Franz "Bulle" Roth (born 27 April 1946 in

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) is a former

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. He earned four caps for the

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and was nicknamed "the Bull" due to his physical playing style.

Career

Roth was a big game player and had a knack of scoring important goals in massive games for

Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), also known as FC Bayern (), Bayern Munich, or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional men's football team, which pla ...

. He scored the only goal of the 1967 European Cup Winners' Cup Final against Rangers in

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, which was enough to give Bayern victory, and their first triumph in European competition. He opened the scoring in the 1975 European Cup Final win over

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, a game in which Roth won the midfield battle against Billy Bremner. Roth scored for the third time in the final of a European competition, with his 57th-minute strike against

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1976 European Cup Final enough to give Bayern a 1–0 victory, and retain the

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for the third straight season. On the domestic scene he scored 72 goals in 322 West German top-flight matches. With Roth FC Bayern won 4 Bundesliga titles. Roth is one of the most decorated players in Bayern's history and has been voted into their Hall of Fame.

Honours

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: 1968–69, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74 *

DFB-Pokal The DFB-Pokal ( is a German knockout football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. It is considere ...

: 1965–66, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1970–71 *

: 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76 *

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tournam ...

: 1966–67 * Intercontinental Cup:

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* * * 1946 births Living people German footballers Germany international footballers Germany under-21 international footballers FC Bayern Munich footballers Bundesliga players People from Memmingen Sportspeople from Swabia (Bavaria) Association football midfielders Footballers from Bavaria UEFA Champions League winning players {{germany-footy-midfielder-1940s-stub