Lucien Muller-Schmidt (born 3 September 1934) is a French former
football
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player and
manager
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who played as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
He was part of
France
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at
FIFA World Cup 1966
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but did not play any match.
Career
Born in
Bischwiller
Bischwiller (; ; gsw-FR, Bíschwiller) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France, just west of the river Moder.
Geography
The city is southeast of Haguenau, west-northwest from the German border and the ...
, Muller started out in
Alsace
Alsace (, ; ; Low Alemannic German/ gsw-FR, Elsàss ; german: Elsass ; la, Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland. In 2020, it had ...
, his native region, and then made a name for himself with the
Stade de Reims
Stade de Reims () is a French professional association football, football club based in Reims. The club was formed in 1910 and plays in Ligue 1, the top level of Football in France, having been promoted from Ligue 2 in 2017–18 Ligue 2, 2018. ...
, with whom he was twice crowned French champion. He then moved to
Real Madrid
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Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...
, with whom he played in the
European Cup final in 1964 and won the league three times. He later moved to
FC Barcelona
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Founded ...
. Although he was touted as the successor to
Raymond Kopa
Raymond Kopa (né Kopaszewski; 13 October 1931 – 3 March 2017) was a French professional footballer, integral to the France national team of the 1950s. At club level he was part of the legendary Real Madrid team of the 1950s, winning three Eu ...
, his performances in the blaugrana shirt never matched his club performances. He was nevertheless part of the French team that participated in the
1966 FIFA World Cup
The 1966 FIFA World Cup was the eighth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in England from 11 July to 30 July 1966. The England national football team defeated West Germany 4-2 in the ...
. He returned to Reims at the end of his career.
He briefly returned to Barcelona as a coach in the late 1970s, leading the club to the European Cup Winners' Cup Final, before being replaced by
Joaquim Rifé
Joaquim Rifé Climent (born 4 February 1942 in Barcelona, Catalonia) was a Spanish footballer, captain of the FC Barcelona, who has most worn the Barcelona shirt a total of 548 played matches. He played in the first team for 12 seasons for the clu ...
. He later on trained
AS Monaco
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,
RCD Mallorca
Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, S.A.D. (, ca, Reial Club Deportiu Mallorca , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or just Mallorca is a Spanish professional football club based in Palma on the island of Majorca in ...
and
CD Castellón
Club Deportivo Castellón, S.A.D. is a professional Spanish football team based in Castellón de la Plana, in the Valencian Community. Founded on 20 July 1922, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at ''No ...
.
External links
Racing Club de Strasbourg profile
FFF profile
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1934 births
Living people
People from Bischwiller
French people of German descent
Sportspeople from Bas-Rhin
French footballers
Footballers from Alsace
Association football midfielders
Ligue 1 players
RC Strasbourg Alsace players
Toulouse FC players
Stade de Reims players
La Liga players
Real Madrid CF players
FC Barcelona players
France international footballers
1960 European Nations' Cup players
1966 FIFA World Cup players
French football managers
Burgos CF (1936) managers
AS Monaco FC managers
La Liga managers
CD Castellón managers
Real Zaragoza managers
FC Barcelona managers
RCD Mallorca managers
French expatriate footballers
French expatriate football managers
French expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Expatriate footballers in Spain
Expatriate football managers in Spain
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