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born 5 November 1936) is a German former
footballer
and football official. As a
striker
, he was a prolific scorer for
Hamburger SV
and also made 72 appearances for the
West German national team
. Usually regarded as one of the greatest players in German football history,
Seeler was named one of
FIFA's 125 greatest living players
by
Pelé
in 2004. He was the first football player to be awarded the Great Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. His grandson,
Levin Öztunalı
, is also a professional footballer.
Playing career
Club career
Seeler followed in his father's footsteps as a player for
Hamburger SV
, making his first team debut in 1954 in a
DFB-Pokal
match, aged just under 18, scoring four goals (8–2 vs.
Holstein Kiel
). In later years, despite tempting offers from Italian and Spanish clubs, he remained loyal to Hamburg, working on a second career as a merchant besides playing football.
Seeler was a gifted, powerful, and prolific
striker
who, among other things, was most of all renowned for his leadership, consistency,
overhead kicks
, and aerial ability.He scored 137 times in 239
Bundesliga
games, 43 times in 72 international games for the
German national team
, and 21 times in 29 European club tournament games. He was
captain
of both his club team and the national team for many years. He and his club won the
German championship
in
1960
and the
DFB-Pokal
in
1963
. He was top scorer of the first
Bundesliga
season in
1963–64
and
German Footballer of the Year
in 1960, 1964, and 1970. During the 1960–61 season, Seeler, alongside his brother Dieter, helped to lead Hamburger SV to the semi-finals of the
European Cup
, where they narrowly missed out on the final against
Benfica
, losing out to
Barcelona
in a play-off match. During the 1967–68 season, Seeler also helped Hamburg to reach the final of the
European Cup Winners' Cup
, finishing the competition as top scorer, only to lose out to
AC Milan
.
Seeler with Hamburger SV in 1968
In 1978, he and his former teammate
Franz-Josef Hönig
played for
Cork Celtic F.C.
in a one-off sponsored event. Seeler had ended his active playing career in 1972. However, this match turned out to be an official
League of Ireland
one and Uwe scored twice.Thus, his overall record of goals scored in league and championship matches adds up to 446 (HSV 444,Cork Celtic 2). His 404 goals in German
Oberliga
and Bundesliga league games is a record that stands as today, his 406 goals in league games overall making him the second-best German goalscorer behind
Gerd Müller
.
International career
Seeler participated in the same four
FIFA World Cups
as
Pelé
did:
1958
,
1962
,
1966
, and
1970
. Of those
West German
World Cup teams, the 1966 side reached the
final
, where they controversially lost to host nation
England
4–2 in
extra time
. In 1958, the German team finished in fourth place; in 1970 the West German team finished in third after being eliminated by European rivals
Italy
in the semi-finals, following a closely fought 4–3 extra-time loss, a match often referred to as the "
Game of the Century
". Possibly Seeler's most important international goal came in the previous round, a backward second-half header against England which tied the score 2–2, a game West Germany went on to win 3–2.
Although Seeler never won a World Cup (his involvement as a player in the tournament started four years after West Germany won their first World Cup (
1954
) and ended four years before they won their second (
1974
)), he had a prolific career in the tournament; he was the first player ever to appear in 20 World Cup matches (he retired with 21 matches played, tied for third all-time); the first ever to score in four World Cups (beating
Pelé
by only a few minutes), and the first player to score at least two goals in each of four World Cups (matched in
2014
by his compatriot
Miroslav Klose
). He also ranks third in all-time minutes played in World Cups, with 1980, behind
Paolo Maldini
and
Lothar Matthäus
. In total, he scored 9 goals across the four World Cups in which he played, as well as 3 goals in World Cup Qualifying matches; he scored 43 times in 72 international appearances between 1954 and 1970. A photo of a dejected Seeler leaving the field having just been defeated in the
1966 World Cup Final
was voted as
Photo of the Century
by
kicker
magazine.
Career after football
He had a two-and-a-half-year tenure as president of Hamburger SV, which began in 1995, and ended in resignation due to a financial scandal, for which he took responsibility. Seeler, however, was not himself implicated in the irregularities.
Recognition
A monument of Seeler's right foot located outside
Volksparkstadion
Seeler was a tremendously popular player due to his fairness and modesty and is still widely called
Uns Uwe
(
West Low German
:
Our Uwe
) in Hamburg and the surrounding area. The
DFB
(German FA) made him the second honorary captain of the German national team in 1972 (the first being
Fritz Walter
). In 2003, he became an
honorary citizen
of his hometown Hamburg; the first time the honor was bestowed on a sportsman. That year he also published his memoirs
Danke, Fußball
(
Thank you, football
), released as an English version in 2009. 2005 saw the unveiling of a giant monument in front of the
HSV
stadium depicting his right foot.
Film appearances
Seeler has appeared in a
cameo role
in the popular 1972
Heinz Erhardt
comedy
Willi wird das Kind schon schaukeln
(English title:
Willi Manages the Whole Thing
), playing himself. In this film, a manager called Jungborn (Erhardt) is managing a football club. In the end, his club makes a spectacular signing: Seeler himself. Everybody in the club is jubilant, but Jungborn is puzzled and asks "who the devil is that guy?".
Career statistics
Club
Club
Season
League
German
Champ'ship
[a]
Division
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Hamburger SV
1954–55
Oberliga Nord
26
28
5
1
1955–56
29
32
5
3
1956–57
26
31
4
2
1957–58
24
22
4
2
1958–59
27
29
4
5
1959–60
26
36
7
13
1960–61
23
29
6
8
1961–62
28
28
2
4
1962–63
28
32
6
2
1963–64
Bundesliga
30
30
–
1964–65
19
14
1965–66
23
11
1966–67
23
10
1967–68
30
12
1968–69
33
23
1969–70
30
17
1970–71
25
9
1971–72
26
11
Total
476
404
43
40
Cork Celtic
1977–78
League of Ireland
1
2
–
Career total
477
406
43
40
International
Germany national team
Year
Apps
Goals
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
Honors
Club
Hamburger SV
German football championship
:
1959–60
DFB-Pokal
:
1962–63
International
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
[15]
Bundesliga Top Scorer
: 1964
FIFA World Cup All-Star Team
: 1966
kicker
Bundesliga
Team of the Season: 1969–70
[16]
FIFA 100
Member of
Germany's Sports Hall of Fame