Heini Mueller

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Heini Müller (also Heinrich or Heiner Müller ) (born February 18, 1934 in Roth ) is a former German football player and coach .

Player career

From 1956 to 1967 he played a total of 313 times for 1. FC Nürnberg , of which 115 times (39 goals) in the first-class Oberliga Süd and after the introduction of the Bundesliga 43 times (7 goals) in this. Most of the time he played as a striker , but moved to midfield for the last two years of his playing career .

He celebrated his greatest success in 1961 with 1. FC Nürnberg. He was part of a young team around the old hero of Bern Max Morlock , who defeated Borussia Dortmund 3-0 on June 24th at the Lower Saxony stadium in Hanover . Heini Müller scored the decisive 2-0 (44th minute) shortly before the break. Müller commented on winning the German championship : “Oh, I'm so happy. If there weren't that many people around, I'd like to cry a little. Maybe the only German you're going to do, I thought. I just hung myself in there. "

When they won the Cup in 1962 , Müller was missing in the final team of 1. FC Nürnberg. However, he moved into the quarter-finals of the European Cup with his club and was one of the team that defeated Benfica Lisbon 3-1 in the first leg with Eusebio , but lost 6-0 in the second leg and was eliminated.

Before the club became German champion for the ninth time in 1968 , Heini Müller had to end his career prematurely because of a liver disease. However, he was still active as a player in the traditional team of 1. FC Nürnberg in 2002.

After the final of the German championship in 1961, national coach Sepp Herberger promised Heini Müller a call to the national team. Nevertheless, he was never used in the senior national team . In March 1957 Müller came to two missions in the German B-national football team . He played on March 6, 1957 in the 4-0 win against Austria and on March 27, 1957 in the 3: 3 against the Netherlands. Nevertheless, he was never used in the senior national team .

Coaching career

As a coach, Heini Müller was only active in the amateur field, among other things he trained the amateurs of 1. FC Nürnberg.

First name

Although he is known under the name Heinrich or Heiner, his actual baptismal name and the name registered in the registry office is Heini.

family

Heini Müller is the father of the former soccer professional and today's soccer coach Bernd Müller and the grandfather of the soccer professional Jim-Patrick Müller .

successes

As a player:

1 × German champion ( 1961 )

literature

  • Hans Pühn: The game of his life. Heini Müller and the golden era of the club . Verlag Nürnberger Presse, Nuremberg 2019, ISBN 978-3-931683-48-1

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Heini "Heiner" Müller , www.glubberer.de, August 14, 2011.
  2. ↑ Mittelbayerische Zeitung : The financial need helps the talents , July 23, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Müller, Heini
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Müller, Heiner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH February 18, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Roth