Herbert Müller (born 3 September 1962 in Timișoara) is a Romanian-German

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coach and former handball player. He is currently in charge of

Thüringer HC Thüringer Handball Club Erfurt-Bad Langensalza e. V is a German professional women's handball team from Erfurt and Bad Langensalza. The club has its seat in Erfurt and plays the home matches in the Salza-Halle in Bad Langensalza. They compete in ...

of the German Bundesliga, and beside his club duties he also serves as the head coach of the

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Career

He was born to ethnic

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parents, Franz and Anna Müller in Timișoara, and started to play handball for the local team

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in 1976. Four years later he left the country with his family because of the hard times under the communist regime in Romania, and settled in Germany. He continued his playing career at

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, where he ended his career in 1988. He began coaching in 1984 at Augsburg, while he was still a player. In 1999 he took the hot seat of 1. FC Nürnberg, with whom he achieved his biggest successes, winning two domestic championships and two domestic cup titles. He also won the EHF Challenge Cup in 2004. In 2008, Müller became the head coach of the Romanian team Rulmentul Brașov. He spent a year and a half with Rulmentul before the club developed financial problems. Müller moved back to Germany, signing for

in July 2010. He brought the

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title and the German Cup to THC in 2011 for the first time in the history of the club.

Personal life

He is married and has two daughters, Nadia (b. 2001) and Vanessa (b. 2007). His brother, Helfried, is also a

expert, serving as the assistant coach of Thüringer HC. Müller was a mathematics docent at the ''Institut für Integration'' in

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Muller, Herbert 1962 births Living people German handball coaches German male handball players Romanian male handball players Sportspeople from Timișoara German people of German-Romanian descent Romanian emigrants to West Germany Handball coaches of international teams West German male handball players Romanian handball coaches