43rd international goal
Thomas Müller draws level with Uwe Seeler – this is how the all-time DFB goalscorer list now looks
Thomas Müller scored his 43rd international goal in Amsterdam and moved up the all-time DFB goalscorer list to the same place as honorary captain Uwe Seeler
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It didn’t bring the DFB-Elf a win – but Thomas Müller moved up a place in the all-time top scorer list of the German national soccer team with his goal.
It didn’t work out for Thomas Müller in Sinsheim last Saturday. The 32-year-old missed his 43rd international goal when he missed a penalty against Israel. In the 1-1 draw against the Netherlands in Amsterdam, however, the attacker from FC Bayern Munich scored and drew level with honorary captain and HSV legend Uwe Seeler, 85, in the all-time list of goalscorers for the German national soccer team.
“It was a great moment,” said Müller about the hit with his left foot, which he described as follows: “I took the ball at full risk, then into the net. It was a good feeling.”
space | player | internationals | Gates |
1. | Miroslav Klose | 137 | 71 |
2. | Gerd Müller | 62 | 68 |
3. | Joachim Streich | 98 | 53 |
4. | Lukas Podolski | 130 | 49 |
5. | Jürgen Klinsmann | 108 | 47 |
6. | Rudi Voeller | 90 | 47 |
7. | Karl Heinz Rummenigge | 95 | 45 |
8th. | Uwe Seeler | 72 | 43 |
9. | Thomas Müller | 112 | 43 |
10 | Michael Ballack | 98 | 42 |
There is still a long way to go before Müller draws level with Miroslav Klose: Klose leads the list of international goals with 71 goals, followed by Gerd Müller, who scored a total of 68 times.
Thomas Müller scores in a test against the Netherlands
Thomas Müller’s goal wasn’t enough to win on Tuesday evening either. After a long dominant appearance in the prestige duel with arch-rival Holland, the 1-1 (1-0) in the Dutch metropolis was a fair result in the end.
Even if Hansi Flick was not able to celebrate a win for the first time in his ninth game as national coach, he can look forward to the draw for the World Cup groups this Friday in Qatar’s capital Doha. Four years after the preliminary round in Russia, the DFB team does not have to fear a difficult group.
At the first big World Cup test in front of around 50,000 spectators, the German team put up with top-class failures for a long time. Four potential regulars were missing from the Bayern block in Kimmich, Goretzka, Süle and Gnabry. Flick created new options such as the U21 European champions Nico Schlotterbeck and David Raum in defense or Jamal Musiala. The Bayern talent played cheekily in the Kimmich position in defensive midfield and also prepared Müller’s goal.
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