With national records of 68 goals in 62 international appearances, 365 goals in 427 Bundesliga games and the international record of 66 goals in 74 European Club games, he was one of the most successful goalscorers of his era. Müller is now 8th on the list of all time international goalscorers. His nicknames are “Bomber der Nation” (the nation's Bomber) and “kleines dickes Müller” (Small thick Müller, declension intentionally wrong).
In 1970 Müller was elected European Footballer of the Year after a successful season at Bayern Munich and scoring 10 goals at the 1970 FIFA World Cup. Before the goal scored by Ronaldo against Ghana in the Round of 16 of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Müller held the all-time goal-scoring record in the tournament, with a 14-goal total.
Honors
Titles with Bayern Munich
- Bundesliga: 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974
- German Cup: 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971
- European Champions’ Cup: 1974, 1975, 1976
- Intercontinental Cup: 1976
- Cup Winners’ Cup: 1967
Titles with the national team
- European Championship: 1972
- World Cup: 1974
Personal honours
- German top scorer: 1967, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1978
- European top scorer: 1970, 1972
- World Cup top scorer: 1970
- European Championship top scorer: 1972
- Eurochampionscup Topscorer 1973 ,1974 ,1975 ,1977
- German Footballer of the Year: 1967, 1969
- Voted best Player 40 Years Bundesliga 1963-2003
- European Footballer of the Year: 1970
- World Football's Greatest Goalscorer of All Time (awarded in 2000)
- Named to FIFA 100
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