Photos Emerge As Statue of German Legend Gerd Muller Unveiled in His Hometown

• A statue of Gerd Muller has been installed in his hometown Nördlingen
• Muller was a striker renowned for his clinical finishing, especially in and around the six-yard box.
• The legendary forward was born in 1945 and died on August 15, 2021

A statue of legendary Germany forward Gerd Muller has been unveiled in his hometown on Friday, November 3.

Crowds gathered at the ceremony at Nördlingen as part of a football festival celebrating the town’s football icon.

Affectionately known as 'Der Bomber', Muller bagged 68 goals in 62 appearances for Germany, including the winning goal in the 1974 World Cup final.

Muller spent most of his entire playing career at Bayern Munich, making 453 appearances and scoring 398 goals in his 15-year stint at Allianz Arena.

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He won won the Intercontinental Cup, three European Cups and a European Cup Winners' Cup as well as the Bundesliga and DFB Cup four times each with the Bavarians.

Muller won the Golden Boot for netting 10 goals at the 1970 World Cup and scored a record 365 goals in 427 Bundesliga games and 66 goals in 74 European matches during his 15 years at Bayern.

One of German football's most popular footballers, Muller also had spells with his boyhood club 1861 Nördlingen and Fort Lauderdale Strikers.

He died last year August at the age of 75.

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