Manfred Müller (born 28 July 1947) is a German former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Müller began his career with Schwarz-Weiß Essen, before moving to Wuppertaler SV in 1971. Wuppertal immediately earned promotion to the Bundesliga, and finished a surprising third in their first season in the top-flight. The title challenge was not to repeated, however, and the club struggled against relegation in 1973–74, and dropped down the following year. After Wuppertal's failure to bounce back in their first season, Müller left, moving south to in 1976 to join

1. FC Nürnberg 1. Fußball-Club Nürnberg Verein für Leibesübungen e. V., often called 1. FC Nürnberg (, en, 1. Football Club Nuremberg) or simply Nürnberg, is a German association football club in Nuremberg, Bavaria, who currently compete in the 2. Bund ...

. In his second season at Nürnberg, they won promotion, beating Rot-Weiss Essen in a playoff, only to be relegated the following year. Müller was on the move again, and after a brief spell at ESV Ingolstadt, moved on to

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 ...

, ostensibly as cover for

Walter Junghans Walter Junghans (born 26 October 1958) is a German former professional footballer who played goalkeeper. Career Born in Hamburg, Junghans started his professional career with Bayern Munich in 1977, where he was the back up for Sepp Maier. In 19 ...

. He did, though, manage a few decent runs in the first team, including an appearance in the

1982 European Cup Final The 1982 European Cup Final was played on 26 May 1982. Football League winners Aston Villa defeated Bundesliga winners Bayern Munich 1–0 at De Kuip in Rotterdam, Netherlands to win the European Cup for the first time, and continue the streak of ...

, but eventually lost his place to the incoming Jean-Marie Pfaff, before retiring in 1984. He returned to

as general manager, and made a surprise return to action in November 1986, starting a Bundesliga fixture because of an injury to Andreas Köpke. He now runs a television production company. In 1983, he played for the Calgary Mustangs of the Canadian Professional Soccer League.

Honours

* Regionalliga West: 1971–72 * Bundesliga: 1979–80, 1980–81 * DFB-Pokal: 1981–82, 1983–84 *

European Cup The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...

: Runner-up 1981–82

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* 1947 births Living people Footballers from Essen German men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Wuppertaler SV players 1. FC Nürnberg players FC Ingolstadt 04 players FC Bayern Munich footballers German television journalists Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Television people from North Rhine-Westphalia Calgary Mustangs (CPSL) players Canadian Professional Soccer League (original) players West German men's footballers West German expatriate men's footballers West German expatriate sportspeople in Canada Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada {{Germany-footy-goalkeeper-stub