Paul Breitner
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Date of birth | 5 September 1951 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Kolbermoor, Bavaria, West Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) |
Left-back, midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1957–1961 | SV-DJK Kolbermoor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1961–1970 | ESV Freilassing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1970–1974 | Bayern Munich | 109 | (17) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1974–1977 |
Real Madrid | 84 | (10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1977–1978 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 30 | (10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1978–1983 | Bayern Munich | 146 | (66) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 369 | (103) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1968–1970 | West Germany Youth | 16 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1971 | West Germany U-23 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1971–1982 | West Germany | 48 | (10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Paul Breitner (German pronunciation:
Breitner was capped 48 times for West Germany and was an integral part of the team that won the 1974 FIFA World Cup, scoring in the final.
He also scored in the final of the 1982 FIFA World Cup, making him one of only five players to have scored in two different World Cup final matches, the others being Pelé, Vavá, Zinedine Zidane and Kylian Mbappé.
He was known for his partnerships with Franz Beckenbauer, Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck and Berti Vogts in defence for the national team, and his midfield combination with Karl-Heinz Rummenigge for Bayern Munich.
Breitner has been working as a commentator, pundit and columnist in Germany since retiring and is also an advisor to the Bayern management board.
Playing career
Breitner's football career lasted from 1970 until 1983, mainly playing for
The early peak of Breitner's long and successful career was at age 21 in 1972 as part of the winning German
.During his club career, Breitner won seven National Championships with Bayern Munich (1972, 1973, 1974, 1980, 1981) and Real Madrid (1975, 1976), the Champions' Cup (1974)[8] as well as the German (1971, 1982) and Spanish cups (1975). During his spell with Bayern Munich, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and he formed such a formidable one-two-punch that they were often called Breitnigge.[9]
Outside the pitch, Breitner self identified as part of the 68ers (the
He boycotted the 1978 FIFA World Cup being hosted by the Argentine military, the only player to do so.[10]
Before the 1982 World Cup in Spain he caused a major uproar in Germany when he accepted an offer by Pitralon, a German cosmetics company to pay him the – what many Germans regarded at that time as a "scandalously high" – sum of 150,000
Post-retirement
In 1998, Breitner was announced as the new national team manager by DFB president Egidius Braun. However, after some steam from fellow association officials, Braun reconsidered 17 hours later, making Breitner the infamous 17 Stunden Bundestrainer ("the 17-hour coach").[13]
Today, Breitner mainly works as a TV pundit and newspaper columnist. In March 2007, he entered into a contract with Bayern Munich and acts as an advisor on various issues. He occasionally still plays for the Bayern All-Stars in charity games, captaining the team on several occasions.
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | Europe[b] | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Bayern Munich | 1969–70 | Bundesliga | – | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | ||
1970–71 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 2 | ||
1971–72 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 44 | 5 | ||
1972–73 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 43 | 5 | ||
1973–74 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 37 | 9 | ||
Total | 109 | 17 | 22 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 155 | 21 | ||
Real Madrid | 1974–75 | La Liga | 29 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 35 | 3 | ||
1975–76 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 32 | 6 | ||||
1976–77 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 1 | ||||
Total | 84 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 100 | 10 | ||||
Eintracht Braunschweig | 1977–78 | Bundesliga | 30 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 37 | 11 |
Bayern Munich | 1978–79 | Bundesliga | 33 | 12 | 2 | 1 | – | 35 | 13 | |
1979–80 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 45 | 16 | ||
1980–81 | 30 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 40 | 18 | ||
1981–82 | 29 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 42 | 28 | ||
1982–83 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 13 | ||
Total | 146 | 66 | 15 | 9 | 31 | 13 | 182 | 84 | ||
Career total | 369 | 103 | 39 | 11 | 76 | 16 | 484 | 130 |
- ^ Includes DFB-Pokal, Copa del Rey
- ^ Includes European Cup, Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Cup, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Honours
Bayern Munich
- Bundesliga: 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1979–80, 1980–81
- DFB-Pokal: 1970–71, 1981–82
- European Cup: 1973–74; runner-up: 1981–82
Real Madrid
West Germany
- FIFA World Cup: 1974; runner-up: 1982
- UEFA European Championship: 1972
Individual
- UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1972[21]
- FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1974
- World XI: 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976[22]
- Footballer of the Year (Germany): 1981
- Ballon d'Or runner-up: 1981
- Onze d'Argent: 1981
- FIFA World Cup All-Time Team
- FIFA 100
- Bayern Munich All-time XI[23]
- Ballon d'Or Dream Team (bronze): 2020[24]
References
- ^ "Paul Breitner". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
- ^ "Breitner, Paul" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
- ^ "Pele's list of the greatest". BBC Sport. 4 March 2004. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
- ^ Matthias Arnhold (6 September 2012). "Paul Breitner - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ^ "World Cup - History - West Germany 1974". BBC. 15 April 2002. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
- ^ "Bayern trauert um „Cäsar" Klaus Wunder". Sport1 (in German). 19 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ^ Matthias Arnhold (18 April 2004). "Paul Breitner - International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ^ Marcel Haisma (14 February 2008). "Paul Breitner - Matches in European Cups". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ^ "Bayern Munich's all-time greatest starting line-up". Sports Illustrated. 15 May 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
- ^ Lundström, Klas (20 November 2022). "Argentina's World Cup 1978: When FIFA Backed a Junta". jacobin.com. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ Ruiz, Daniel (9 September 2009). "No fim do dia... Paul Breitner" [At the End of the Day... Paul Breitner] (in Portuguese). Editora Cádiz. p. 58.
- ^ Ruiz, Daniel (9 September 2009). "No fim do dia... Paul Breitner" [At the End of the Day... Paul Breitner] (in Portuguese). Editora Cádiz. p. 58.
- ^ Bergmann, Klaus (5 September 2021). "Querkopf und Bundestrainer für 17 Stunden". bluewin.ch (in German). Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ "Bundesliga Historie 1971/72" (in German). kicker.
- ^ "Bundesliga Historie 1972/73" (in German). kicker.
- ^ "Bundesliga Historie 1978/79" (in German). kicker.
- ^ "Bundesliga Historie 1979/80" (in German). kicker.
- ^ "Bundesliga Historie 1980/81" (in German). kicker.
- ^ "Bundesliga Historie 1981/82" (in German). kicker.
- ^ "Bundesliga Historie 1982/83" (in German). kicker.
- ^ "1972 team of the tournament". Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ "Eric Batty's World XI – The Seventies". Beyond The Last Man. 7 November 2013. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ "Fans name greatest reds of all time". FC Bayern München. 1 June 2005. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
- MARCA. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
External links
- Paul Breitner at fussballdaten.de (in German)