Robert Müller (soccer player)

Robert Muller
Müller on duty for Kiel on August 15, 2009
Personnel
birthday	November 12, 1986
place of birth	Schwerin ,  GDR
size	186 cm
position	Defender , midfielder
Juniors
Years	station
	ESV Schwerin
	FSV Schwerin
0000-2001	Hallescher FC
2001-2005	Hertha BSC
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2004-2007	Hertha BSC II	75 (2)
2006	Hertha BSC	1 (0)
2007-2009	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	64 (3)
2009-2010	Holstein Kiel	36 (1)
2010–2012	Hansa Rostock	63 (4)
2012-2015	SV Wehen Wiesbaden	100 (4)
2015-2018	VfR Aalen	87 (7)
2018-2019	KFC Uerdingen	2 (0)
2019–	Energy Cottbus	0 (0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
2003-2004	Germany U18	5 (1)
2004-2005	Germany U19	14 (1)
2005-2007	Germany U20	4 (0)
2007	Germany U21	2 (0)
1 Only league games are given. As of January 28, 2019

Robert Müller (born November 12, 1986 in Schwerin , GDR ) is a German football player who can be used in defense as a right-back or central defender as well as in the defensive midfield . He has been under contract with Energie Cottbus since January 2019 .

Career

Youth in Mecklenburg, Anhalt and Berlin

Müller began his football career in his hometown with ESV Schwerin and FSV Schwerin , before he moved to Halleschen FC as a youth . In Halle he also attended the sports high school in Halle / Saale before he moved to Hertha BSC in Berlin in the summer of 2001 and initially continued his school career at the Poelchau sports school .

For Hertha, Müller first played as a B-youth in the U-17 regional league , in which the team won the season's championship in both 2002 and 2003. In the final rounds for the B-Juniors championship reached in this way , Hertha initially failed in the quarter-finals in 2002 against the later title holder FC Schalke 04 , but was able to move into the final in 2003 and defeat VfB Stuttgart . Subsequently, Müller moved up to the club's A-youth team, which took part in the newly created U-19 Bundesliga in 2003/04 as a founding member . In this, however, Hertha only finished second in their season and thus missed the final round of the A-Juniors championship , with Müller having played a total of 25 games for Berlin. In the DFB Cup of the A-Juniors , however, the team reached the final of the 2003/04 season and won it against SGV Freiberg .

Through his achievements in the youth competitions, Müller had also drawn the attention of the German Football Association to himself, so that on September 16, 2003 he competed for the German U-18 team for the first time and scored a goal in the friendly against Bulgaria . After a total of five games for the U-18s, Müller then moved up to the U-19 selection in the summer of 2004 , for which he initially scored one goal in ten missions by June 2005. In July 2005, Müller then took part in the U-19 selection at the 2005 European Championships in Northern Ireland , where he completed another four appearances in the national jersey; However, the team was eliminated in the semifinals against eventual title winners France .

Beginnings at Hertha BSC

Meanwhile, Müller had only played eleven games for Hertha in the 2004/05 season of the U-19 Bundesliga, since he had already been promoted to the men's teams in Berlin from spring 2005. For example, instead of playing for the A-youth, which eventually became champions of their season without Müller and thus took part in the German championship, more and more often for Hertha's reserve team in the third-class regional league . Overall, Müller came there during the second half of the 2004/05 season to ten missions, where he scored his first competitive goal on May 22, 2005. Subsequently, Müller also belonged to the Berlin reserve team according to his age, so that he played another 65 regional league appearances in the 2005/06 and 2006/07 seasons, whereby he had also been able to recommend himself for the Hertha first team coached by Falko Götz from summer 2006 . His debut for this in the Bundesliga on November 25 of the 2006/07 season , however, was also his only appearance for Hertha in the top German division. Even in the youth national teams of the DFB, Müller was no longer able to assert himself permanently during this time, so that he only played four games for the U-20s from 2005 to 2006 and only two games for the U-21s at the beginning of 2007 before his national team career finally ended.

Third class with Jena and Kiel

Since Müller did not see enough chance of further appearances in the Bundesliga in Berlin, he moved to FC Carl Zeiss Jena in summer 2007 , who played in the 2nd Bundesliga in the 2007/08 season . There Müller established himself under the coach Frank Neubarth initially as a regular player until the relegation-threatened club used Valdas Ivanauskas as a new coach in September 2007 , after which Müller was only used sporadically. After the renewed change of coach to Henning Bürger in the spring of 2008, Müller was again one of the regulars in the Jena team, which, however, no longer achieved relegation and was relegated to the newly founded 3rd division in the 2008/09 season.

Despite the relegation, Müller signed a new contract with the Thuringians in June 2008, which was initially limited to one year, but would have been automatically extended for another year in the event of direct re-promotion. Instead of playing for promotion, Jena found itself in the relegation battle and was only able to secure relegation on the last matchday of the season. Müller then moved in June 2009 to the third division promoted Holstein Kiel , where he initially signed a contract dated 2011. However, since Kiel was immediately relegated again in the 2009/10 season, this contract lost its validity in the summer of 2010.

Via Rostock to Wiesbaden and Aalen

In FC Hansa Rostock , Müller found a new employer who had previously been relegated from the 2nd Bundesliga to the 3rd division and now signed two players from Kiel, Müller and Peter Schyrba .

In Rostock, too, Müller developed into a regular player during the first half of the 2010/11 season, although Rostock coach Peter Vollmann was used alternately in defense or midfield, but was ultimately involved in 35 of the 38 season games. Due to the immediate return to second place in the final table this season, Müller's contract was automatically extended for another year until summer 2013. In addition, Hansa also won the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania State Cup this season , to which Müller had contributed with four appearances.

In the 2011/12 second division season , Müller remained a regular in the team initially coached by Vollmann, but then by Wolfgang Wolf in the second half of the season , so that he made a total of 28 appearances over the course of the season. At the end of the season, however, Rostock rose as bottom of the table back into the 3 league, whereby Müller's contract with Hansa lost its validity. As a result, Müller did not accept another contract offer by Hansa.

In May 2012, Müller instead signed a two-year contract with SV Wehen Wiesbaden , where he played again under Peter Vollmann in the 3rd division in 2012/13 and also met his former Rostock teammate Michael Wiemann . In the summer of 2015, Müller signed a two-year contract with third division club VfR Aalen .

Third division promoted Uerdingen and Cottbus

On May 28, 2018, the third division promoted KFC Uerdingen 05 announced the commitment of the central defender. After only two competitive appearances for Krefeld, co-promoted Energie Cottbus signed the central defender in January 2019.

Web links

• Robert Müller in the database of weltfussball.de
• Robert Müller in the database of fussballdaten.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ According to the match reports , Müller was used in the U-18 on September 16 and 18, as well as on November 25 and 27, 2003 and on March 9, 2004
2. ↑ according to the match reports , Müller became on September 17, October 21, 23 and 25 and on November 24, 2004, as well as February 23, March 16, May 14, 16 and 18 and most recently during the European Championship deployed in the U-19 on July 18, 20, 23 and 26
3. ↑ ^{a b} DFB.de: U-20 , U-21 international Müller
4. ↑ Sportoberschule.de, October 28, 2008: Homepage archive , accessed on June 27, 2011
5. ↑ Bundesliga.de, June 17, 2008: Robert Müller extended in Jena  ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 27, 2008  
6. ↑ Holsteinkiel.de, June 24, 2009: Robert Müller new at Holstein  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 27, 2011  
7. ↑ FC-Hansa.de, June 11, 2010: Long stays with Hansa - Other new additions: Holst, Schyrba and Müller , accessed on June 27, 2011
8. ↑ Bild.de , May 5, 2011: Ten contracts automatically renewed , accessed on June 27, 2011
9. ↑ FC-Hansa.de, May 10, 2012: Bouquets of flowers on the last day of training: 12 Hansa professionals leave the club , accessed on May 21, 2012
10. ↑ SVWehen-Wiesbaden.de, May 21, 2012: SVWW signs midfielder Robert Müller  ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed May 21, 2012  
11. ↑ Robert Müller changes to VfR Aalen at: vfr-aalen.de, accessed on June 20, 2015.
12. ↑ Robert Müller comes to Lausitz , fcenergie.de, accessed on January 28, 2019