Wanja Müller

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Vanya Müller (* 1977 / 1978 in Berlin ) was a German American football poker players and current trainer.

career

Müller, cousin of the former basketball player Patrick Falk and nephew of the cyclist Rainer Müller , was considered the best quarterback of his age in Europe at the end of the 1990s . In 1997, the 1.85 meter tall player competed in the run-up to the Super Bowl with a European selection in New Orleans against Mexico . He played for the Berlin Adler , was the main quarterback for the capital city at the age of 20 and was a member of the German national team . In 1998 he was quarterback for the Kiel Baltic Hurricanes . In 1999 he was in the squad of Berlin Thunder ( NFL Europe ). In 2000 and 2001 Müller played for the New York Lions , in both years he was German runner-up with the Lower Saxony. In 2001 he won the European Championship with the German national team. After the Berlin Eagles were promoted to the GFL , Müller suffered a cervical vertebral injury in mid-May 2002 in a game with the Eagles against Cologne in Jahnsportpark , which threatened paralysis.

Müller had to end his playing career and from 2002 worked as a coach for the Berlin Adlers. Björn Werner was also part of the team in the youth of Berlin , he also coached the Adler women's team. In 2003 Müller moved to the Cologne Centurions in NFL Europe and looked after the running backs there . In 2005 Müller became a member of the coaching staff at Berlin Thunder (also NFL Europe). From 2006 he was also responsible for the coordination of players with special tasks at Thunder. Müller interned with the NFL team Kansas City Chiefs .

For the 2012 season he took over the post of head coach at the Berlin Adlers. In September 2013, he resigned from the post due to health concerns. At the beginning of 2014, Müller moved to Russia and became the head coach of the Moscow Black Storm team, and he was also a manager at the Russian Football Association for the further development of players and the sport. In the summer of 2014 he returned to Berlin, where he worked for a driver service provider.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fascinated by "chess on the lawn". Retrieved January 25, 2020 .
  2. ^ Football History. Retrieved January 25, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Martin Sonnleitner: Mr. Müller dreams of the NFL . In: The daily newspaper: taz . October 6, 1998, ISSN  0931-9085 , p. 19 ( taz.de [accessed January 25, 2020]).
  4. ^ RevierSport, Essen: Müller new national coach at Berlin Thunder. January 7, 2005, accessed January 25, 2020 .
  5. ^ New York Lions: Player Database. May 18, 2017, accessed January 28, 2020 .
  6. ^ New York Lions: History. October 30, 2019, accessed January 28, 2020 .
  7. ↑ EM 2001. Retrieved January 28, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Drama about Vanya. Retrieved January 25, 2020 .
  9. ↑ GFL-TV interview: Adler head coach Wanja Müller about Björn Werner. Retrieved January 25, 2020 (German).
  10. ↑ Berlin's Football Women: Nobody flies as high as these eagles. Retrieved January 25, 2020 .
  11. ↑ a b Europlayers. Retrieved January 25, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Frank Weiss: Ex-quarterback Wanja Müller is returning to Berlin Thunder as a trainer. January 8, 2005, accessed on January 25, 2020 (German).
  13. ↑ 2007 Berlin Thunder - Pro Football Archives. Retrieved January 25, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Wanja Müller coaches the Berlin Adler. Retrieved January 25, 2020 .
  15. ^ Südwest Presse Online-Dienst GmbH: Adler coach Wanja Müller resigns. September 11, 2013, accessed January 25, 2020 .
  16. ↑ http://www.amfid.de/2014/01/wanja-mueller-wird-headcoach-bei-moscow-black-storm/
  17. ↑ https://de.linkedin.com/in/wanja-mueller-6370869
personal data
SURNAME Müller, Wanja
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German American football player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH 1977 or 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin