Bayern Munich and Germany legend Gerd Muller has passed on at 75 years old. 


Perhaps the best striker ever, Muller scored 68 objectives in 62 appearances for West Germany, remembering the triumphant objective for the 1974 World Cup last against the Netherlands. 


He likewise scored 547 objectives in 594 serious games during 15 years at Bundesliga monsters Bayern. 


"Today is a miserable, dark day for FC Bayern and the entirety of its fans," Bayern president Herbert Hainer said. 


"Gerd Muller was the best striker there has at any point been – and a fine individual, a character in world football. We are joined in profound distress with his significant other Uschi and his family. 



"Without Gerd Muller, FC Bayern would not be the club we as a whole love today. His name and the memory of him will live on until the end of time." 


'Probably the best legend ever' 


Muller, a two times German footballer of the year, won the Golden Boot for mesh 10 objectives at the 1970 World Cup and furthermore won the Ballon d'Or that year. 


He helped West Germany win the European Championship two years after the fact, scoring twice in a 3-0 win against the Soviet Union in the last. 


"The information on Gerd Muller's demise profoundly disheartens us all," Bayern CEO Oliver Kahn said. 


"He's probably the best legend throughout the entire existence of FC Bayern, his accomplishments are unmatched right up 'til today and will perpetually be a piece of the incredible history of FC Bayern and all of German football. 


"As a player and an individual, Gerd Muller represents FC Bayern and its improvement into perhaps the greatest club on the planet like no other. Gerd will perpetually be in our souls." 


A record holder for quite a long time 


During his 15 years at Bayern, Muller was the Bundesliga's top scorer multiple times. He additionally held the record for the most objectives in a schedule year subsequent to scoring 85 out of 1972 until Lionel Messi outperformed his complete in 2012. 


His record of 40 objectives in a Bundesliga season – scored in 1971-72 – represented 49 years before it was broken by Robert Lewandowski in May. 



Altogether, Muller helped Bayern win four Bundesliga and DFB Cup titles, three European Cups, an European Cup Winners' Cup and an Intercontinental Cup. 


In 2015, the club declared he had been determined to have Alzheimer's infection. 


'The Muhammad Ali of the punishment box' 


Brought into the world on 3 November 1945, Muller joined Bayern in 1964. With his short height and stocky form he was nicknamed "short, fat Muller" by his first mentor at the club, Zlatko Cajkovski. 


In any case, Muller immediately fostered a standing for being a clinical striker and his objectives helped Bayern win the class title multiple times somewhere in the range of 1969 and 1974. 


His ability in the punishment box immediately made him perhaps the most dreaded advances at club and worldwide level, with another Bayern incredible – Karl-Heinz Rummenigge – portraying Muller in 2015 as "the best ever, the Muhammad Ali of the punishment box". 


Muller resigned from worldwide football not long after aiding West Germany win the World Cup in 1974, matured only 28, however kept on getting a charge out of progress at Bayern prior to leaving in 1979 to join Fort Lauderdale Strikers. 


He played three seasons in the United States prior to declaring his retirement in 1982. 


An objective machine for club and nation – Muller's astounding numbers 


With 365 objectives in 427 Bundesliga matches, he is the record scorer in Bundesliga history. 


He scored 40 objectives in 1971-72 – a Bundesliga record which was broken last season by Robert Lewandowski (41). 


In the 1969-70 season, he scored in 16 progressive Bundesliga matches, an imprint still whole. 


He was the top scorer in seven Bundesliga seasons – likewise a record. 


The "Aircraft der Nation" ("the country's Bomber") is likewise the best scorer in German Cup history – he scored all the more regularly (78 objectives) than he messed around (62). 


Just Miroslav Klose has scored more objectives for the German public group (71) than Muller (68). Be that as it may, Klose likewise played more than twice as numerous global matches (137) as Muller (62).