SOCCER PLAYER

Gerd Müller

1945 - 2021

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Gerhard "Gerd" Müller (German pronunciation: [ˈɡɛʁt ˈmʏlɐ]; 3 November 1945 – 15 August 2021) was a German professional footballer. A prolific striker, especially in and around the six-yard box, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest goalscorers and players in the history of the sport. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gerd Müller has received more than 5,105,124 page views. His biography is available in 84 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 80 in 2019). Gerd Müller is the 10th most popular soccer player (down from 6th in 2019), the 62nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 61st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular German Soccer Player.

Gerd Müller is most famous for being the all-time leading goalscorer for the German national team. He scored 68 goals in 62 games for his country.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 80.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 84

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Gerd Müller ranks 10 out of 21,273. Before him are Ferenc Puskás, Lev Yashin, Diego Maradona, Cristiano Ronaldo, Alfredo Di Stéfano, and Garrincha. After him are Eusébio, Mário Zagallo, Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo, Zico, and Santiago Bernabéu Yeste.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Gerd Müller ranks 4. Before him are Bob Marley, Franz Beckenbauer, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. After him are Rodrigo Duterte, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Vince McMahon, Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Aung San Suu Kyi, Wim Wenders, Radovan Karadžić, and Tom Selleck. Among people deceased in 2021, Gerd Müller ranks 4. Before him are Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Jean-Paul Belmondo, and Michael Collins. After him are Albert Bandura, Mikis Theodorakis, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, F. W. de Klerk, Chun Doo-hwan, Christopher Plummer, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, and Charlie Watts.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gerd Müller ranks 62 out of 7,253. Before him are William I, German Emperor (1797), Klemens von Metternich (1773), Joseph Goebbels (1897), Erich Maria Remarque (1898), Reinhard Heydrich (1904), and Eva Braun (1912). After him are Ambrose (340), Jacques Offenbach (1819), Konrad Adenauer (1876), Erich Fromm (1900), Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762), and Ludwig Feuerbach (1804).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Germany

Among soccer players born in Germany, Gerd Müller ranks 2. Before him are Franz Beckenbauer (1945). After him are Lothar Matthäus (1961), Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (1955), Jürgen Klinsmann (1964), Uwe Seeler (1936), Oliver Kahn (1969), Paul Breitner (1951), Rudi Völler (1960), Andreas Brehme (1960), Fritz Walter (1920), and Bert Trautmann (1923).

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