Editing Gerd Müller (section)

==International career==
[[File:Finale wereldkampioenschap voetbal 1974 in Munchen, West Duitsland tegen Nederla, Bestanddeelnr 927-3080.jpg|thumb|upright=0.68|Müller (right) celebrating after winning the [[1974 FIFA World Cup]]. To his left is [[Wolfgang Overath]].]]
Müller scored [[List of international goals scored by Gerd Müller|68 goals]] in 62 games for [[Germany national football team|West Germany]].<ref name=":1" /> He was Germany's all-time leading scorer for almost 40 years until surpassed by [[Miroslav Klose]] in 2014, though Klose required over double the number of caps to do so, scoring his 69th goal in his 132nd appearance.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2014/matches/round=2000294/match=2008584/index.html | title = World Cup in sight as Germany see off Austria | website = [[UEFA]] | date = 6 September 2013 | access-date = 2 November 2016 | archive-date = 13 June 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180613082012/https://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season%3D2014/matches/round%3D2000294/match%3D2008584/index.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> Müller's international career started in 1966 and ended on 7 July 1974 with victory at the [[1974 FIFA World Cup]] at his [[Olympic Stadium (Munich)|home stadium]] in Munich.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/columns/story?id=790697&cc=5739&ver=global|title=Gerd Muller: Der Bomber|first=Mark|last=Lomas|date=28 May 2010|access-date=13 September 2011|work=ESPN Soccernet|publisher=ESPN|archive-date=15 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715094411/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/columns/story?id=790697&cc=5739&ver=global|url-status=dead}}</ref> He scored the winning goal for the 2–1 victory over [[Johan Cruyff]]'s [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] in [[1974 FIFA World Cup Final|the final]]. His four goals in that tournament and his ten goals at the [[1970 FIFA World Cup]] combined made him the all-time highest [[FIFA World Cup]] goalscorer at the time with 14 goals. His record stood until the [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006]] tournament, coincidentally held in Germany, when it was broken by Brazilian striker [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]], who also required more matches than Müller to achieve his tally.<ref name="Ronaldo">{{cite news |title=World Cup Rewind: Ronaldo sets all-time goals world record |url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2018/6/world-cup-rewind-ronaldo-sets-all-time-goals-world-record-328632 |access-date=13 September 2018 |work=Guinness World Records |archive-date=19 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919000051/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2018/6/world-cup-rewind-ronaldo-sets-all-time-goals-world-record-328632 |url-status=live }}</ref> Müller also participated in the [[UEFA Euro 1972|1972 European Championship]], becoming top scorer with four goals (including two in [[UEFA Euro 1972 Final|the final]]) and winning the Championship with the West German team.<ref name=":1" />

Müller quit playing for West Germany after the 1974 FIFA World Cup triumph following an argument with the [[German Football Association]] (DFB) at the post-tournament celebration, when officials' wives were allowed to attend but players' wives were not.