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Gerd Müller

1945 - 2021

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Gerd Müller (German pronunciation: [ˈɡɛʁt ˈmʏlɐ]; 3 November 1945 – 15 August 2021) was a German professional footballer. A prolific striker, especially in and around the six-yard box, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest goalscorers and players in the history of the sport. With success at club and international level, he is one of nine players to have won the FIFA World Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the Ballon d'Or. At international level with West Germany, he scored 68 goals in 62 appearances, and at club level, in 15 years with Bayern Munich, in which he scored 365 goals in 427 Bundesliga matches, he became—and still is—record holder of that league. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gerd Müller is the 4th most popular soccer player (up from 10th in 2019), the 54th most popular biography from Germany (up from 62nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular German Soccer Player.

Gerd Müller is most famous for being the all-time leading goalscorer for the German national team. He scored 68 goals in 62 games for his country.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Gerd Müller ranks 4 out of 21,273. Before him are Pelé, Johan Cruyff, and Franz Beckenbauer. After him are Ferenc Puskás, Diego Maradona, Lev Yashin, Alfredo Di Stéfano, Eusébio, Garrincha, Giuseppe Meazza, and Santiago Bernabéu Yeste.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Gerd Müller ranks 4. Before him are Bob Marley, Rodrigo Duterte, and Franz Beckenbauer. After him are Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Aung San Suu Kyi, Vince McMahon, Lemmy, Radovan Karadžić, Priscilla Presley, and Debbie Harry. Among people deceased in 2021, Gerd Müller ranks 1. After him are Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Michael Collins, Bernie Madoff, Ed Asner, Chun Doo-hwan, Albert Bandura, Christopher Plummer, George Shultz, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, and Roh Tae-woo.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gerd Müller ranks 54 out of 7,253. Before him are Werner Heisenberg (1901), Christian IX of Denmark (1818), Robert Koch (1843), Marlene Dietrich (1901), Alexander von Humboldt (1769), and Thomas Mann (1875). After him are William I, German Emperor (1797), Adolf Eichmann (1906), Georg Ohm (1789), Hildegard of Bingen (1098), Erwin Rommel (1891), and Jacques Offenbach (1819).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Germany

Among soccer players born in Germany, Gerd Müller ranks 2. Before him are Franz Beckenbauer (1945). After him are Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (1955), Lothar Matthäus (1961), Oliver Kahn (1969), Uwe Seeler (1936), Fritz Walter (1920), Paul Breitner (1951), Rudi Völler (1960), Jürgen Klinsmann (1964), Berti Vogts (1946), and Andreas Brehme (1960).

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