Manfred Burgsmuller
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 December 1949 | ||
| Place of birth | Essen, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker / Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1967 | VfB Recklinghausen | ||
| 1967–1968 | Rot-Weiss Essen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1968–1971 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 12 | (0) |
| 1971–1974 | Bayer Uerdingen | 101 | (80) |
| 1974–1976 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 64 | (32) |
| 1976 | Bayer Uerdingen | 7 | (1) |
| 1976–1983 | Borussia Dortmund | 224 | (135) |
| 1983–1984 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 34 | (12) |
| 1984–1985 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 50 | (36) |
| 1985–1990 | Werder Bremen | 115 | (34) |
| Total | 607 | (330) | |
| National team | |||
| 1975–1978 | West Germany B | 8 | (8) |
| 1977–1978 | West Germany | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Manfred "Manni" Burgsmüller (born 22 December 1949) is a retired German footballer who played mainly as a striker – he could occasionally operate as a midfielder.
He appeared in 447 Bundesliga games over the course of 17 seasons, mainly for Borussia Dortmund and Werder Bremen, scoring 213 goals. After retiring professionally in his 40's, he played as a kicker in American football.
During his early career, Burgsmüller played in two different spells for local Rot-Weiss Essen and Bayer Uerdingen alike. In his first stint with the latter club, in the regional leagues, he scored 29 goals in two separate seasons, followed by 22. After failing to score initially for Essen, he returned in 1974 and netted an average of 16 per year.
In October 1976, Burgsmüller left Uerdingen for Borussia Dortmund. At Dortmund, he fielded almost exclusively as a midfielder, but also had the most productive years of his career individually there, never netting fewer than 15 goals in the Bundesliga). In the 1980–81 campaign, he scored a career-best – in division one – 27 goals, helping the North Rhine-Westphalia side finish in seventh position, and ranking second in the goalscorers' chart, just two behind Karl-Heinz Rummenigge who played for champions FC Bayern Munich.
After one sole season with 1. FC Nürnberg, Burgsmüller moved to the second level with Rot-Weiß Oberhausen. In his first year, he was crucial as the team narrowly avoided relegation, scoring 29 times and being crowned Torjäger, with 12 goals more than the next player.
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