Gerd Müller
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| Full name | Gerhard Müller | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 3 November 1945 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nördlingen, Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Striker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Bayern Munich II (assistant manager) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1960–1963 | 1861 Nördlingen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1963–1964 | 1861 Nördlingen | 31 | (51) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1964–1979 | Bayern Munich | 453 | (398) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1979–1981 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 71 | (38) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 555 | (487) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1966 | West Germany U23 | 1 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1966–1974 | West Germany | 62 | (68) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1992– | Bayern Munich II (Assistant manager) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gerhard "Gerd" Müller (German pronunciation: [ˈɡɛrt ˈmʏlɐ]; born 3 November 1945) is a German retired footballer. A prolific striker renowned for his clinical finishing, especially inside the penalty box, he is regarded as one of the greatest goalscorers of all time.[2]
At international level with West Germany he scored 68 goals in 62 appearances, and at club level, after fifteen years with Bayern Munich, he scored a record 365 goals in 427 Bundesliga games and an international record of 66 goals in 74 European club games.[2] Averaging more than a goal a game with West Germany, Müller is now eleventh on the list of all time international goalscorers despite playing fewer matches than every other player in the top 25. Among the top scorers only Poul Nielsen and Sándor Kocsis have higher scoring rates.
His nicknames are "Bomber der Nation" (the nation's Bomber) or simply "Der Bomber",[2] and "kleines dickes Müller" (short fat Müller; this name was given to him by Čik Čajkovski, his first coach at Bayern Munich. Čajkovski was Croatian and got the German declension wrong (correct "kleiner dicker Müller").
In 1970, Müller was named European Footballer of the Year after a successful season at Bayern Munich, and scoring 10 goals at the 1970 World Cup for West Germany where he received the Golden Boot as top goalscorer. He scored four goals in the 1974 World Cup, including the winning goal in the final. Müller held the all-time goal-scoring record in the World Cup with 14 goals, a record that stood for 32 years until it was broken by Brazil's Ronaldo at the 2006 World Cup and, later, by compatriot Miroslav Klose at the 2014 World Cup. Müller's World Cup scoring tally of 14 goals was accomplished at two tournaments, while France's Just Fontaine scored 13 goals at a single World Cup tournament (third place in 1958), Ronaldo scored 15 goals across three World Cups (final in 1998, winner 2002, quarterfinal exit 2006), and Klose scored 16 times at four (final in 2002, semifinal exits in 2006 and 2010, winner 2014).
In 1999, Müller was ranked ninth in the European player of the Century election held by the IFFHS, and he was voted thirteenth in the IFFHS' World Player of the Century election.[3] In 2004, Pelé named Müller in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players.[2] He is the player with most international goals ever
Club career
Bayern Munich
Born in Nördlingen, Germany, Müller began his football career at the TSV 1861 Nördlingen. Müller joined FC Bayern Munich in 1964 where he teamed up with future stars Franz Beckenbauer and Sepp Maier. The club, which would go on to become the most successful German club in history was then still in the Regionalliga Süd (Regional League South), which was one level below the Bundesliga at the time. After one season, Bayern Munich advanced to the Bundesliga and started a long string of successes. With his club, Müller amassed titles during the 60s and 70s: He won the German Championship four times, the DFB-Pokal four times, the European Champions' Cup three times, the Intercontinental Cup once, and the European Cup Winners' Cup once. A supremely opportunistic goal-scorer, he also became German top scorer seven times and European top scorer twice. Müller scored 365 goals in 427 Bundesliga matches for Bayern Munich, almost 100 goals more than the second most successful Bundesliga scorer, Klaus Fischer. He holds the single-season Bundesliga record with 40 goals in season 1971–72. He scored 68 goals in 62 German international games. He held the record for most goals scored in a calendar year, striking 85 goals in 1972,[4] until his record was surpassed on 9 December 2012 by Lionel Messi.[5][6] His record of 66 goals in 74 appearances in European Cups was surpassed by Raúl in the 2010 campaign, while playing for Schalke 04.
Fort Lauderdale Strikers
After his career in the Bundesliga he went to the United States, where he joined the Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the North American Soccer League in 1979. He played three seasons with this team, scoring 38 goals, and once reaching, but losing, the league final in 1980. He was a 2nd-team NASL All Star in 1979.
International career
Müller scored 68 goals in 62 games for West Germany. He had been Germany's all time leading scorer for almost 40 years until Miroslav Klose surpassed him on 6 June 2014, but required more caps to do so. His international career started in 1966 and ended on 7 July 1974 with victory at the 1974 World Cup at his home stadium in Munich.[7] He scored the winning goal for the 2–1 victory over Johan Cruyff's Netherlands in the final. His four goals in that tournament and his ten goals at the 1970 World Cup combined made him the all-time highest World Cup goalscorer at the time with 14 goals. This record stood until the 2006 tournament, coincidentally held in Germany, when it was broken by Brazilian striker Ronaldo on 27 June, playing against Ghana, although Ronaldo achieved it by playing in one more World Cup, with later World Cups also having more games than in Müller's era. The new record was later equalled after three World Cups by Müller's fellow countryman, Miroslav Klose, in the 2010 World Cup. Müller also participated in the 1972 European Championship, becoming top scorer with four goals (including two in the final) and winning the Championship with the West German team.
Life after football
After Müller ended his career in 1982, he fell into a slump and suffered from alcoholism. However, his former companions at Bayern Munich convinced him to go through alcohol rehabilitation. When he emerged, they gave him a job as a coach at Bayern Munich II, where he still works to this day. There is also a collection of apparel released by sporting giants Adidas under the Gerd Müller name. It is part of the adidas originals series. In July 2008, the Rieser Sportpark, in Nördlingen, where Müller had begun his career, was renamed the Gerd-Müller-Stadion in his honour.
Playing style
In his book, Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football, author David Winner writes: "Müller was short, squat, awkward-looking and not notably fast; he never fit the conventional idea of a great footballer, but he had lethal acceleration over short distances, a remarkable aerial game, and uncanny goalscoring instincts. His short legs gave him a strangely low center of gravity, so he could turn quickly and with perfect balance in spaces and at speeds that would cause other players to fall over. He also had a knack of scoring in unlikely situations."
The impression that Gerd Müller was not very fast may stem from his short appearance. He did not run very much, but this is rather typical of people with fast-twitch muscle fibers – they rely on short bursts of speed. Speed and agility were always Gerd Müller's greatest assets – and this enabled him to reach an extreme acceleration and be first to the ball. He also regularly soared higher than much taller defenders while jumping for the ball.[8] His team mate Franz Beckenbauer has emphasized Müller's unusual speed: "His pace was incredible. In training I have played against him and I never had a chance."
Career statistics
Club career statistics
A goals tally in bold indicates that Müller was the competition's top scorer for that season.
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental [stats 1] |
Other | Total | Notes | ||||||||
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| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Comp | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| 1963–64 | TSV 1861 Nördlingen | Bezirksliga Schwaben | 31 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | 51 | |
| 1964–65 | Bayern Munich | Regionalliga Süd | 26 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 8 | 34 | 41 | [stats 2] |
| 1965–66 | Bundesliga | 33 | 15 | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 39 | 16 | ||
| 1966–67 | 32 | 28 | 4 | 7 | CWC | 9 | 8 | — | — | 45 | 43 | [stats 3] | ||
| 1967–68 | 34 | 19 | 4 | 4 | CWC | 8 | 7 | — | — | 46 | 30 | |||
| 1968–69 | 30 | 30 | 5 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 35 | 37 | |||
| 1969–70 | 33 | 38 | 3 | 4 | EC | 2 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 42 | |||
| 1970–71 | 32 | 22 | 7 | 10 | ICFC | 8 | 7 | — | — | 47 | 39 | |||
| 1971–72 | 34 | 40 | 6 | 5 | CWC | 8 | 5 | — | — | 48 | 50 | |||
| 1972–73 | 33 | 36 | 5 | 7 | EC | 6 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 49 | 67 | [stats 4] | ||
| 1973–74 | 34 | 30 | 4 | 5 | EC | 10 | 8 | — | — | 48 | 43 | [stats 5] | ||
| 1974–75 | 33 | 23 | 3 | 2 | EC | 7 | 5 | — | — | 43 | 30 | [stats 6] | ||
| 1975–76 | 22 | 23 | 6 | 7 | EC | 7 | 5 | — | — | 34 | 35 | [stats 7] | ||
| 1976–77 | 25 | 28 | 4 | 11 | EC | 8 | 9 | — | — | 37 | 48 | [stats 8] [stats 9] | ||
| 1977–78 | 33 | 24 | 3 | 4 | UEFA | 6 | 4 | — | — | 42 | 32 | [stats 10] | ||
| 1978–79 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | 13 | |||
| Total | Bundesliga | 427 | 365 | |||||||||||
| Bayern total | 453 | 398 | 62 | 78 | — | 79 | 70 | 13 | 20 | 607 | 566 | |||
| German football total | 484 | 449 | 62 | 78 | — | 79 | 70 | 13 | 20 | 638 | 617 | |||
| 1979 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | NASL | 25 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | 19 | |
| 1980 | 29 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29 | 14 | |||
| 1981 | 17 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | 5 | |||
| Total | 71 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 71 | 38 | |||
| Career total | 555 | 487 | 62 | 78 | — | 79 | 70 | 13 | 20 | 709 | 655 | |||
- ↑ Includes European Cup (35 appearances/35 goals), UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (25/20), Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (8/7), UEFA Cup (6/4), UEFA Super Cup (3/3) and Intercontinental Cup (2/1)
- ↑ 2 appearances (2 goals) in a local cup competition, 6 appearances (6 goals) in the Regionalliga promotion playoff
- ↑ Joint Bundesliga top scorer with Lothar Emmerich
- ↑ 5 appearances and 12 goals in the 1972–73 DFB-Ligapokal
- ↑ Joint Bundesliga top scorer with Jupp Heynckes
- ↑ Joint European Cup top scorer with Eduard Markarov
- ↑ 1 appearance in the 1975 UEFA Super Cup
- ↑ Joint European Cup top scorer with Franco Cucinotta (5 goals each)
- ↑ 2 appearances (3 goals) in the 1976 UEFA Super Cup, 2 appearances (1 goal) in the 1976 Intercontinental Cup
- ↑ Joint Bundesliga top scorer with Dieter Müller
International career statistics
National team statistics
| Germany national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| Friendlies – 1966 | 1 | 0 |
| Friendlies – 1967 | 1 | 1 |
| UEFA Euro 1968 qual. | 3 | 6 |
| Friendlies – 1968 | 1 | 0 |
| 1970 FIFA World Cup qual. | 6 | 9 |
| Friendlies – 1969 | 3 | 2 |
| Friendlies – 1970 | 5 | 2 |
| 1970 FIFA World Cup | 6 | 10 |
| Friendlies – 1971 | 4 | 7 |
| UEFA Euro 1972 qual. | 7 | 6 |
| Friendlies – 1972 | 3 | 8 |
| UEFA Euro 1972 | 2 | 4 |
| Friendlies – 1973 | 8 | 7 |
| Friendlies – 1974 | 5 | 2 |
| 1974 FIFA World Cup | 7 | 4 |
| Total | 62 | 68 |
International goals
Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first:
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| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1. | 8 April 1967 | Dortmund, Germany |  Albania | 1–0 | 6–0 | UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying |
| 2. | 2–0 | |||||
| 3. | 3–0 | |||||
| 4. | 6–0 | |||||
| 5. | 27 September 1967 | Berlin, Germany |  France | 4–0 | 5–1 | Friendly |
| 6. | 7 October 1967 | Hamburg, Germany |  Yugoslavia | 2–1 | 3–1 | UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying |
| 7. | 13 October 1968 | Vienna, Austria |  Austria | 1–0 | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup 1970 qualifying |
| 8. | 23 November 1968 | Nicosia, Cyprus |  Cyprus | 1–0 | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup 1970 qualifying |
| 9. | 26 March 1969 | Frankfurt, Germany |  Wales | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 10. | 16 April 1969 | Glasgow, Scotland |  Scotland | 1–0 | 1–1 | FIFA World Cup 1970 qualifying |
| 11. | 10 May 1969 | Nuremberg, Germany | Austria | 1–0 | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup 1970 qualifying |
| 12. | 21 May 1969 | Essen, Germany | Cyprus | 1–0 | 12–0 | FIFA World Cup 1970 qualifying |
| 13. | 7–0 | |||||
| 14. | 9–0 | |||||
| 15. | 12–0 | |||||
| 16. | 21 September 1969 | Vienna, Austria | Austria | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 17. | 22 October 1969 | Hamburg, Germany | Scotland | 2–1 | 3–2 | FIFA World Cup 1970 qualifying |
| 18. | 3 June 1970 | León, Mexico |  Morocco | 2–1 | 2–1 | FIFA World Cup 1970 |
| 19. | 7 June 1970 | León, Mexico |  Bulgaria | 2–1 | 5–2 | FIFA World Cup 1970 |
| 20. | 3–1 | |||||
| 21. | 5–1 | |||||
| 22. | 10 June 1970 | León, Mexico |  Peru | 1–0 | 3–1 | FIFA World Cup 1970 |
| 23. | 2–0 | |||||
| 24. | 3–0 | |||||
| 25. | 14 June 1970 | León, Mexico |  England | 3–2 | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | FIFA World Cup 1970 |
| 26. | 17 June 1970 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City |  Italy | 2–1 | 3–4 (a.e.t.) | FIFA World Cup 1970 |
| 27. | 3–3 | |||||
| 28. | 9 September 1970 | Nuremberg, Germany |  Hungary | 2–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 29. | 3–1 | |||||
| 30. | 17 October 1970 | Cologne, Germany |  Turkey | 1–1 | 1–1 | UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying |
| 31. | 17 February 1971 | Tirana, Albania | Albania | 1–0 | 1–0 | UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying |
| 32. | 25 April 1971 | Istanbul, Turkey | Turkey | 1–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying |
| 33. | 2–0 | |||||
| 34. | 22 June 1971 | Oslo, Norway |  Norway | 2–0 | 7–1 | Friendly |
| 35. | 4–0 | |||||
| 36. | 5–0 | |||||
| 37. | 30 June 1971 | Copenhagen, Denmark |  Denmark | 1–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 38. | 8 September 1971 | Hanover, Germany |  Mexico | 2–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
| 39. | 3–0 | |||||
| 40. | 5–0 | |||||
| 41. | 10 October 1971 | Warsaw, Poland |  Poland | 1–1 | 3–1 | UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying |
| 42. | 2–1 | |||||
| 43. | 29 April 1972 | London, England | England | 3–1 | 3–1 | UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying |
| 44. | 26 May 1972 | Munich, Germany |  Soviet Union | 1–0 | 4–1 | Friendly |
| 45. | 2–0 | |||||
| 46. | 3–0 | |||||
| 47. | 4–0 | |||||
| 48. | 14 June 1972 | Antwerp, Belgium | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium | 1–0 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 1972 |
| 49. | 2–0 | |||||
| 50. | 18 June 1972 | Brussels, Belgium | Soviet Union | 1–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 1972 Final |
| 51. | 3–0 | |||||
| 52. | 15 November 1972 | Düsseldorf, Germany |  Switzerland | 1–0 | 5–1 | Friendly |
| 53. | 2–0 | |||||
| 54. | 3–0 | |||||
| 55. | 5–0 | |||||
| 56. | 28 March 1973 | Düsseldorf, Germany |  Czechoslovakia | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 57. | 2–0 | |||||
| 58. | 5 September 1973 | Moscow, USSR | Soviet Union | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 59. | 10 October 1973 | Hanover, Germany | Austria | 1–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
| 60. | 3–0 | |||||
| 61. | 13 October 1973 | Gelsenkirchen, Germany | France | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 62. | 2–0 | |||||
| 63. | 17 April 1974 | Dortmund, Germany | Hungary | 4–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
| 64. | 5–0 | |||||
| 65. | 18 June 1974 | Hamburg, Germany |  Australia | 3–0 | 3–0 | FIFA World Cup 1974 |
| 66. | 26 June 1974 | Düsseldorf, Germany | Yugoslavia | 2–0 | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup 1974 |
| 67. | 3 July 1974 | Frankfurt, Germany | Poland | 1–0 | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup 1974 |
| 68. | 7 July 1974 | Munich, Germany |  Netherlands | 2–1 | 2–1 | FIFA World Cup 1974 Final |
Honours
Club
- Bundesliga: 1968–69, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74
- DFB-Pokal: 1965–66, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1970–71
- Regionalliga Süd: 1964–65
- European Champions' Cup: 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76
- European Cup Winners' Cup: 1966–67
- Intercontinental Cup: 1976
International
Individual
- Ballon d'Or: 1970[13]
- German Footballer of the Year: 1967, 1969[14]
- Voted best Player 40 Years Bundesliga 1963–2003[15]
- Bundesliga top scorer: 1967, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1978[2]
- European Golden Shoe: 1970, 1972[16]
- FIFA World Cup Golden Boot: 1970[2]
- UEFA European Championship top scorer: 1972[2]
- UEFA European Championship Teams of the Tournament: 1972[17]
- Bravo Otto – Bronze award: 1972, 1976
- European Cup top scorer: 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977[18]
- Bravo Otto: 1973, 1974
- Bravo Otto – Silver award: 1975
- FIFA Order of Merit: 1998[19]
- FIFA 100: 2004[2]
- Golden Foot: 2007, as football legend
References
- ↑ "Gerd Müller" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 "Der Bomber wrote records for eternity". FIFA.com. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- ↑ Stokkermans, Karel (30 January 2000). "IFFHS Century Elections". RSSSF.com. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
- ↑ Uli Hesse (17 November 2012). "Looking for Goals". ESPN. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
- ↑ Shergold, Adam (9 December 2012). "Month by month, goal by goal... The diary of Messi's extraordinary record-breaking year". Mail Online. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- ↑ "Lionel Messi of Barcelona sets new goal-scoring record". BBC Sport. 10 December 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- ↑ Lomas, Mark (28 May 2010). "Gerd Muller: Der Bomber". ESPN Soccernet (ESPN). Retrieved 13 September 2011.
- ↑ "PlayersBios". hallofchampions.com. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- ↑ "Gerd Müller". National Football Teams. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
- ↑ "Gerhard "Gerd" Müller – Goals in International Matches". Rsssf.com. 25 March 2005. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Gerd Müller" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
- ↑ "Der 38. Spieltag der Regionalliga Süd 1964/1965" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
- ↑ Moore, Rob; Stokkermans, Karel. "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
- ↑ "Fußballer des Jahres seit 1960: Die Siegerliste" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
- ↑ Hartmann, Ulrich (11 May 2010). ""Ich könnte heulen"" ["I could cry"] (in German). Sueddeutsche.de. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
- ↑ "Topscorer 2012/2013: Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona)". eusm.eu. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
- ↑ "1972 team of the tournament". UEFA.com. 2 May 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
- ↑ "Top Scorers". futbal.org. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
- ↑ "FIFA Order of Merit" (PDF). Retrieved 21 January 2015.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gerd Müller. |
- Gerd Müller at fussballdaten.de (German)
- Portrait of Gerd Müller at FIFA.com
- Statistics on Müller's matches and goals at RSSSF.com
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| Preceded by Sepp Maier |
Bayern Munich captain 1979 |
Succeeded by Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck |
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| Preceded by Just Fontaine 13 |
FIFA World Cup Highest Goalscorer 7 July 1974 – 27 June 2006 |
Succeeded by Ronaldo 15 |
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