Gerhard Gerd Müller, born on 3 November 1945 and died on 15 August 2021, was a German professional footballer and a prolific striker, especially in and around the six-yard box. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest goalscorers in the history of the sport and is one of eleven players to have won the FIFA World Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the Ballon d'Or. For West Germany he scored 68 goals in 62 appearances, and in fifteen years with Bayern Munich he scored 365 goals in 427 Bundesliga matches, a league record. Nicknamed Der Bomber, he was European Footballer of the Year in 1970, took the Golden Boot at the 1970 World Cup, won the 1972 European Championship, and scored the winning goal in the 1974 World Cup final. He held the World Cup scoring record with 14 goals for 32 years.
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was a German professional footballer
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was a German professional footballer
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427 Bundesliga matches
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the UEFA Champions League
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the 1970 FIFA World Cup
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UEFA European Championship
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