Müller in August 2013
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nicolai Müller | ||
Date of birth | 25 September 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Lohr am Main, West Germany | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Playing position | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Hamburger SV | ||
Number | 27 | ||
Youth career | |||
Eintracht Frankfurt | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2010 | Greuther Fürth II | 64 | (16) |
2006–2011 | Greuther Fürth | 69 | (13) |
2008–2009 | → SV Sandhausen (loan) | 18 | (5) |
2011 | Mainz 05 II | 1 | (1) |
2011–2014 | Mainz 05 | 81 | (21) |
2014– | Hamburger SV | 71 | (13) |
National team‡ | |||
2013– | Germany | 2 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 December 2016. |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 December 2016.
Nicolai Müller (born 25 September 1987) is a German footballer who plays as a winger for Hamburger SV in the Bundesliga.
In June 2015, Müller scored a 115th-minute winner, which helped save Hamburger SV from its first ever relegation, and is considered to be one of the most important goals ever scored in the club's 128-year history.
Müller began his career with TSV Wernfeld aged 11. In 1998, he joined Eintracht Frankfurt who had just won the 2. Bundesliga. He played for Die Adler until 2003, when he joined SpVgg Greuther Fürth.
In 2006, Müller moved up to Greuther Fürth II in the Bayernliga. He would play for Fürth's reserves for the next three years until midway through the 2008–09 season, when he was loaned out to 3. Liga side SV Sandhausen, who he helped to an eighth-place finish in the first ever 3. Liga campaign. For the next season, Müller returned to Greuther Fürth. He finally broke into the first team with the Cloverleaves in the 2009–10 season and continued to play for the first team in 2010–11. This would be his last year with Fürth, though they finished fourth, as at the end of the season Müller joined Mainz 05.
Müller signed a contract lasting until 2015 with the Bundesliga club. His debut came against Hannover 96 in August as a substitute for Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting in the last minute. His first start came three games later against Borussia Dortmund and he scored his first Bundesliga goal.
On 6 August 2014, Müller joined Hamburger SV signing a four-year contract. His debut for HSV came on the third matchday against Hannover 96 in the 2–0 loss at the HDI-Arena. After the game, Hamburg coach Mirko Slomka left the club and Josef Zinnbauer took charge for the next match against Bayern Munich, in which Müller started and received his first booking for a 59th-minute foul on Dante.