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German striker Gerd Mueller (Photo credit ; Twitter/@goal) |
The Bavarian club announced his death on Sunday.
Müller scored 566 goals for Bayern between 1964 and 1979,
helping the side to four German titles, four German Cup wins and three European
Cup victories in that time. He still holds the record for the most goals scored
in the Bundesliga with 365, scored in 427 league games.
“Gerd Müller was the greatest striker there’s ever been, and
a fine person and character of world football,” Bayern president Herbert Hainer
said in a statement posted on the cub’s website. “We’re all united in deep
mourning with his wife Uschi as well as his family.”
Bayern announced in October 2015 that Müller has had
Alzheimer’s disease for “a long time” and that he had been cared for
professionally with the support of his family since the beginning of February
that year.
Müller made 607 competitive appearances for Bayern. He was
the league’s top-scorer on seven occasions. He was as important to Bayern’s
ascent to becoming Germany’s powerhouse as former teammates Franz Beckenbauer
and Uli Hoeneß.
Müller’s record of 40 goals scored in the 1971-72 Bundesliga
season was only beaten last season, when current Bayern forward Robert
Lewandowski scored his 41st in the last minute of the last game.
Müller became a youth coach at Bayern after his playing
days, working with players such as Philipp Lahm, Bastian Schweinsteiger and
Thomas Müller.
“His achievements are unrivaled to this day and will forever
be a part of the great history of FC Bayern and all of German football,” Bayern
chairman Oliver Kahn added in the club statement. “As a player and a person,
Gerd Müller stands for FC Bayern and its development into one of the biggest
clubs in the world like no other. Gerd will forever be in our hearts.”
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