Uwe Seeler
.jpg) Seeler in 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 5 November 1936 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Hamburg, Germany | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 21 July 2022 (aged 85) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Norderstedt, Germany | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1946–1953 | Hamburger SV | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1953–1972 | Hamburger SV | 476 | (404) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1978 | Cork Celtic | 1 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 477 | (406) | ||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1953–1954 | West Germany U-18 | 10 | (15) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1954–1970 | West Germany | 72 | (43) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||
Uwe Seeler (German pronunciation: [ˈuːvə ˈzeːlɐ];5 November 1936 – 21 July 2022) was a German football player. He played for Hamburger SV and West Germany national team.
Seeler died on 21 July 2022 in Norderstedt, Germany at the age of 85.
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | German Championship |
DFB-Pokal | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Hamburger SV | 1954–55 | Oberliga Nord | 26 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 32 | 31 | |
| 1955–56 | 29 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | – | 36 | 37 | |||
| 1956–57 | 26 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 31 | 33 | |||
| 1957–58 | 24 | 22 | 4 | 2 | – | – | 28 | 26 | ||||
| 1958–59 | 27 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | – | 32 | 34 | |||
| 1959–60 | 26 | 36 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | – | 34 | 49 | |||
| 1960–61 | 23 | 29 | 6 | 8 | – | 7 | 5 | 36 | 42 | |||
| 1961–62 | 28 | 28 | 2 | 4 | – | – | 30 | 32 | ||||
| 1962–63 | 28 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | – | 38 | 40 | |||
| 1963–64 | Bundesliga | 30 | 30 | – | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 38 | 37 | ||
| 1964–65 | 19 | 14 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 20 | 15 | ||||
| 1965–66 | 23 | 11 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 25 | 12 | ||||
| 1966–67 | 23 | 10 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 28 | 13 | ||||
| 1967–68 | 30 | 12 | – | 1 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 40 | 20 | |||
| 1968–69 | 33 | 23 | – | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 27 | |||
| 1969–70 | 30 | 17 | – | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 17 | |||
| 1970–71 | 25 | 9 | – | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 12 | |||
| 1971–72 | 26 | 11 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 30 | 14 | ||||
| Total | 476 | 404 | 43 | 41 | 32 | 24 | 29 | 21 | 580 | 490 | ||
| Cork Celtic | 1977–78 | League of Ireland | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 477 | 406 | 43 | 41 | 32 | 24 | 29 | 21 | 581 | 492 | ||
- ↑ Before the Bundesliga, the national champion was determined in a series of knock-out games after the domestic league ended.
- ↑ Appearances in European Cup
- 1 2 Appearances in European Cup Winners' Cup
- 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Cup
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1954 | 3 | 0 |
| 1955 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1956 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1957 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1958 | 9 | 5 | |
| 1959 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1960 | 5 | 4 | |
| 1961 | 6 | 5 | |
| 1962 | 7 | 2 | |
| 1963 | 3 | 3 | |
| 1964 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1965 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1966 | 12 | 7 | |
| 1967 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1968 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1969 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1970 | 10 | 5 | |
| Total | 72 | 43 | |
Honours
Hamburger SV
West Germany
- FIFA World Cup runner-up: 1966; third place: 1970
Individual
- Ballon d'Or third place: 1960
- Footballer of the Year (Germany): 1960, 1964, 1970
- FIFA XI (Reserve): 1963
- Bundesliga Top Scorer: 1964
- FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1966
- kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 1969–70
- FIFA 100
- Member of Germany's Sports Hall of Fame
Literature
- Becker, Robert: Uwe Seeler und seine goldenen Tore. Copress, München 1991, ISBN 3-7679-0363-6
- Seeler, Uwe: Danke, Fußball! – Mein Leben. Rowohlt-Verlag, Reinbek 2003, ISBN 978-3-498-06375-7 (auch als Hörbuch auf 1 CD, Hörbuch Hamburg, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-89903-133-4)
References
- 1 2 "Uwe Seeler - Spielerprofil - DFB" (in German). dfb.de. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ↑ Germany and Hamburg legend Uwe Seeler dies, aged 85[permanent dead link]
- ↑ Arnhold, Matthias (2 November 2007). "Uwe Seeler – Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". rsssf.com. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- ↑ "Uwe Seeler". World Football. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ↑ Mamrud, Roberto (2 November 2002). "Uwe Seeler – Goals in International matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
- ↑ Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (20 October 2015). "FIFA XI´s Matches - Full Info". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
- ↑ "Bundesliga Historie 1969/70" (in German). kicker.
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