Sepp Maier

Sepp Maier in the show Markus Lanz 2012

Josef Dieter " Sepp " Maier ( born February 28, 1944 in Metten, Lower Bavaria ) is a former German football goalkeeper with 95 inserts record goalkeeper of the German national team and with 700 competitive games long before Oliver Kahn record player of Bayern Munich, where he 17 played years. In his time he was considered one of the best goalkeepers in the world and was nicknamed " The Cat from Anzing ". He received all the major national and international titles: he was World Champion, European Champion and German Champion, he also has the European Cup Winners' Cup, won the national champion as well as the DFB Cup.

Career

Youth

Sepp Maier was born as the second child of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph and Mary Maier; He has an older brother named Horst and a four-year younger brother named Hans. The family moved in 1946 after hair where he attended elementary school. He then completed an apprenticeship as a machinist.

Clubs

In the B -Jugend TSV hair Sepp Maier first played center forward; he felt it every time as shame if he had to stand in the gate. However, when the goalkeeper is injured, Maier was ordered between the posts and did his job well. He remained henceforth in goal and was nominated for an Upper Bavarian youth selection. Here were scouts from FC Bayern München attention to the talent and pledged him in 1958 for the A- youth.

In 1962 he was awarded a professional contract, from the first Regional - season 1963/64, he broke Fritz Kosar as a goalkeeper from. Before he ascended in 1965 with FC Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, he won with the selection of the national association of Bavaria 1963 - with a 3-1 win over the selection of Hesse - the countries ' Cup amateurs. With Bayern Maier 1969, 1972, 1973 and 1974 German champion, won in 1966, 1967, 1969 and 1971 the DFB Cup and the 1967 European Cup Winners' Cup.

Maier is one of the central figures of the team, with the Bayern dominated at the international level and in 1974, 1975 and 1976 won the European Champions Cup. In 1976 he was World Cup winner with Bayern. Maier was elected in 1975, 1977 and 1978 Germany's Footballer of the Year and took over with Franz Beckenbauer's departure in 1977, the Office of the team captain.

A on July 14, 1979 self-inflicted car accident forced Maier after the failed attempt to return to finish his career. In 14 years as a player in the Bundesliga with Bayern Munich he was missing only three games of the 1965/66 season; on the 10th, 11th and 34th he was represented by Fritz Kosar. His 442 completed in series games (of 473 ) to mean today Bundesliga record. His successor in the goal of Bayern was Walter Junghans.

National

After he had in 1961 been in goal for the DFB youth team under coach Helmut Schön, 1966, he played his first game for the national team. He also was part of the squad for the World Cup finals in England, arrived there, however, as a substitute of Hans Tilkowski not used. With Maier in goal, the German team was in the World Cup 1970 third, 1972 European Champion and 1974 World Champion. At the European Championships in 1976 she reached the second place in the 1978 World Cup she was disqualified in the second round of Group A after a 2:3 defeat against Austria.

With 95 completed internationals Maier is currently German record goalkeeper. In his last six international matches 1978/79 he was captain of the national team.

Successes as a player (selection)

National

Second in the 1966 World Cup ( without insert)
Third in the 1970 World Cup
European Champion 1972
World Cup 1974
Second in the 1976 European

Bavaria

Countries Cup winners 1963

FC Bayern Munich

German champions in 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974
DFB Cup winners 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971
European Cup Winners Cup Winners 1967
European Cup Winners ' Cup in 1974, 1975, 1976
World Cup winners in 1976

Awards

Maier was honored as "Germany's Goalkeeper of the Century". For the election of world goalkeeper of the century, he finished fourth. In 1978 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit.

Activity as goalkeeping coach

From 1994 to 2008 Maier was goalkeeping coach at Bayern Munich. From 1988 he also served as goalkeeper coach of the German national team until 10 October 2004. From this position he was dismissed by national coach Jürgen Klinsmann after there had been differences over the goalkeeper question. Maier had spoken publicly for Oliver Kahn and Jens Lehmann against.

Success as a goalkeeper coach (selection)

National

1990 World Cup champion
Second in the European Championship 1992
European Champion 1996
Second in the 2002 World Cup

FC Bayern Munich

German Champion 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008
DFB Cup winners 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008
League Cup winners 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2007
UEFA Cup winners: 1996
Champions League winners in 2001
World Cup winners in 2001

Others

His recipe for success described by the goalkeeper to Bavarian " wennst properly to the ball stand, need net fliagen. " In addition, he earned numerous comic relief reputation as a jester, including a scene when he lunged for a duck during a game.
Maier is married to his second wife and has a daughter from his first marriage.
Maier was one of the first goalkeepers to experiment to their active time with soft foam and rubber materials on goalkeeper gloves. He was involved with the sporting goods manufacturer Reusch also to the development of the first so-called soft-grip goalkeeper gloves.
Maier is also known for its rather unusual training methods. Some training devices are also sold under his name.
Beginning of the 1980s he was the advertising face for Heide-Park.
Sepp Maier is officially appointed ambassador for the German José Carreras Leukemia Foundation.

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