Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
| Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | September 25 1955 | |
| Place of birth | Lippstadt, Germany | |
| Height | m ({{FORMATNUM:5 ft 111⁄2 in}}) | |
| Playing position | Forward | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | retired | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1963-1974 | Borussia Lippstadt | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1974-1984 1984-1987 1988-1989 |
FC Bayern Munich Internazionale Servette FC |
310 (162) 64 (24) 50 (34) |
| National team | ||
| 1976-1986 | 95 (45) | |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Karl-Heinz "Kalle" Rummenigge (born September 25, 1955 in Lippstadt) is a former
He had his greatest successes in his time with Bayern Munich, where he won the
Career as player
Club
Rummenigge was born in Lippstadt,
He joined Bayern Munich in 1974, coming from the Westphalian amateur side Borussia Lippstadt, for a transfer fee of ca. € 10,000. He immediately showed great strength as a dribbler. His striking qualities were initially insignificant, but would find great improvement in later years, particularly after the arrival of coach Pal Csernai in 1979. In 1979/80 he scored 26 goals and became for the first time the Bundesliga's top striker, a feat he could repeat in 1981 and 1984 with 29 and 26 goals, respectively. His record of 1981 is hitherto unmatched.
With Bayern he won in 1975 and 1976 the European Cup of Champions. In 1975 he
did not take part in the final of the competition, whilst in the year thereafter a glass of brandy sufficiently prepared the
nervous Rummenigge to contribute to the defeat of AS Saint-Etienne. In the same year he
became also part of the team that prevailed in the
In the era of coach Csernai he found in midfielder Paul Breitner a congenial partner and he formed such a formidable one-two-punch that they were only called Breitnigge.
The club, then often dubbed as “FC Breitnigge”, won in this period the German championships of 1980 and 1981, and the German Cup in 1982 und 1984. A renewed triumph in the European Champions Cup was denied, when the club lost the 1982 final narrowly against Aston Villa. In the season before Rummenigge was top-scorer in this competition with 6 goals.
His substantial contribution to the successes of the club and the
In 1984, aged 29, he was sold for a record fee of € 5.7m[1] to Internazionale. Despite a notable beginning, in which he helped the team to race until the end for the 1984-1985 scudetto, Rumenigge's career in Italy was mostly marred by injury problems so he return to germany to play to his old team Bayern Munich. At the end of his contract in 1988 Rummenigge moved on to Swiss first division club Servette FC in Geneva, where he saw his career out. In his last season, 1989/89 he had his last success, becoming top scorer of Switzerland with 24 goals.
National team
With the
Rummenigge also took part in two European Championship tournaments. In the
Altogether, between 1976 and 1986, Rummenigge amassed 95 caps and scored 45 goals for the German national team.
Football management
From 1990 until 1994 Rummenigge worked as a TV co-commentator for matches of the German national team. In the autumn of 1991, Bayern Munich invited Franz Beckenbauer and Rummenigge to return to the club as vice presidents. Rummenigge held this position until 2002, when he was appointed Chairman of Executive Board of the newly corporatised football department of the club. According to the club, “in his role as chairman he is responsible for external relations, new media, board affairs and representing the holding company on national and international bodies.”
Miscellaneous
In April 1983, the British pop duo Alan & Denise recorded a tribute song about his "sexy knees" in the song "Rummenigge, what a man". The record reached number 43 in German charts.
In March 2004 he was named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers.
His brother Michael Rummenigge was also a noteworthy footballer. He played as
forward for Bayern Munich and
Career overview
| Period | Club | Matches/Goals | Titles | Caps / Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963-74 | Borussia Lippstadt | |||
| 1974-84 | FC Bayern Munich | 310 / 162 | European Cup of Champions: 1975, 1976 Championship: 1980, 1981 German Cup: 1982, 1984 |
78 / 40 |
| 1984-87 | Internazionale | 64 / 24 | 17 / 5 | |
| 1987-89 | Servette FC Genève | 50 / 34 | - | |
| 1976-86 | 95 / 45 | 95 / 45 | ||
| Also: | Finalist at the World Cup: 1982, 1986. Finalist of the European Cup of Champions: 1982, | |||
| Personal Distinctions | ||||
| 1980 | Top Scorer Bundesliga | 26 Goals | ||
| 1981 | Top Scorer Bundesliga | 29 Goals | ||
| 1984 | Top Scorer Bundesliga | 26 Goals | ||
| 1989 | Top Scorer Swiss League | 24 Goals | ||
| 1980 | German Footballer of the Year | |||
| 1980 | European Footballer of the Year | |||
| 1981 | European Footballer of the Year | |||
- He is the 11th most capped player for Germany (inclusive of three East German Players)
- He is the 5th most successful striker for Germany (inclusive one East German player)
- He is the tenth most prolific scorer of all time in Bundesliga history
- With Bayern Munich he is the second most prolific scorer of all time in league history after Gerd Müller
References
- ^ Schulze-Marmeling, Dietrich (2003). Die Bayern. Die Geschichte des deutschen Rekordmeisters (in German). Die Werkstatt, 637. ISBN 389533426X.
External links
- Karl-Heinz Rummenigge @ FCB.de
- Karl-Heinz Rummenigge @ soccer-europe.com
- Autograph Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
| Preceded by Kevin Keegan |
European Footballer
of the Year 1980, 1981 |
Succeeded by Paolo Rossi |
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| 1 Schumacher • 2 Briegel •
3 Breitner • 4 K. Förster • 5 B. Förster • 6 Dremmler •
7 Littbarski • 8 Fischer • 9 Hrubesch •
10 Müller • 11 Rummenigge • 12 Hannes •
13 Reinders • 14 Magath • 15 Stielike •
16 Allofs • 17 Engels • 18 Matthäus •
19 Hieronymus • 20 Kaltz • 21 Franke •
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| 1 Schumacher • 2 Briegel •
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