René Müller (born 11 February 1959) is a German football coach and former player who played as a

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

Career

Müller was first-choice goalkeeper of the East Germany national team for much of the 1980s, and was twice

East German Footballer of the Year The title Footballer of the Year (German: ''Fußballer des Jahres'') has been awarded in Germany since 1960. Eligible are German players as well as non-German players playing in Germany. In 1996, the title Women's Footballer of the Year (German ...

. He played for

1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 1. Fußballclub Lokomotive Leipzig e.V. is a German football club based in the locality of Probstheida in the Südost borough of Leipzig, Saxony. The club may be more familiar to many of the country's football fans as the historic side VfB Lei ...

for fourteen years, and later had spells with

FC Sachsen Leipzig FC Sachsen Leipzig was a German football club from the Leutzsch district of Leipzig, Saxony. The club continued the traditions of BSG Chemie Leipzig. The club officially dissolved in 2011. Although several successor sides were established, onl ...

, 1. FC Dynamo Dresden and

FC St. Pauli Fußball-Club St Pauli von 1910 e.V., commonly known as simply FC St Pauli (), is a German professional football club based in the St. Pauli district of Hamburg, that competes in the 2. Bundesliga. The football department is part of a larger sp ...

. After his retirement Müller became a coach. He managed

1. FC Nürnberg II The 1. FC Nürnberg II (german: 1. FC Nürnberg II) is the reserve team of German football club 1. FC Nürnberg, from the city of Nuremberg, Bavaria. Until 2005, the team played under the name of 1. FC Nürnberg Amateure. History 1955–1963 N� ...

from 2007 until 11 April 2011.

Honours

FDGB-Pokal The FDGB-Pokal (Freier Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund Pokal or Free German Trade Union Federation Cup) was an elimination football tournament held annually in East Germany. It was the second most important national title in East German football af ...

: 1980–81, 1985–86, 1986–87 *

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 tourn ...

: runner-up 1986–87

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* 1959 births Living people Footballers from Leipzig German footballers East German footballers East Germany international footballers Association football goalkeepers 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig players Dynamo Dresden players FC Sachsen Leipzig players FC St. Pauli players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players DDR-Oberliga players German football managers Hallescher FC managers FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt managers People from Bezirk Leipzig {{Germany-footy-goalkeeper-stub