rd Liga 32 15 — — — — 32 15
Club total 35 16 — — — — 35 16
2008–09 Bayern Munich Bundesliga 4 0 0 0 1 1 5 1
2009–10 34 13 6 4 12 2 52 19
2010–11 34 12 6 4 8 3 48 19
2011–12 17 2 2 2 7 0 26 4
Club total 89 27 14 10 28 6 131 43
Career total 124 43 14 10 28 6 170 59
  1. ^ Includes DFB-Pokal and DFL-Supercup
  2. ^ Includes UEFA Champions League

Honours

Club

Bayern Munich[3]

International

Individual

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External links

Germany squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup Third Place
FC Bayern Munich – current squad