Nicolai Müller
 Müller in August 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nicolai Müller | ||
| Date of birth | 25 September 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Lohr am Main, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Hamburger SV | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Eintracht Frankfurt | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2010 | Greuther Fürth II | 64 | (16) |
| 2006–2011 | Greuther Fürth | 69 | (13) |
| 2008–2009 | → SV Sandhausen (loan) | 18 | (5) |
| 2011 | 1. FSV Mainz 05 II | 1 | (1) |
| 2011–2014 | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | 81 | (21) |
| 2014– | Hamburger SV | 66 | (12) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2013– | Germany | 2 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 November 2016. | |||
Nicolai Müller (born 25 September 1987) is a German footballer who plays as a winger for Hamburger SV in the Bundesliga.[1][2]
In June 2015, Müller scored a 115th-minute winner, which helped save Hamburg from its first ever relegation, and is considered to be one of the most important goals ever scored in the club's 128-year history.
Club career
Early career
Müller began his career with TSV Wernfeld aged 11. In 1998, he joined Eintracht Frankfurt who had just won the 2. Bundesliga. He played for Die Adler until 2003, when he joined Spielvereinigung Greuther Fürth.
Greuther Fürth
In 2006, he moved up to Greuther Fürth II in the Bayernliga. He would play for Fürth's reserves for the next 3 years until midway through the 2008/09 season, when he was loaned out to the 3. Liga team SV Sandhausen, who he helped to an 8th-place finish in the first ever 3. Liga campaign. For the next season, Müller returned to Greuther Fürth. He finally broke into the first team with the Cloverleaves in the 2009/10 season, and continued to play for the first team in 2010/11. This would be his last year with Fürth, though they finished 4th, as at the end of the season, Muller joined 1. FSV Mainz 05.
1. FSV Mainz 05
Müller signed a contract lasting until 2015 with the Bundesliga club.[3] His debut came against Hannover 96 in August as a substitute for Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting in the last minute. His first start came 3 games later against Borussia Dortmund and he scored his first Bundesliga goal.
Hamburger SV
On 6 August 2014, Müller joined Hamburg signing a four-year contract. His debut for HSV came on the third matchday against Hannover 96 in the 2–0 loss at the HDI-Arena. After the game, HSV coach Mirko Slomka left the club and Josef Zinnbauer took charge for the next match against Bayern München, in which Müller started and received his first booking for a 59th minute foul on Dante.
Müller scored HSV's first goal of the 2014/15 season when he equalised against Eintract Frankfurt on September 28, 2014. HSV eventually lost the game to a Lucas Piazon free kick in the last minute.
HSV avoided relegation through the relegation play off for the second successive season in Müller's debut year, as he came on as a substitute and scored a 115th-minute winner during the relegation play-off game that took place at the end of the Bundesliga season, against Karlsruher SC.[4] Müller's goal ensured that HSV would stay in the Bundesliga for the next year, keeping their unique status as the only team to have played in the Bundesliga for every year since its formation, as they won 3–2 on aggregate.[5]
Career statistics
- As of 19 May 2016.
| Club | Season | League | Cup1 | Continental2 | Other3 | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Greuther Fürth | 2006–07 | 2. Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2007–08 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||||
| 2009–10 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 7 | ||||||
| 2010–11 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 7 | ||||||
| Totals | 69 | 13 | 7 | 1 | — | 76 | 14 | |||||
| Greuther Fürth II | 2006–07 | Oberliga Bayern | 35 | 10 | — | 35 | 10 | |||||
| 2007–08 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 4 | ||||||||
| 2008–09 | Regionalliga Süd | 16 | 1 | 16 | 1 | |||||||
| 2009–10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Totals | 64 | 16 | — | 64 | 16 | |||||||
| Sandhausen (loan) | 2008–09 | 3. Liga | 18 | 5 | — | — | 18 | 5 | ||||
| Mainz II | 2011–12 | Regionalliga West | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Mainz | 2011–12 | Bundesliga | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 4 | ||
| 2012–13 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 1 | — | 36 | 9 | |||||
| 2013–14 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 10 | ||||||
| Totals | 81 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 90 | 23 | |||
| Hamburg | 2014–15 | Bundesliga | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 1 | 29 | 2 | |
| 2015–16 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 0 | — | 29 | 9 | |||||
| Totals | 56 | 10 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 1 | 58 | 11 | |||
| Career totals | 289 | 66 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 307 | 70 | ||
| Source:[6] | ||||||||||||
- 1.^ Includes German Cup.
- 2.^ Includes UEFA Europa League.
- 3.^ Includes Relegation playoff.
International career
On 29 May 2013, he made his international debut in a friendly game against Ecuador in Boca Raton, Florida, as a last minute substitute for Lukas Podolski.
References
- ↑ "Nicolai Müller". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
- ↑ "Nicolai Müller". bundesliga.com. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
- ↑ Mainz 05: Nicolai Müller von SpVgg Greuther Fürth verpflichtet – Soto verlängert; Artikel der Allgemeinen Zeitung. Rhein-Main-Presse.
- ↑ "Hamburg avoid Bundesliga relegation with play-off win". BBC Sport. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32969611
- ↑ "Nicolai Müller » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
External links
- Nicolai Müller profile at Fussballdaten