Nicolai Müller

Nicolai Müller (born 25 September 1987) is a German footballer who plays for Western Sydney Wanderers in the A League.[1]

Nicolai Müller
Müller in August 2013
Personal information
Full name Nicolai Müller
Date of birth (1987-09-25) 25 September 1987
Place of birth Lohr am Main, West Germany
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Western Sydney Wanderers
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)
2014–2018 Hamburger SV 83 (16)
2018–2019 Eintracht Frankfurt 7 (2)
2019 → Hannover 96 (loan) 14 (3)
2019– Western Sydney Wanderers 19 (5)
National team‡
2013 Germany 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 August 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 June 2013

Club career

Early career

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.

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.

Mainz 05

Müller signed a contract lasting until 2015 with the Bundesliga club.[2] 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.

Hamburger SV

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.

Müller scored Hamburg's first goal of the 2014–15 season when he equalised against Eintracht Frankfurt on 28 September 2014. HSV eventually lost the game to a Lucas Piazon free-kick in the last minute.

HSV avoided relegation through the relegation play off for the second successive season in Müller's debut year, as he came on as a substitute and scored a 115th-minute winner during the relegation play-off game that took place at the end of the Bundesliga season, against Karlsruher SC.[3] Müller's goal ensured that HSV would stay in the Bundesliga for the next year, keeping their unique status as the only team to have played in the Bundesliga for every year since its formation, as they won 3–2 on aggregate.[4]

On 20 August 2017, the first matchday of the 2017–18 Bundesliga season, Müller got injured while celebrating scoring a goal against FC Augsburg. Medical examination confirmed that the striker had ruptured the ACL in his right knee and would be out for approximately seven months.[5] He returned to the pitch on matchday 33, in a 3–0 defeat away to Eintracht Frankfurt.[5]

Eintracht Frankfurt

After the 2017–18 season Hamburger SV got relegated from the Bundesliga and Müller joined Eintracht Frankfurt on a free transfer signing a two-year contract until summer 2020.[5] On 30 December 2018, it was announced that Müller would be loaned out to Hannover 96 for the remainder of the 2018–19 season.[6]

Western Sydney Wanderers

In October 2019, Müller joined Australian club Western Sydney Wanderers as an injury replacement for Radosław Majewski.[7]

Career statistics
As of 12 May 2018
ClubSeasonLeagueCup1Continental2Other3Total
LeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Greuther Fürth2006–072. Bundesliga2000—20
2007–08501060
2009–1029641337
2010–1133720357
Totals691371—7614
Greuther Fürth II2006–07Oberliga Bayern3510—3510
2007–08114114
2008–09Regionalliga Süd161161
2009–102121
Totals6416—6416
SV Sandhausen (loan)2008–093. Liga185——185
Mainz 05 II2011–12Regionalliga West1111
Mainz 052011–12Bundesliga2342010264
2012–1332841—369
2013–14269212810
Totals81218210—9023
Hamburger SV2014–15Bundesliga27110—11292
2015–1629900—299
2016–1725520275
2017–18211031
Totals831640—115817
Eintracht Frankfurt2018–19Bundesliga721040–122
Hannover 96 (loan)2018–190000–00
Career totals32374203501134978
Source:[8]

International career

On 29 May 2013, Müller made his German international debut in a friendly match against Ecuador in Boca Raton, Florida, entering as a last-minute substitute for Lukas Podolski.

References
  1. "Wanderers sign Nicolai Müller". wswanderersfc. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  2. Mainz 05: Nicolai Müller von SpVgg Greuther Fürth verpflichtet – Soto verlängert; Artikel der Allgemeinen Zeitung. Rhein-Main-Presse.
  3. "Hamburg avoid Bundesliga relegation with play-off win". BBC Sport. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  4. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32969611
  5. "Rückkehr perfekt! Eintracht verstärkt sich mit "Fan" Müller". Hessenschau (in German). 12 June 2018. Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  6. "Wechsel zu 96: Nicolai Müller soll Hannover retten" (in German). Kicker. 30 December 2018.
  7. Bossi, Dominic (16 October 2019). "Wanderers sign former German international Nicolai Muller". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  8. "Nicolai Müller » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
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