iLOT Bet constantly reminds punters of a quote from the James Bond book (and movie) Casino Royale, written by Ian Fleming – it emphasizes a mistake that many punters make: blaming bad luck instead of trying to realize if they made a bad play or bet. Just like this legendary German striker, who died at the age 75; Gerd Muller. He scored 68 goals in 62 appearances for West Germany; this man was always found improving on his odds and mistakes to make potential winnings. Few footballers to have graced the stage can hold a candle to the numbers Gerd Müller produced for Bayern Munich and Germany. With 1,251 goals in 998 games for Bayern, and 68 in 62 for Germany, Gerd Müller is as worthy of the Legend status as it gets, even before considering the string of records he set in a hitherto unrivalled career. The seemingly untouchable property of a man nicknamed Der Bomber – the country’s No.1 goal-scorer, such as the 365 Bundesliga goals in 427 league games between 1964 and 1979.
The most natural goal scoring talent
Müller’s goal scoring instinct was second to none – He could put the ball in with his right foot, his left foot, his head and any other part of his anatomy. Whatever it took to get that ball over the line, as he did at least once in a Bundesliga record 16 consecutive games between September 1969 and March 1970.
Müller helped himself to the 1970 Ballon d’Or, two German Footballer of the Year awards and seven Bundesliga Torjägerkanone trophies. His teammates also had him to thank for a FIFA World Cup, one UEFA European Championship, four Bundesliga trophies and four DFB Cups, in addition to three European Cups and a European Cup Winners’ Cup winner’s medal, without forgetting the 1976 Intercontinental Cup.
Gerd Muller Goals
Over the course of his career, which started with his first two goals – one of a record 87 times in which he scored more than one goal in a game – as a 19-year-old in August 1965, Müller was the top scorer in a total of 18 different competitions.
The last goal of an extraordinary career, which also included 32 hat-tricks or better, came on 18 November 1978, when the then 33-year-old scored in a 2-1 defeat to Kaiserslautern. Yet for a man who scored 40, 38 and 36 in his best seasons, he can be forgiven for registering just one in every two games during his swansong year – at least in Germany.
Indeed, after Müller had broken almost all the records a striker could in the Bundesliga, he chose to show off all his talent in the USA, scoring 40 goals in 80 games in the North American Soccer League (NASL) for the Fort Lauderdale Strikers.
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