In the history of the World Cup, the Germans have never missed the World Cup finals since 1954, and have won four championships, four runners-ups, four thirds and four houses. In the history of another top-level event, the European Cup, the German has won the championship three times, finished runners-up three times and reached the final four three times. Even at the Olympics, the Germans retained a record of one gold medal, two silver medals and three bronze medals.
Football is a game in which 22 people run on the field and the Germans win. It's a football phrase that most veteran fans are familiar with, from England football star Reinkel. From this sentence, fans can see the opponent's praise for the German football can always win the game with willpower, and the high winning rate for many years.
Behind the numerous medals is the improvement and long-term leadership of the German football talent training system. In the history of German football, we have witnessed the birth of countless superstars with strong skills and willpower. In this article, the author will synthesize the achievements of the club and the national team, and take stock of the top ten stars in the history of German football. Of course, if there is a choice of discussion or lost pearls, you are naturally welcome to leave a message in the comment area to discuss.
10. Thomas Mueller
As a frontcourt all-rounder, Müller can be competent in multiple attacking positions. Although the individual combat ability is not very good, but the mueller lurking behind the center is extremely terrifying, he can take advantage of the good speed and exquisite timing to complete the efficient end. Most notably, Mueller has an extremely strong vision and ability to judge in time, which makes him a benchmark for opportunists in the green field. Of course, to activate Müller's full talent, it needs to be paired with a frontcourt partner who is strong enough and a specific football formation, as evidenced by the 2018 World Cup and Ancelotti's domination of Bayern.
Since 2008, Müller has made a total of 357 appearances for Bayern Munich, scoring 122 goals and winning nine Bundesliga titles and two Champions League titles with the team. It's a perfect fit. Since being selected for the national team in 2010, Müller has scored 38 goals in 100 games. The 2010 World Cup & 2014 World Cup is the best masterpiece of Mueller's football career, in the two World Cups, Mueller has scored a total of 10 goals and 6 assists, winning a World Cup Golden Boot & a World Cup Silver Boot. Unfortunately, after the 2018 World Cup group, Loew announced that he would not call up players including Mueller, and Mueller could no longer catch up with his predecessors in the World Cup top scorers list.
IX. Dreas Bremer
During his career, Bremer has left a footprint at clubs such as Kaiserslautern, Bayern Munich, Inter Milan and Zaragoza. In his heyday, Bremer was one of the most versatile left-backs in the world. In addition to being able to perform defensive tasks perfectly, Bremer's offensive ability is amazing, his feet are extremely average, and his crosses, shots, and main set-pieces are almost non-reversible.
In the "troika" combination that was famous in football in the past, although the attention was not as outstanding as Klinsmann and Mateus, Bremer's role was extremely critical. In inter years, Bremer used to be the MVP of Serie A, which was the most popular Serie A.
In the national team, Bremer left a lot of famous scenes of key gentlemen saving the car. In the 1986 World Cup semi-final match against France, Bremer opened the scoring with a free kick. In the final against Argentina, Bremer twice planned the perfect corner attack to help the team equalize. In terms of data contribution, among the national teams that dominated the World Cup in 1990, Bremer, a left-back who scored 3 goals and 3 assists in a single term, was the strongest winner of the World Cup. In the final showdown in Argentina, Mateus conceded a penalty for Bremer, who shot through The Goyetia's goal under great pressure, which was enough to illustrate Bremer's extremely strong team status and mental attributes.
Jurgen Klinsmann
Klinsmann, nicknamed The Golden Bomber. In the mid-to-late 1980s, Klinsmann made his career at Stuttgart, making 156 appearances and scoring 79 goals in five seasons in Stuttgart. In 1989, Klinsmann switched to Inter and formed a troika with compatriots Mateus and Bremer. After two consecutive years of failing to beat the title, Klinsmann was purged by the team in 1992 and then moved to Monaco, Tottenham, Bayern, Sampdoria and other teams.
In the 94-95 season, Klinsmann came to the Premier League and after scoring 20 goals for Tottenham Hotspur in a single season, he won the English Footballer of the Year award. Unfortunately, in the Battle for the Ballon d'Or, he lost to George Weah and returned with the Silver Ball. Although Klinsmann maintained a good individual performance in each team, he did not have to wait until the 96/97 season to win his first team championship.
The team's honor level is weak, but Klinsmann's presence is still a milestone for German football, in addition to the Bundesliga, Klinsmann has delivered a strong forward performance in the top leagues of Italy, Britain and France, which is deeply loved by fans across Europe. In his national team career, Klinsmann also performed extremely well. In several competitions he has participated in, Klinsmann has never dropped a chain. Throughout his national team career, he scored 40 goals in 82 appearances, including 11 World Cup goals.
VII. Matthias Summer
In the history of modern football, Summer, which combines speed, technology and fighting spirit, is a free man master that can never be skipped. After Bay king, Summer is often considered the best free agent. Summer debuted in Dresden, where he was still an East German club, and worked for both Stuttgart and Inter, reaching the peak of team honor at Dortmund.
The three years between 1995 and 1997 were Somer's peak years. On the club side, Summer led Borussia Dortmund to the Bundesliga title in 1995-1996 as an absolute defender, and led the Hornets to the Champions League in 1997. For the national team, Summer led the Bundesliga team to the European Cup in 1996, the best player in the individual honor tournament. In the same year, he knocked down the "alien" Ronaldo at the Ballon d'Or, becoming the fifth and currently the last Ballon d'Or winner in the history of German football. After him, only Cannavaro was the defender who could win the golden ball. Had it not been for the injury and illness that forced him to retire early at the age of 31, Summer would have set more records and become more famous in the perception of the new generation of fans.
VI. Miloslav Klose
As a german sharpsman, Klose's selling point is that he has good passing. After the middle of his career, Klose also made significant progress in dribbling. K God's proficiency in headers is indeed well known to the world, but don't forget that he is the man who has won the Bundesliga assists, and his ability to pave the way for teammates at the front is a must for frontline players. In terms of club career, Klose became famous in Kaiserslautern, really grew into a top scorer in Europe at Werder Bremen, and delivered a rather excellent twilight performance at Lazio. Looking back at the total number of career goals scored, Klose scored 213 goals in 529 games, which is still outstanding. Unfortunately, in the four years of Bayern in the middle, Klose's performance was a bit of a tiger.
At the end of his career, Klose won two Bundesliga trophies and a Bundesliga Golden Boot. In terms of team honors or individual honors and Golden Globe rankings, Klose is not superior to many German players who do not appear on the list, and the key to really supporting Klose's reputation is that his national team image is too great. During his thirteen-year national team career from 2001 to 2014, Klose scored 71 goals in 137 appearances, topping the team's all-time top scorer. In four World Cups, Klose scored a total of 16 goals in the final rounds, the highest in football history.
V. Oliver Kahn
In the history of German football, the best goalkeeper is undoubtedly Kahn, who is known as the "Lion King". During his career, Kahn helped Bayern win 8 German football titles, 1 UEFA Champions League, 1 UEFA Cup and 1 Intercontinental Cup. In terms of individual honors, Kahn has won the UEFA Best Goalkeeper four times in a row and the IFFHS World Goalkeeper three times. This also means that living in a long period of time, Kahn is the well-deserved "first goalkeeper in Europe".
During his national team career, Kahn made 89 appearances and played as captain in 49 games. After the 1998 World Cup, Kahn officially became the German international, and the third place battle of the 2006 World Cup was the final battle for his national team. The goalkeeper is the last line of defense, how can a strong goalkeeper improve a team? Kahn at the 2002 World Cup was the best answer. In this tournament, the German national team with low expectations reached the final. In all competitions, Germany conceded only three goals, two of which occurred in the final. After the World Cup, Kahn became the first goalkeeper to win the World Cup Ballon d'Or.
KARL Heinz Rummenigge
In the early 1980s, Rummenigge was the best representative of German football. In addition to the original color of the front, Rummenigge's range of activities and breakthrough ability are very prominent, both to dispatch attack and participate in defense, can be said to be a typical "handsome" type of striker in the history of German football. In addition to winning the Bundesliga Golden Boot three times, Rummenigge won the European Ballon d'Or in 1980 & 1981. Apart from Beckenbauer, Rummenigge is the only person in the history of German football to achieve such an achievement. Between 1974 and 1984, Rummenigge played a total of 310 games for Bayern Munich, scoring 162 goals. After leaving Bayern. Rummenigge briefly played for Serie A giants Inter milan and Swiss club Severt before hanging up his boots and retiring.
For the national team, between 1976 and 1986, Rummenigge played in 95 games and scored 45 shots. As an offensive arrow, Rummenigge played for the national team in the 1978 World Cup, the 1982 World Cup and the 1986 World Cup. In three tournaments, Rummenigge scored 3, 5 and 1 respectively, and the performance was quite reliable. The goal that best reflects the temperament of this player who enjoys the reputation of "Emperor II" belongs to the match against France in the semi-final of the 1982 World Cup. In the second half of extra time, West Germany was 1-3 behind and the German had to bring out rummenigge, who was injured. As soon as he came on the court, Rummenigge put on a posture of pulling the building, and a few minutes later, he tackled the ball in the chaos and broke the goal, thus reversing the direction of the game.
III. Lothar Mateus
When it comes to football evergreens, Mateus will be the superstar that many German fans will think of first. Over the course of his career, Mateus has been able to play in a number of positions in midfield and behind the line, and is known for his high mobility and strong basic skills. On the club side, Mateus had already made a name for himself at Borussia Monchenging since the late 1970s and then reached the peak of his career at Bayern Munich. During this period, he also represented Inter in Serie A and achieved good results.
For the national team, Mateus participated in five World Cups between 1982 and 98 and still holds the record for appearances in the World Cup finals. At the same time, he also topped the German national team with a record of 150 appearances. At the 1990 World Cup, Mateus led the German national team to win the World Cup as captain. In the same year, he won two major honors, such as the Silver Ball Award of the World Cup and the Golden Globe Award of Europe. A year later, Mateus won another grand prize, The World Footballer of the Year, becoming the first player in German history to win the award. In Maradona's autobiography, he described this old opponent this way: In football, Mateus was my biggest rival, and I think this is enough to describe him.
Second, Gad Mueller
In terms of the finishing ability in the penalty area, the old Muller will not be inferior to a player of Mero's level in this era. Despite his modest stature, the old Muller's center of gravity and starting speed are extremely fast, and the movements between running, turning, jumping and other movements are flowing. In a sense, Mueller and Bakkenbauer are monster players who have trained each other in the team's offensive and defensive masters.
555 professional matches, 487 goals, 62 national team matches, 68 goals. The three top scorers of the Champions League Golden Boot, the European Cup Golden Boot and the World Cup Golden Boot have dreamed of honors, all of which have been pocketed by the elder Mueller. In the 1970s, Müller exploded the highest (40 goals), the second highest (38 goals) and the third highest league goal record in Bundesliga history (36 goals), which is what ahead of its time. Although the styles are different, I think Mueller is actually an "alien" in the history of football. Before Ronaldo, the world cup top scorer belonged to Muller, and the record of 14 goals in the final circle was held by him for 32 years.
Franz Beckenbauer
Whether it is German football or world football, Beckenbauer is like a giant. From the 1960s to the 1970s, Beckenbauer led Bayern to an era of pioneering and sweeping across Europe. For the national team, after Brazil's legendary jumeirah Djalma Santos, Beckenbauer is the only soccer superstar to have been among the best teams in three consecutive World Cups.
There are countless superstars in the history of football, but there are very few people who can be called great pioneers, and Beckenbauer, who single-handedly created the "free man" style of play, can definitely be among the ranks. In a way, Beckenbauer has changed the perception of strong defenders in fans or the media. Once upon a time, iron blood and ferocity were labels for defenders, and the rise of Beckenbauer gave them the label of gentlemanly elegance and creativity. [The Number Ten Players in the Backline] and "The Emperor of Football", if you want to briefly introduce the Emperor of Bei, these two well-known nicknames are naturally the best.