Michael Rummenigge

Michael Rummenigge (born 3 February 1964) is a German former professional footballer who played as a forward.[1]

Michael Rummenigge
Rummenigge playing for a Borussia Dortmund veterans team in 2011
Personal information
Full name Michael Rummenigge
Date of birth (1964-02-03) 3 February 1964
Place of birth Lippstadt, West Germany
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder, striker
Youth career
1970–1981 Borussia Lippstadt
1981–1982 Bayern Munich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1988 Bayern Munich 152 (44)
1988–1993 Borussia Dortmund 157 (36)
1993–1995 Urawa Reds 42 (13)
Total 351 (93)
National team
1980–1982 West Germany U-18 9 (1)
1983–1985 West Germany U-21 10 (4)
1983–1986 West Germany 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Rummenigge was born in Lippstadt, North Rhine-Westphalia. At the beginning of his career, he did not have it easy as a player with the Bayern Munich star team. He was often compared to his older brother, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, captain of FC Bayern Munich and the German national team. Rummenigge joined Bayern Munich in 1981 as a member of the German junior national team at the age of 17, coming from Borussia Lippstadt. His brother, Karl-Heinz, was already an international top star player. Rummenigge became a professional player in Munich in 1982 and a starter in his second season in 1983. He played for Bayern Munich till 1988. By that time his team had won the German championship three times and the DFB-Pokal two times (in 1984 and 1986).

During his career, Rummenigge was capped twice for the German national team and represented Germany on two occasions in 1983 and 1986.[2]

In 1988, he changed team affiliation to Borussia Dortmund. In spite of not being very popular with Borussia's supporters in the beginning, he won the DFB-Pokal with Dortmund by the end of his first season – the first title for Borussia Dortmund since the 1960s. Borussia Dortmund defeated Werder Bremen 4–1 in Berlin.

In 1991–92, after the arrival of the new BVB coach, Ottmar Hitzfeld, he was appointed captain of the team. In the same year, Borussia Dortmund became the runner-up in the German championship. In 1993, he played in the UEFA Cup final for Borussia Dortmund against Juventus. Dortmund lost 6–1 on aggregate with Rummenigge scoring their only goal.

Rummenigge finished his career in the black and yellow football shirt of Dortmund in 1993. After having played 309 times in the Bundesliga and having scored 80 goals,[3] he moved on to Japan where a professional football league had just been launched. He played for Urawa Red Diamonds, Japan till 1995. At the beginning of 1996 he had to give up his career because of a severe toe injury.

Business

Rummenigge is a trained banker and runs a successful sports marketing agency in Dortmund (Sports & Business) as well as commercial football camps (Fußballschule Michael Rummenigge). In addition he is a partner/shareholder of the Sportnex GmbH in Munich.

He is also a partner of "Germany's best indoor soccer courts"[4] in Münster and launched (together with a different partner) another new business, "Trendsport Rummenigge", which distributes mobile soccer courts, cages and playing fields.

Rummenigge also shows a remarkable social commitment. He works as patron for the initiative "NO DRUGS" – an initiative against drug abuse and also for the association Childrensmile e. V. which supports severely ill and disadvantaged children.

In June 2007, he passed his exam to be a professional football coach with distinction (UEFA Pro licence) at the German sport university in Cologne.

Personal life

Rummenigge is married to Carolin and has three sons.

Career statistics

Club
Source:[5]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bayern Munich 1982–83 Bundesliga 1010
1983–84 33113311
1984–85 245245
1985–86 31103110
1986–87 318318
1987–88 32103210
Total 1524414744
Borussia Dortmund 1988–89 Bundesliga 324324
1989–90 299299
1990–91 318318
1991–92 36103610
1992–93 264264
1993–94 3131
Total 157364917
Urawa Reds 1993 J1 League 612033114
1994 271100212912
1995 9100-91
Total 421320544917
Career total 35193205435897

International
Germany national team
YearAppsGoals
198310
198400
198500
198610
Total20

Honours

Bayern Munich

Borussia Dortmund

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References
  1. "Rummenigge, Michael" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
  2. Arnhold, Matthias (13 September 2018). "Michael Rummenigge - International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  3. Arnhold, Matthias (13 September 2018). "Michael Rummenigge - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  4. "Beste Soccer-Halle Deutschlands". Bolzen-Magazin & 11 Freunde, 2006 and 2007
  5. "Michael Rummenigge". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
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