Paul Breitner
Paul Breitner in 2011
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Paul Breitner | ||
| Date of birth | 5 September 1951 | ||
| Place of birth | Kolbermoor, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back, Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1957–1961 | SV-DJK Kolbermoor | ||
| 1961–1970 | ESV Freilassing | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1970–1974 | Bayern Munich | 109 | (17) |
| 1974–1977 | Real Madrid | 84 | (10) |
| 1977–1978 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 30 | (10) |
| 1978–1983 | Bayern Munich | 146 | (66) |
| Total | 369 | (103) | |
| National team | |||
| 1968–1970 | West Germany Youth | 16 | (1) |
| 1971 | West Germany U-23 | 1 | (0) |
| 1971–1982 | West Germany | 48 | (10) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Paul Breitner (born 5 September 1951 in Kolbermoor, Bavaria) is a former German footballer, who played as a midfielder or as a defender. One of Germany's most controversial players, he earned 48 caps for West Germany. He was known for his partnerships with Franz Beckenbauer and Berti Vogts in defence for the German national team, and his midfield combination with Karl-Heinz Rummenigge for Bayern.
Breitner was an integral part of the West Germany team that won the 1974 FIFA World Cup, scoring in the final. He also scored in the final of the 1982 World Cup, making him one of only four players to have scored in two different World Cup final matches, the others being Pelé, Vavá and Zinédine Zidane.
One of the greatest German players of all time, Breitner was named in the FIFA World Cup All-Time Team, and was named by Pelé one of the top 125 greatest living footballers at a FIFA Awards ceremony in 2004. Breitner has been working as a commentator, pundit and columnist in Germany since retiring and is also an advisor to the Bayern management board.
Breitner's football career lasted from 1970 until 1983, mainly playing for Bayern Munich (1970–74 and 1978–83) and Real Madrid (1974–78), with one season playing for Eintracht Braunschweig. His early success was as a free roaming left back, as likely to score from the right midfield as to stop an attacker in his own penalty area. Later in his career he moved to midfield and became one of the top midfielders through the early 1980s.
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