Short introduction

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, additionally called “Kalle”, become a soccer participant from 1974 to 1989. He become indexed numerous instances withinside the rating of the sector’s satisfactory gamers and received numerous titles with FC Bayern as World Cup winner or as European Cup winner of the country wide champions. “Kalle” additionally left his mark at the country wide crew as -time vice global champion and European champion. His ardour for soccer can nevertheless be visible in his position as chairman of FC Bayern Munich.

Earlier life

Karl Heinz Rummenigge become born on September 25th, 1955 in Lippstadt in North Rhine-Westphalia. Rummenigge’s soccer-loving father, who labored for Borussia Lippstadt, transferred his ardour to his son. Karl-Heinz and his brother Michael joined the young people branch of Borussia Lippstadt and had been promoted from then on.

Career

In 1974, while Rummenigge become 18 years antique, the younger guy switched to FC Bayern Munich and broke his apprenticeship as a banker for this dream. In the start he struggled to maintain up with the large gamers of the time like Franz Beckenbauer, Sepp Maier and Gerd Müller however he flourished below instruct Udo Lattek. In 1976 he become an necessary a part of the FCB squad and performed for the identify withinside the European Cup. His best soccer improvement got here from coaches Dettmar Cramer and Gyula Lorant. In 1980 he become pinnacle scorer with 26 dreams and withinside the identical yr he become named Germany and Europe’s footballer of the yr. In 1984 he joined Inter Milan withinside the wish of attaining comparable successes in Serie A as withinside the Bundesliga before. However, the achievement become missing because of a few accidents withinside the 3 years that Rummenigge spent at Inter Milan. His in addition profession direction led him to Servette Geneva in Switzerland, in which he ended his profession years later, on the age of 33. In the identical yr he have become pinnacle scorer with 24 dreams. Rummenigge scored 162 dreams in 310 Bundesliga games.

In 1975, on the age of 19, he already performed withinside the jersey of the German country wide crew. In 1978 he performed for the sector identify. 2 years later, he received the European Cup withinside the country wide crew’s dress. Rummenigge individually directed the help for the decisive victory intention to Horst Hrubesch, who selected the crew with a rating of 2: 1 to the European champions.

In 1981 “Kalle” become declared crew captain of the country wide crew. In 1986, after dropping the World Cup recreation towards Maradona and his crew, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge ended his profession withinside the country wide crew.

From 1991 to 2002 Rummenigge become Vice President of FC Bayern Munich. The 64-yr–antique CEO of the German grasp has been given that 2002.

Career highlights

1980: Germany’s football participant of the yr

1980, 1981: Europe’s footballer of the yr

1980, 1981, 1984, 1989: pinnacle scorer

Vice World Champion: 1982 and 1986

European champion: 1980

World Cup winner: 1976

European champions of the country wide champions: 1975, 1976

German champion: 1980, 1981

DFB Cup winner: 1982, 1984

1979, 1980, 1982: Classification as a global magnificence withinside the rating of German soccer

1982: Bronze ball, silver shoe and all-supermegacelebrity crew of the 1982 World Cup

Famous quotes

I am paid to play excellent soccer, to carry out above common and to be very powerful with the audience. I don’t locate myself overpaid.

We do now no longer purchase stocks from soccer clubs, despite the fact that BVB could be a takeover candidate. The stocks have dropped to 1/2 of the cost and that they nevertheless have a pleasant stadium.

Uli is the daddy Theresa vom Tegernsee, Nelson Mandela der Säbener Straße and the mom of all managers.

Many can’t differentiate among a four-chain and a bicycle chain.

The Bundesliga should stay our bread and butter business. The Champions League is the jam.

Money ratings dreams, mainly while the cash comes from the time deposit account, and now no longer, as become mistakenly claimed via way of means of the credit score branch. (thru Arjen Robben, who value FCB a switch price of EUR 24 million)

Amazing facts

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has a crook document due to the fact he attempted to introduce treasured watches really well worth 100,000 at Munich customs in 2013. For this offense, he needed to pay a exceptional of 249,000 euros.

His brother Michael Rummenigge and he performed for 3 years in a Bayern jersey from 1981 to 1984.

In 1984, while Rummenigge left Bayern and moved to Inter Milan, Bayern were given a switch price of round 10 to eleven million marks – at that point the second one maximum switch price withinside the records of soccer. Only Diego Maradona become really well worth even extra at that point – 24 million marks.