Michael Rummenigge

Michael Rummenigge

Personal information
Full name	Michael Rummenigge
Date of birth	3 February 1964 (1964-02-03)
Place of birth	Lippstadt, West Germany
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder/Forward
Youth career
1970–1981	Borussia Lippstadt
1981–1982	Bayern Munich
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1982–1988	Bayern Munich	152	(44)
1988–1993	Borussia Dortmund	157	(36)
1993–1995	Urawa Red Diamonds	42	(13)
Total		351	(93)
National team
1980–1982	West Germany U-18	9	(1)
1983–1985	West Germany U-21	10	(4)
1983–1986	West Germany	2	(0)
Honours Bayern Munich Winner DFB-Pokal 1984 Winner Bundesliga 1985 Runner-up DFB-Pokal 1985 Winner Bundesliga 1986 Winner DFB-Pokal 1986 Winner Bundesliga 1987 Runner-up European Cup 1987 Winner DFB-Supercup 1987 Borussia Dortmund Winner DFB-Pokal 1989 Winner DFB-Supercup 1989 Runner-up UEFA Cup 1993
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Michael Rummenigge (born 3 February 1964 in Lippstadt, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a former German football player.

Career

At the beginning of his career Michael Rummenigge did not have it easy as a player with the Bayern Munich star team. He was often compared to his older brother, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, captain of FC Bayern Munich and the German national team. Michael joined Bayern Munich in 1981 as a member of the German junior national team at the age of 17, coming from Borussia Lippstadt. His brother, Karl-Heinz, was already an international top star player. Michael became a professional player in Munich in 1982 and a starter in his second season in 1983. He played for Bayern Munich till 1988. By that time his team had won the German championship three times and the German Football Cup two times (in 1984 and 1986).

During his career Michael Rummenigge was capped twice for the German national team and represented Germany on two occasions in 1983 and 1986.

In 1988 he changed team affiliation to Borussia Dortmund. In spite of not being very popular with Borussia’s supporters in the beginning, he won the German Football Cup with Dortmund by the end of his first season – the first title for Borussia Dortmund since the 1960s. Borussia Dortmund defeated Werder Bremen 4–1 in Berlin.

In 1991–92 after the arrival of the new BVB coach, Ottmar Hitzfeld, he was appointed captain of the team. In the same year Borussia Dortmund became the runner-up in the German championship. In 1993 he played in the UEFA Cup final for Borussia Dortmund against Juventus. Dortmund lost 6-1 on aggregate with Rummenigge scoring their only goal.

Michael Rummenigge finished his career in the black and yellow football shirt of Dortmund in 1993. After having played 309 times in the German Football League and having scored 80 goals, he moved on to Japan where a professional football league had just been launched. He played for Urawa Red Diamonds, Japan till 1995. At the beginning of 1996 he had to give up his career because of a severe toe injury.

Business

Michael Rummenigge is a trained banker and runs a successful sports marketing agency in Dortmund (Sports & Business) as well as commercial football camps (Fußballschule Michael Rummenigge). In addition he is a partner/shareholder of the Sportnex GmbH in Munich.

He is also a partner of "Germany’s best indoor soccer courts" in Münster and launched (together with a different partner) another new business, "Trendsport Rummenigge", which distributes mobile soccer courts, cages and playing fields.

Michael Rummenigge also shows a remarkable social commitment. He works as patron for the initiative "NO DRUGS" – an initiative against drug abuse and also for the association Childrensmile e. V. which supports severely ill and disadvantaged children.

In June 2007 he passed his exam to be a professional football coach with distinction (UEFA Pro licence) at the German sport university in Cologne.

Personal life

Michael Rummenigge is married to Carolin and has three sons.

Club career statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		DFB Ligapokal		Total
1982–83	Bayern Munich	Bundesliga	1	0					1	0
1983–84			33	11					33	11
1984–85			24	5					24	5
1985–86			31	10					31	10
1986–87			31	8					31	8
1987–88			32	10					32	10
1988–89	Borussia Dortmund	Bundesliga	32	4					32	4
1989–90			29	9					29	9
1990–91			31	8					31	8
1991–92			36	10					36	10
1992–93			26	4					26	4
1993–94			3	1					3	1
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J. League Cup		Total
1993	Urawa Red Diamonds	J. League 1	6	1	2	0	3	3	11	4
1994			27	11	0	0	2	1	29	12
1995			9	1	0	0	-		9	1
Country	Germany		309	80					309	80
	Japan		42	13	2	0	5	4	49	17
Total			351	93	2	0	5	4	358	97

International career statistics

Germany national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1983	1	0
1984	0	0
1985	0	0
1986	1	0
Total	2	0

Honours

• German champion: 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87
• German Cup: 1983–84, 1985–86, 1988–89
• German Super Cup: 1987, 1989
• European Cup: Runner-up 1986–87
• UEFA Cup: Runner-up 1992–93

External links

• Michael Rummenigge at fussballdaten.de (German)