Uwe Seeler

Uwe Seeler
	Seeler in 1968
Personal information
Date of birth	5 November 1936
Place of birth	Hamburg, Germany
Date of death	21 July 2022 (aged 85)
Place of death	Norderstedt, Germany
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1946–1953	Hamburger SV
Senior career*
Years	Team
1953–1972	Hamburger SV[1]
1978	Cork Celtic
Total
National team
1953–1954	West Germany U-18
1954–1970	West Germany
Honours
Men's football
Representing West Germany
FIFA World Cup
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Uwe Seeler (German pronunciation: [ˈuːvə ˈzeːlɐ];5 November 1936 – 21 July 2022) was a German football player. He played for Hamburger SV and West Germany national team.

Seeler died on 21 July 2022 in Norderstedt, Germany at the age of 85.[2]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[3][4]
Club	Season	League			German Championship[lower-alpha 1]		DFB-Pokal		Europe		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hamburger SV	1954–55	Oberliga Nord	26	28	5	1	1	2	–		32	31
	1955–56		29	32	5	4	2	2	–		36	37
	1956–57		26	31	4	2	1	0	–		31	33
	1957–58		24	22	4	2	–		–		28	26
	1958–59		27	29	4	5	1	0	–		32	34
	1959–60		26	36	7	13	1	0	–		34	49
	1960–61		23	29	6	8	–		7[lower-alpha 2]	5	36	42
	1961–62		28	28	2	4	–		–		30	32
	1962–63		28	32	6	2	4	6	–		38	40
	1963–64	Bundesliga	30	30	–		2	2	6[lower-alpha 3]	5	38	37
	1964–65		19	14	–		1	1	–		20	15
	1965–66		23	11	–		2	1	–		25	12
	1966–67		23	10	–		5	3	–		28	13
	1967–68		30	12	–		1	0	9[lower-alpha 3]	8	40	20
	1968–69		33	23	–		3	1	4[lower-alpha 4]	3	40	27
	1969–70		30	17	–		2	0	2[lower-alpha 4]	0	34	17
	1970–71		25	9	–		2	3	1[lower-alpha 4]	0	28	12
	1971–72		26	11	–		4	3	–		30	14
	Total		476	404	43	41	32	24	29	21	580	490
Cork Celtic	1977–78	League of Ireland	1	2	–		–		–		1	2
Career total			477	406	43	41	32	24	29	21	581	492

Before the Bundesliga, the national champion was determined in a series of knock-out games after the domestic league ended.
Appearances in European Cup
Appearances in European Cup Winners' Cup
Appearances in UEFA Cup

Appearances and goals by national team and year[5]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Germany	1954	3	0
	1955	0	0
	1956	1	0
	1957	0	0
	1958	9	5
	1959	5	6
	1960	5	4
	1961	6	5
	1962	7	2
	1963	3	3
	1964	3	4
	1965	1	1
	1966	12	7
	1967	3	1
	1968	1	0
	1969	3	0
	1970	10	5
Total		72	43

Hamburger SV

West Germany

Individual

Becker, Robert: Uwe Seeler und seine goldenen Tore. Copress, München 1991, ISBN 3-7679-0363-6
Seeler, Uwe: Danke, Fußball! – Mein Leben. Rowohlt-Verlag, Reinbek 2003, ISBN 978-3-498-06375-7 (auch als Hörbuch auf 1 CD, Hörbuch Hamburg, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-89903-133-4)

"Uwe Seeler - Spielerprofil - DFB" (in German). dfb.de. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
Germany and Hamburg legend Uwe Seeler dies, aged 85
Arnhold, Matthias (2 November 2007). "Uwe Seeler – Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". rsssf.com. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
"Uwe Seeler". World Football. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
Mamrud, Roberto (2 November 2002). "Uwe Seeler – Goals in International matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (20 October 2015). "FIFA XI´s Matches - Full Info". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
"Bundesliga Historie 1969/70" (in German). kicker.

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1966 FIFA World Cup Team of the Tournament
Goalkeeper	Gordon Banks
Defenders	Djalma Santos Willi Schulz George Cohen Vicente Bobby Moore Silvio Marzolini
Midfielders	Franz Beckenbauer Mário Coluna Bobby Charlton Valery Voronin
Forwards	Ferenc Bene Flórián Albert Uwe Seeler Eusébio António Simões

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