Gerd Müller died - one of the best players in the history of German football

The world and European champion, a three -time owner of the European Champions Cup, is one of the best players in the history of German and world football Gerd Müller. This was announced by the Bavaria football club, for which Müller spent most of his career. Müller was 75 years old.

“Without Gerd Müller, Bavaria would not have become a club that we all love today,” said the club President Herbert Heiner. The Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bavaria, the famous goalkeeper Oliver Kan called Gerda Muller “one of the greatest legends” in the history of the club.

• Gerd Müller played for Bavaria from 1964 to 1979. As part of the team, he scored 566 goals in 607 official matches. In Bundesliga, Müller scored a record 365 goals, he became the best scorer of the German championship seven times. With Bavaria, Müller won three times in the European Champions Cup (the predecessor of the Champions League).
• The German national team Gerd Müller became the world champion and European champion. For the national team, he spent 62 matches and scored 68 goals in them. In the final of the 1974 World Cup in Munich, Müller scored a victorious goal against the Netherlands team.