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Thomas Müller
Thomas Müller
Personal information
Full name: Thomas Müller
Date of birth: 13 September 1989 (1989-09-13) (age 35)
Place of birth:    Weilheim in Oberbayern, Flag of Germany West Germany
Height: 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position: Forward / Winger / Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club Flag of Germany Bayern Munich
Number: 25
Youth clubs
1993–2000
2000–2008
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Senior clubs
Years Club App (Gls)
2008–2009
2008–
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National team
2004–2005
2007
2008
2009–2010
2010–
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Thomas Müller (born 13 September 1989) is a German professional footballer who plays for Bayern Munich, where he is vice-captain, and the Germany national team. A versatile player, Müller plays as a midfielder or forward, and has been deployed in a variety of attacking roles – as an attacking midfielder, second striker, centre forward and on either wing.

Müller has been praised for his positioning, teamwork and stamina, work-rate, and has shown consistency in both scoring and creating goals. He is also widely regarded as one of the best off-the-ball players of all time due to his immaculate positional awareness. Due to numerous strengths in his game, he is also widely regarded as one of the most complete attacking players in the game. His ability to find the gaps in the opposition defence made him to be known as Raumdeuter (space interpreter).

A Bavarian native, Müller started his career from the well-known club from the region, Bayern Munich. He made his breakthrough in the 2009–10 season, and has been a regular player for Bayern since then. A one-club man (as of 2021), Müller has made more than 350 appearances and has scored over 100 goals for Bayern, and still counting. With Die Roten, he has helped the club to win 28 major titles, including 10 league titles, two UEFA Champions League titles, two continental trebles in the 2012–13 and 2019–20 seasons and a sextuple in 2020.

Müller has been an international player since 2010. He rose into prominence at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, after his incredible performance at the tournament, which helped the Germany team to finish at the third place. Müller scored five goals and three assists in the 2010 World Cup, earning him Golden Boot award and Best Young Player of the Tournament. Four years later, with Germany, he won the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Once again, he was a crucial player for the team in this tournament, where he scored another five goals. With his goals contribution, he won the Silver Boot. In 2019, it was announced that Müller, along with his two teammates, Mats Hummels and Jérôme Boateng, would be excluded from the national team. However, he was back after being selected in Germany's squad for the UEFA Euro 2020.

Club career[]

He played soccer for TSV Pahl, and at the age of 10, he traveled 50 km to join Bayern Munich. He made his Champions League debut at the age of 20, being substituted for Bastian Schweinsteiger in the 72nd minute against Sporting CP. In February 2010, he signed a new contract until 2013. In the 2009-10 season, Müller become a regular first-team starter, playing 52 matches in all competitions, scoring 19 goals. He also played in the 2010 UEFA Champions League Final against Internazionale, wasting a good chance to score early in the second half as Bayern were defeated 2-0.

He started the 2010-11 season by scoring in the German Supercup against Schalke 04. After being a starter in the first part of the season, Müller started to taste the bench in some occasions in the second part. Bayern struggled for results, finishing third in Bundesliga. They were also eliminated in the semi-final of cup and the quarter-final of Champions League. Müller managed to score 19 goals across all competitions, equaling his personal best. In the 2011-12 season, Müller was on the short-list of this year's FIFA Ballon d'Or award. He notably scored in the 2012 UEFA Champions League Final against Chelsea but was subsituted in the final minutes; Bayern were defeated on penalty shootout. They were also runner-ups in DFB-Pokal and Bundesliga.

Müller improved during the 2012-13 season. He scored his first goal of the season on 27 August 2012 against SpVgg Greuther Fürth. He also helped Bayern achieve a record-breaking start to the league season, when he netted a brace against Fortuna Düsseldorf on 20 October in their 5–0 victory, recording Bayern's eighth successive win. He also scored an impressive 8 goals in Champions League as the tournament ended in conquest. Bayern were also successful in domestic competitions, winning league and cup, becoming the first German team to win the "Treble". Müller scored 23 goals overall in the season, highest scoring season to date. In the 2013-14 season Müller improved his record by scoring 26 goals, as Bayern were triumphant in Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.

In June 2014, he signed a new contract until 2019, rejecting an offer from Manchester United. Later in April 2015, he become top-scoring German player in UEFA Champions League history after scoring in a 6-1 win over Porto. He finished the season with 21 goals in 48 matches, with Bayern winning the Bundesliga again. 2015-16 season was Müller's best season in individual aspect. The striker scored 32 goal across all competitions, including 20 in league. Bayern continued with thier domestic dominance, winning the Bundesliga for the forth time in a row. They also won DFB-Pokal and reached in the semi-final of Champions League.

Müller declined during the 2016-17 season. It took him 999 minutes to score his first goal of the season which came in a home game against VfL Wolfsburg in the 76th minute. Overall, he netted only 9 times in 42 matches.

Honours[]

Clubs[]

Bayern Munich

Country[]

Germany

Individual[]

External links[]

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Bayern München squad - 2024–25

Neuer (c) · Upamecano · Kim · De Ligt · Kimmich · Gnabry · Goretzka · Kane · 10 Sané · 11 Coman · 13 Choupo-Moting · 18 Peretz · 19 Davies · 20 Sarr · 22 Guerreiro · 25 Müller · 26 Ulreich · 27 Laimer · 28 Buchmann · 39 Tel · 40 Mazraoui · 41 Krätzig · 42 Musiala · 43 Hülsmann · 45 Pavlović ·

Manager:  Flag of Belgium Vincent Kompany
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Germany – 2010 FIFA World Cup - Third place

1. Neuer 2. Jansen 3. Friedrich 4. Aogo 5. Tasci 6. Khedira 7. Schweinsteiger 8. Özil 9. Kießling 10. Podolski 11. Klose 12. Wiese 13. Müller 14. Badstuber 15. Trochowski 16. Lahm 17. Mertesacker 18. Kroos 19. Cacau 20. Boateng 21. Marin 22. Butt 23. Gómez Manager:  Flag of Germany Joachim Löw

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Germany – UEFA Euro 2012 – Semi-Finals

1. Neuer 2. Gündoğan 3. Schmelzer 4. Höwedes 5. Hummels 6. Khedira 7. Schweinsteiger 8. Özil 9. Schürrle 10. Podolski 11. Klose 12. Wiese 13. Müller 14. Badstuber 15. L. Bender 16. Lahm 17. Mertesacker 18. Kroos 19. Götze 20. Boateng 21. Reus 22. Zieler 23. Gómez Manager:  Flag of Germany Joachim Löw

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Germany – 2014 FIFA World Cup – Winner

1. Neuer 2. Großkreutz 3. Ginter 4. Höwedes 5. Hummels 6. Khedira 7. Schweinsteiger 8. Özil 9. Schürrle 10. Podolski 11. Klose 12. Zieler 13. Müller 14. Draxler 15. Durm 16. Lahm (c) 17. Mertesacker 18. Kroos 19. Götze 20. Boateng 21. Mustafi 22. Weidenfeller 23. Kramer Manager:  Flag of Germany Joachim Löw

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Germany – UEFA Euro 2016 – Semi-Final

1. Neuer 2. Mustafi 3. Hector 4. Höwedes 5. Hummels 6. Khedira 7. Schweinsteiger 8. Özil 9. Schürrle 10. Podolski 11. Draxler 12. Leno 13. Müller 14. Can 15. Weigl 16. Rüdiger 17. Boateng 18. Kroos 19. Götze 20. Sané 21. Kimmich 22. Ter Stegen 23. Gómez Manager:  Flag of Germany Joachim Löw

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Germany – 2018 FIFA World Cup – Group stage

1. Neuer (c) 2. Plattenhardt 3. Hector 4. Ginter 5. Hummels 6. Khedira 7. Draxler 8. Kroos 9. Werner 10. Özil 11. Reus 12. Trapp 13. Müller 14. Goretzka 15. Süle 16. Rüdiger 17. Boateng 18. Kimmich 19. Rudy 20. Brandt 21. Gündoğan 22. Ter Stegen 23. Gómez Manager:  Flag of Germany Joachim Löw

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Germany – UEFA Euro 2020 – Round of 16

1. Neuer (c) 2. Rüdiger 3. Halstenberg 4. Ginter 5. Hummels 6. Kimmich 7. Havertz 8. Kroos 9. Volland 10. Gnabry 11. Werner 12. Leno 13. Hofmann 14. Musiala 15. Süle 16. Klostermann 17. Neuhaus 18. Goretzka 19. Sané 20. Gosens 21. Gündoğan 22. Trapp 23. Can 24. Koch 25. Müller 26. Günter Manager:  Flag of Germany Joachim Löw

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Germany – UEFA Euro 2024 – Quarter-finals

.  1. Neuer 2. Rüdiger 3. Raum 4. Tah 5. Groß 6. Kimmich 7. Havertz 8. Kroos 9. Füllkrug 10. Musiala 11. Führich 12. Baumann 13. Müller 14. Beier 15. Schlotterbeck 16. Anton 17. Wirtz 18. Mittelstädt 19. Sané 20. Henrichs 21. Gündoğan (c) 22. Ter Stegen 23. Andrich 24. Koch 25. Can 26. Undav
Manager:  Flag of Germany Julian Nagelsmann

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