Thomas Müller

Thomas Mueller in September 2012

Thomas Müller ( * 13 September 1989 in Weilheim in Oberbayern ) is a German football player who is under contract at Bayern Munich and is active for the German national football team.

• 2.1 national team
• 2.2 club

Career

Clubs

Müller, which can be used both as a striker and an attacking midfielder, moved in 2000 from TSV Pahl in the D- youth of the FC Bayern Munich. With the A - youth of Bavaria, he was 2007 champion of the A- youth - Bundesliga South / Southwest and won in the final of the German junior runner-up, in which he scored a goal each in the semifinals and the finals. In his second year in the highest junior class, he scored 18 goals in 26 games. He was then called up in the U -23, who played in the Regionalliga. On 7 March 2008 he gave his debut there and also scored equal to a Jokertor.

At the beginning of the 2008 /09 Müller was taken to the squad of the second team, but graduated at the same time a part of the preparation with the Bundesliga squad by Jürgen Klinsmann. His professional debut Müller at the opening of the previously newly founded 3rd Liga 27 July 2008 in a 2-1 win at home to FC Bayern Munich II against 1 FC Union Berlin, in which he scored the 1-0 in the 49th minute. His debut in the first team in the Bundesliga he had shortly thereafter on August 15 on the opening day of the 2008/09 season as a substitute for Miroslav Klose in the home match against Hamburger SV (2-2 ). Thereafter, however, he played almost exclusively in the second team, for whom he scored 15 goals in 32 games. Only towards the end of the season he came to further substitutions in Erstligateam. In addition, he was on 10 March 2009 his debut in the Champions League, when he came on in the 72nd minute for Bastian Schweinsteiger, two minutes later a goal initiated and even scored a goal in the 90th minute, making it the hitherto highest Champions League victory for the Munich, the 7-1 against Sporting Lisbon in the second round, produced.

In February 2009, Müller signed, which counts the German footballer Gerd Muller to his models, valid from the beginning of the 2009/10 season professional contract with a term until 2011. Gameday at first from he came on as a substitute for use. On September 12, 2009 (5th Round ), he scored his first two Bundesliga goals in a 5-1 away win at Borussia Dortmund and then moved on to the root formation. Three days later, Müller made ​​his debut in the starting eleven Bayern in the Champions League away match against Maccabi Haifa, also there with a " double ". The end of 2009 miller contract at Bayern Munich was prematurely extended until 2013. 1 May 2010 ( Round 33 ) he scored all three goals in a 3-1 win over VfL Bochum and thus led the preliminary decision brought to the championship in 2010. In addition to the German Championship of FC Bayern also won the DFB Cup and reached the final of the UEFA Champions League, but the 0-2 was lost against Inter Milan. Müller was promoted in his first Bundesliga season first-team regular and was with his 19 goals in 52 official matches large share of the success of his team.

Despite several offers from top foreign clubs Müller expressed before the 2010/11 season to want to stay long term at Bayern Munich. He extended his contract at Bayern and at much better conditions by 2015.

In the 2011/12 season he remained under coach Jupp Heynckes one of the most reliable players in the team. Although he was no longer quite in the front row and was only seven successful conclusion, but continued to play a significant role as an attacking midfielder. On March 31, 2012 ( 28 Matchday) Müller graduated its 100th Bundesliga use for Bayern in the match against 1.FC Nuremberg. At the end of the season he had played for the third time in a row in all 34 games of the season and so in 102 league games in a row. To this end, he came in three years to a group round game in all Champions League and also in all the DFB Cup matches of FC Bayern used.

In December 2012, Mueller extended his current contract in 2015 for a further two years until 2017.

Matchday 28 of the 2012/13 season, Thomas Müller secured with Bayern ahead of the championship in the Bundesliga. On May 25, 2013 Müller won with FC Bayern München at London's Wembley Stadium, the UEFA Champions League with 2-1 win over Borussia Dortmund. Müller was in competition with eight goals top scorer of Bayern and had mainly 7-0 (outbound and return ) the semi-final against Barcelona a three-goal percentage at the final feed his club. With the victory in the DFB Cup final on June 1, 2013 Müller won for the first time with FC Bayern as German football club the great European triple in men's soccer. In the election to the European Footballer of the Year Müller was elected by the voting journalists on the 6th Place. On August 30, 2013, won the UEFA Super Cup with Bayern against Chelsea. On December 21, 2013 Müller won the FIFA Club World Cup 2013 final against Raja Casablanca.

In the 2013/14 season he was 27 on game day celebration with the Bavarians, the earliest German Cup ever.

Thomas Müller was named by FIFA, along with five other teammates of FC Bayern Munich, in a shortlist of 23 players who can be elected FIFA World Player 2013. The winner was chosen on 13 January 2014 in Zurich.

National

A first for a German youth team Thomas Müller played in the U 16, six times he came there to use. Thereafter, he was appointed only irregularly, next time in the U 19, for which he played three times. For the U 20, he played a single time on 3 September 2008 against Austria and scored the goal for 4-2 Final, but then canceled the participation in the U- 20 World Cup 2009 in Egypt itself, at his place in the Bundesliga not too loose. On 11 August 2009 Müller was first appointed to the U-21 national team; the game against Turkey was lost with 1:3. Six times he played for the highest youth team.

On November 6, 2009, Thomas Mueller was invited for the test match against the Ivory Coast in the A-team. The inclusion in the A-team was rejected shortly afterwards, as Müller initially should still be used for the U 21 in the Junior European Championship qualifiers against Northern Ireland and San Marino; thereafter, Germany coach Joachim Loew had agreed with U-21 coach Rainer Adrion. On 21 January 2010 Müller was invited by Loew to participate in a performance test of the national team in regard to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. On 3 March 2010 Thomas Müller made ​​his debut in the German national team. In the domestic Allianz Arena he was from the start against Argentina on the court, but the 0-1 defeat could not prevent. In the 67th minute he was substituted for the second debutant of the evening, Toni Kroos.

On 6 May 2010 he was appointed national coach Loew in the extended squad and just before leaving for South Africa in the final squad for the 2010 World Cup. In the first group match, he scored in a 4-0 win against Australia his first goal in an 'A' game and also prepared another goal before. In the 4-1 victory against England in the second round Müller scored two goals ( 3-1 and 4-1) and put another goal Lukas Podolski on. In the quarter-final match against Argentina he scored the 1-0 with a headed goal in the third minute. In the 35th minute he received because of a handball his second yellow card of the World Cup and was suspended for the semi-final on 7 July 2010 against Spain. In the 3-2 win in the 3rd place match against Uruguay Müller scored the 1-0 and thus scored his fifth goal in the tournament, which he advanced in the tournament in South Africa for most goals in the German team before Miroslav Klose. In the games against England and Uruguay, he was elected Man of the Match.

With five goals and three assists Müller won the Golden Shoe as top scorer of the 2010 World Cup. According to Gerd Müller (1970) and Miroslav Klose ( 2006), he was only the third German player to have managed. In addition, Thomas Müller was awarded the Best Young Player.

After his World Cup breakthrough he continued to take the master position as a right winger of the national team. Among other things, he played all ten matches in the qualifying for the 2012 European Championship, all of which were won, what a German national team succeeded for the first time. In May, he was appointed as expected in the European Championship squad and stood there in the starting eleven, which ran aground in the group stage. In the quarterfinals, coach Joachim Loew made ​​a completely new storm formation together; only when the score was 2:1 for Germany against Greece Müller came on. In the semifinals, he came in the 71st minute as the last offensive action for a defensive player still in the game, but could not turn the game. In none of the five tournament games he could score a goal or give a successful presentation.

Achievements

National

• World Cup: Third 2010

Association

• FIFA Club World Cup: 2013
• UEFA Champions League winner: 2013 UEFA Champions League finalists: 2010, 2012

• DFB Cup finalists: 2012

• DFL - Supercup Finalist: 2013

Awards

• Golden Boot at the 2010 World Cup
• Best Young Player at the 2010 World Cup
• Man of the Match in the games against England and Uruguay at the 2010 World Cup
• Best Newcomer of the season 2009/10 (awarded by the Association of Contract football player)
• Young Player of the Year 2010 (awarded by World Soccer )
• Player of the Month: September 2009
• Scorer of the month of June 2010, May 2012
• Bavarian Sport Price: 2010
• Silver Bay Leaf: 2010
• Trofeo Bravo: 2010
• Bravo Sports: Otto- winner (January 2010) (33.5% )
• Scorer of the DFB Cup: 2010
• Team of the Year: 2013 (as a member of FC Bayern Munich)

Social Commitment

Since 2010, Müller supported the project Young Wings as an ambassador. Young Wings aimed at children and young people aged 12-21 who mourn a close family member or significant others.

Private

Müller attended high school Weilheim, where he made his Abitur in 2008, including in Economics and Law. In November 2009, Müller married his girlfriend Lisa, who runs a horse farm with her ​​family. Müller's brother Simon is as a football player at TSV Pahl under contract.