Robert Müller (footballer)

Müller in use for Kiel 15 August 2009

Robert Müller ( born November 12, 1986 in Schwerin ) is a German football player who can be used both in defense as a legal or central defender and defensive midfielder.

Career

Youth in Mecklenburg, Anhalt and Berlin

His footballing career Müller began in his native city ESV Schwerin Schwerin or at FSV, before he moved to Halle FC as a teenager. In Halle he attended the following also the sports high school Halle / Saale, before joining in the summer of 2001 for Hertha BSC Berlin and his educational career at first continued on the sports high school Poelchau.

For Hertha Müller played first as a B -teenager in the U-17 Regional in which the team won in both 2002 and 2003, the Championship of their season. In order to reach the championship finals of the Junior B team failed first 2002 in the quarterfinals later in the titleholders FC Schalke 04, but 2003 saw the finals and there VfB Stuttgart beat. Below Müller moved on in youth teams of the club, who took part in 2003/ 04 as a founding member of the newly created U-19 league. In this but the Hertha took only second place to their season and thus missed the final round of the championship of the A- Juniors, where Müller had completed a total of 25 appearances for Berlin. In the DFB Cup of A-Juniors team, however, reached the final of the 2003 /04 and won it against the SGV Freiberg.

Through his performances in the youth competitions Müller had also made ​​even the German Football Association attention to himself, so that he was first attempted on 16 September 2003 for the German U-18 selection and had scored in a friendly against Bulgaria a goal. After a total of five games for the U -18 Müller moved then in the summer of 2004 in the U-19 selection, for which he initially scored a goal in ten missions to June 2005. In July 2005, Müller then took part in the U-19 selection at the 2005 European Championships in Northern Ireland and completed another four bets in the national jersey; However, the team was eliminated in the semi-final against eventual winners France.

Beginnings at Hertha BSC

For Hertha Müller, meanwhile, had graduated in the 2004 /05 U-19 Bundesliga only eleven games, he was moved up as early as the spring of 2005 in the men's teams of Berlin. So instead of Müller played for youth teams, which eventually became masters of their season without Müller and thus participated in the German Championship, increasingly, for Hertha's reserve team in the third-tier Regionalliga. Overall, Müller came there during the second half of 2004/ 05 to ten missions, with him on 22 May 2005, scored his first competitive goal. Below belonged Müller also alter according to the Berliner reserve team, so that he / 07 more 65 Regional inserts denied for the seasons 2005/ 06 and 2006, where he from the summer of 2006 had also coached by Falko Götz first team of Hertha can recommend. His debut for them in the Bundesliga on 25 November of the 2006 /07 should remain his only use for Hertha in the German top flight but at the same time. Even in the youth national teams of the DFB, Müller could not prevail permanently at this time, so that he even graduated from the U -20 2005-2006 only four games and for the U -21 only two games at the beginning of 2007 before his national team career ended.

Low ranks with Jena and Kiel

Since Müller in Berlin saw no sufficient opportunity for further operations in the Bundesliga, he joined in the summer of 2007 to FC Carl Zeiss Jena, who played in the season 2007 /08 in the 2nd Bundesliga. There Müller established under coach Frank Neubarth first as a regular player until the relegation threatened club Valdas Ivanauskas started in September 2007 as a new coach, after Müller only sporadically was used. After the renewed coaching change to Henning Bürger in spring 2008 Müller was then back to the Stammkäften the Jena team, however, did not reach the league and relegation for the season 2008/ 09 in the newly founded 3rd Liga. In the DFB-Pokal 2007/ 08 Jena was against it been more successful and excreted only in the semi-final with Borussia Dortmund from the competition.

Despite the decline Müller signed in June 2008 a new contract with the Thuringians, who was initially limited to year, but they are automatically in the case of direct resurgence and would be extended for another year. Instead of playing to the resurgence of Jena found, however, in a relegation battle again and was only on the last season game day reach the safe relegation. Müller then moved in June 2009 to the third division Movers Holstein Kiel, where he initially signed a contract dated to 2011. Since keel but immediately relegated again in the season 2009/10, this Agreement lost its validity in the summer of 2010.

About Rostock to Wiesbaden

In F. C. Hansa Rostock Müller found a new employer who had previously been relegated from the Bundesliga 2 in the 3rd league and now undertook with Müller and Peter Schyrba two players from Kiel.

Also in Rostock, Müller 2010/11 developed over the winter break for regular players who, while employed by coach Peter Vollmann changing of the defense or in the midfield, but ultimately was involved in 35 of the 38 season games. Through the achievements of this season chances of promotion as second in the final table, miller agreement was extended then automatically for another year until the summer of 2013. Additionally Hansa won this season also the National Cup Mecklenburg- Vorpommern, including Müller had contributed with four inserts.

In the second division season 2011/12 Müller regulars remained in the Hirunde continue by Vollmann, in the second half but then coached by Wolfgang Wolf team, so he came to a total of 28 missions in the course of the season. However, at the end of the season Rostock rose as a Table back into the league from 3, which Müller's contract with Hansa lost its validity. A renewed contract offer Hansas not took Mueller to then.

In May 2012, Müller signed instead a two-year contract with Wehen, in which he thus 2012/13 again play under coach Peter Vollmann in the 3rd league and will also meet on its Rostock teammate Michael Wiemann.