Matthias Müller (footballer)
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Date of birth | 18 October 1954 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Dresden, East Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Full-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1973–1981 | SG Dynamo Dresden | 90 | (11) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1981–1983 | TSG Meißen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1983–1986 | Fortschritt Neustadt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1986–1989 | Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1989–1990 | TSG Elsterwerda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1990 | Tennis Borussia Berlin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1980 | East Germany | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008– | Bischofswerdaer FV | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Matthias Müller (born 18 October 1954) is a German former professional footballer who played as a full-back.
Career
[edit]Müller began his career with his hometown club, Dynamo Dresden, where he established himself in the first-team,[1] playing at full-back as the team won three East German titles and one cup. Müller represented East Germany at most levels of youth football, and won four caps for the senior team in 1980.[2] He was also part of the squad that won the silver medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics.[3]
In January 1981, prior to a national team tour of South America, Müller and Dresden teammates Peter Kotte and Gerd Weber were arrested at Berlin-Schönefeld Airport by the Stasi for plotting to escape to the west. Weber was given a prison sentence, but Kotte and Müller were released, but banned from playing at the top level of East German football.
Müller played out the rest of the 1980s with a succession of lower league clubs. After reunification he had a brief stint with Tennis Borussia Berlin, before retiring. He now works as a coach.
References
[edit]- ^ Arnhold, Matthias (3 November 2016). "Matthias Müller – Matches and Goals in Oberliga". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ Arnhold, Matthias (3 November 2016). "Matthias Müller – International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Matthias Müller". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
External links
[edit]- Matthias Müller at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Matthias Müller at WorldFootball.net
- Matthias Müller at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1954 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Dresden
- German men's footballers
- East German men's footballers
- East Germany men's international footballers
- Olympic footballers for East Germany
- Olympic silver medalists for East Germany
- Footballers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Dynamo Dresden players
- Tennis Borussia Berlin players
- Olympic medalists in football
- DDR-Oberliga players
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- German football defender, 1950s birth stubs
- German Olympic medalist stubs