Frank Mill

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Frank Mill
Mill in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth (1958-07-23) 23 July 1958 (age 65)
Place of birth Essen, West Germany
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)
Striker
Youth career
1966–1972 Eintracht Essen
1972–1976 Rot-Weiss Essen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1981 Rot-Weiss Essen 120 (74)
1981–1986 Borussia Mönchengladbach 153 (71)
1986–1994 Borussia Dortmund 187 (47)
1994–1996 Fortuna Düsseldorf 55 (7)
Total 506 (201)
International career
1980 West Germany U-21 2 (0)
1983–1988 West Germany Olympic 20 (10)
1982–1990
West Germany
 17 (0)
Medal record
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Runner-up DFB-Pokal 1984
Borussia Dortmund
Winner DFB-Pokal 1989
Winner
DFB-Supercup
 1989
Runner-up
UEFA Cup
 1993
 West Germany
Third place
Olympics
 1988
Winner FIFA World Cup 1990
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frank Mill (born 23 July 1958) is a German former professional

West Germany. Further, he participated at the 1984 and at the 1988 Summer Olympics
, where he won the bronze medal with the West German team.

Career

The son of a

2. Bundesliga North. In that division he grew to become a reliable hitman, scoring 71 goals for Rot-Weiss (at times alongside Horst Hrubesch) over the next four seasons, forty of those in just 38 appearances during 1979–80. This tally made him the top goalscorer of 2. Bundesliga Nord, making him a prime target for a transfer, and in 1981 he was to return to the Bundesliga upon being signed by Jupp Heynckes of Borussia Mönchengladbach
.

At Mönchengladbach he kept on scoring, netting fourteen goals in his first year under contract. Only eight months into his life at

that match
.

Later that summer Mill participated in the

Euro 1988. Increasingly popular and seen as a role model, a disagreement over Mill's captaincy and his role within the Dortmund squad between the club's chairman, Dr. Gerd Niebaum, and manager, Reinhard Saftig, resulted in the latter being replaced by Horst Köppel
, leaving no doubt that the chairman's view regarding Mill's role had prevailed.

Mill looked a bit out of form after Köppel's take over: although he had won bronze with Germany at the

Karlheinz Riedle all well in front of him in Beckenbauer's thoughts, he remained the unused fourth-choice striker during those successful weeks in Italy.[2]

At club level Mill's fading punch in front of the goal saw him go through a transformation from scorer to assist winner, but this still couldn't prevent him from being forced out to the fringes of the Borussia Dortmund first-team. In 1991, Köppel departed as manager and his successor,

Juventus
.

Still a fan favourite at Westfalenstadion, Mill saw out his deal with the club in 1994 to join promoted Fortuna Düsseldorf in the 2nd Bundesliga. There he enjoyed two more seasons in the game, scoring five times in his first season at Rheinstadion, efforts that helped Fortuna return to the Bundesliga. His final twelve months as a professional, during the 1995–96 season, saw him esperience a bright start with two goals in the first three matches. He couldn't add any more in his next 26 appearances for Düsseldorf, however, and his final Bundesliga totals were 123 goals in 387 appearances for Borussia Mönchengladbach, Borussia Dortmund and Fortuna Düsseldorf.[4]

Shortly after the end of his career, Fortuna Düsseldorf offered him a role as a director in their management, a role he later left by mutual consent following a lack of success.

Honours

Borussia Mönchengladbach

Borussia Dortmund

West Germany

References

  1. ^ "Frank Mill". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d e Ulrich, Ron (23 December 2021). "Frank Mill: The Germany striker whose name means failure - and how he found success". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  3. ^ Matthias Arnhold (5 February 2015). "Frank Mill - International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  4. ^ Matthias Arnhold (5 February 2015). "Frank Mill - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 13 February 2015.

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