Gerd Müller while playing for Bayern Munich in 1973 Gerd Müller (1945–2021) was a German professional footballer who represented the West Germany national football team as a striker between 1966 and 1974. He scored his first international goal on 8 April 1967, when he netted four goals in a UEFA Euro 1968 qualifier against Albania . Since then, Müller become his country's all-time top scorer with 68 goals in 62 games until being overtaken by Miroslav Klose on 6 June 2014.[1] He held the record for goals scored in FIFA World Cup tournaments between 1974 and 2006. This record was bettered in 2006 by Brazil 's Ronaldo , and eight years later by fellow country man Miroslav Klose , who also broke Müller's record for goals for Germany.[2]
Müller netted eight international hat-tricks , which is a national record and the third best in Europe behind Sweden's Sven Rydell with 9 and Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo with 10. On half of those occasions he added a fourth goal in the same match, against Albania, Cyprus , Soviet Union and Switzerland .[3] This tally includes back-to-back hat-tricks at the 1970 FIFA World Cup against Bulgaria and Peru , being the only player alongside Sándor Kocsis to have done so.
International goals [ edit ] Scores and results list West Germany's goal tally first. G Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition 1 8 April 1967 Dortmund , Germany 2 Albania 1–0 6–0 UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying 2 2–0 3 3–0 4 6–0 5 27 September 1967 Berlin, Germany 4 France 4–0 5–1 Friendly 6 7 October 1967 Hamburg , Germany 5 Yugoslavia 2–1 3–1 UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying 7 13 October 1968 Vienna , Austria 7 Austria 1–0 2–0 1970 FIFA World Cup qualifying 8 23 November 1968 Nicosia , Cyprus 8 Cyprus 1–0 1–0 9 26 March 1969 Frankfurt , Germany 9 Wales 1–1 1–1 Friendly 10 16 April 1969 Glasgow , Scotland 10 Scotland 1–0 1–1 1970 FIFA World Cup qualifying 11 10 May 1969 Nuremberg , Germany 11 Austria 1–0 1–0 12 21 May 1969 Essen , Germany 12 Cyprus 1–0 12–0 13 7–0 14 9–0 15 12–0 16 21 September 1969 Vienna , Austria 13 Austria 1–1 1–1 Friendly 17 22 October 1969 Hamburg, Germany 15 Scotland 2–1 3–2 1970 FIFA World Cup qualifying 18 3 June 1970 León , Mexico 20 Morocco 2–1 2–1 1970 FIFA World Cup Group stage 19 7 June 1970 21 Bulgaria 2–1 5–2 1970 FIFA World Cup Group stage 20 3–1 21 5–1 22 10 June 1970 22 Peru 1–0 3–1 1970 FIFA World Cup Group stage 23 2–0 24 3–0 25 14 June 1970 23 England 3–2 3–2 (a.e.t. ) 1970 FIFA World Cup quarter-finals 26 17 June 1970 Estadio Azteca , Mexico City 24 Italy 2–1 3–4 (a.e.t.) 1970 FIFA World Cup Semi-finals 27 3–3 28 9 September 1970 Nuremberg, Germany 26 Hungary 2–0 3–1 Friendly 29 3–1 30 17 October 1970 Cologne , Germany 27 Turkey 1–1 1–1 UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying 31 17 February 1971 Tirana , Albania 28 Albania 1–0 1–0 32 25 April 1971 Istanbul , Turkey 29 Turkey 1–0 3–0 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 32 Denmark 1–1 3–1 38 8 September 1971 Hanover , Germany 33 Mexico 2–0 5–0 39 3–0 40 5–0 41 10 October 1971 Warsaw , Poland 34 Poland 1–1 3–1 UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying 42 2–1 43 29 April 1972 London, England 37 England 3–1 3–1 44 26 May 1972 Munich , Germany 39 Soviet Union 1–0 4–1 Friendly 45 2–0 46 3–0 47 4–0 48 14 June 1972 Antwerp , Belgium 40 Belgium 1–0 2–1 UEFA Euro 1972 Semi-finals 49 2–0 50 18 June 1972 Brussels , Belgium 41 Soviet Union 1–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 1972 Final 51 3–0 52 15 November 1972 Düsseldorf , Germany 42 Switzerland 1–0 5–1 Friendly 53 2–0 54 3–0 55 5–0 56 28 March 1973 Düsseldorf, Germany 43 Czechoslovakia 1–0 3–0 Friendly 57 2–0 58 5 September 1973 Moscow, USSR 47 Soviet Union 1–0 1–0 59 10 October 1973 Hanover, Germany 48 Austria 1–0 4–0 60 3–0 61 13 October 1973 Gelsenkirchen , Germany 49 France 1–0 2–1 62 2–0 63 17 April 1974 Dortmund, Germany 54 Hungary 4–0 5–0 64 5–0 65 18 June 1974 Hamburg, Germany 57 Australia 3–0 3–0 1974 FIFA World Cup Group stage 66 26 June 1974 Düsseldorf, Germany 59 Yugoslavia 2–0 2–0 1974 FIFA World Cup Group stage 67 3 July 1974 Frankfurt, Germany 61 Poland 1–0 1–0 1974 FIFA World Cup Group stage 68 7 July 1974 Munich, Germany 62 Netherlands 2–1 2–1 1974 FIFA World Cup Final
Hat-tricks [ edit ] No. Date Venue Opponent Goals Result Competition Ref. 1 8 April 1967 Stadion Rote Erde , Dortmund , Germany Albania 4 – (6', 25', 73', 85'(pen .)) 6–0 UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying [4] 2 21 May 1969 Georg-Melches-Stadion , Essen , Germany Cyprus 4 – (3', 43', 49', 85') 12–0 1970 FIFA World Cup qualifying [5] 3 7 June 1970 Nou Camp , León , Mexico Bulgaria 3 – (28' , 52'(pen .), 82') 5–2 1970 FIFA World Cup Group stage [6] 4 10 June 1970 Peru 3 – (20', 26', 39') 3–1 1970 FIFA World Cup Group stage [7] 5 22 June 1971 Ullevaal Stadion , Oslo , Norway Norway 3 – (30', 47', 52') 7–1 Friendly [8] 6 8 September 1971 Niedersachsenstadion , Hanover , Germany Mexico 3 – (12', 14', 55') 5–0 [9] 7 26 May 1972 Olympiastadion , Munich , Germany Soviet Union 4 – (49', 52', 58', 65') 4–1 [10] 8 15 November 1972 Rheinstadion , Düsseldorf , Germany Switzerland 4 – (23', 30', 47', 77') 5–1 [11]
Statistics [ edit ] Germany national team Year Apps Goals 1966 1 0 1967 4 6 1968 3 2 1969 7 9 1970 12 13 1971 8 12 1972 7 13 1973 8 7 1974 12 6 Total 62 68
See also [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ "Gerhard "Gerd" Müller – Goals in International Matches" . Rsssf.com. 25 March 2005. Archived from the original on 1 October 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2011 . ^ "Klose breaks World Cup goal record" . Goal.com . 8 July 2014. Archived from the original on 10 November 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2015 . ^ "Gerd Müller" . eu-football.info . Retrieved 28 June 2022 . ^ "West Germany vs Albania, 8 April 1967" . EU-football.info . Retrieved 28 June 2022 . ^ "West Germany vs Cyprus, 21 May 1969, World Cup qualification" . EU-football.info . Retrieved 28 June 2022 . ^ "Bulgaria vs West Germany, 7 June 1970, World Cup" . EU-football.info . Retrieved 28 June 2022 . ^ "Peru vs West Germany, 10 June 1970, World Cup" . EU-football.info. Retrieved 28 June 2022 . ^ "Norway vs West Germany, 22 June 1971" . EU-football.info. Retrieved 28 June 2022 . ^ "West Germany vs Mexico, 8 September 1971" . EU-football.info. Retrieved 28 June 2022 . ^ "West Germany vs Soviet Union, 26 May 1972" . EU-football.info. Retrieved 28 June 2022 . ^ "West Germany vs Switzerland, 15 November 1972" . EU-football.info. Retrieved 28 June 2022 . External links [ edit ]
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