Today Gerd Müller officially presented the new adidas Golden boot trophy for the FIFA World CUP 2006™. The adidas Golden boot is the official FIFA trophy awarded to the Top Scorer of the FIFA World Cup™ tournament.
Even though Gerd Müller became World Champion in 1974 with Germany, he experienced his personal best tournament at the 1970 FIFA World Cup™ in Mexico. During that tournament he formed a formidable striking partnership with Uwe Seeler and won the adidas Golden Boot after scoring 10 goals!
On July 9, immediately following the Final of the 2006 FIFA World Cup™, adidas and FIFA will formally announce the winners of the adidas Golden, Silver and Bronze boot for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
On July 6 FIFA President Blatter, the president of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Germany Organizing Committee Franz Beckenbauer, and President and CEO of the adidas Group Herbert Hainer will be announcing the 10 players nominated for the adidas Golden Ball, the official trophy for the most valuable player of the tournament.
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Gerd Müller:
Date / place of Birth: 3 November, 1945, Nördlingen, Germany
International appearances: 62
International goals: 68
1970: FIFA World Cup™ Golden Shoe winner (10 goals)
1974: FIFA World Cup™ Germany Champion
The adidas Golden Boot: The official FIFA trophy for the tournament’s Top Scorer
1930 FIFA World Cup™ Uruguay Guillermo Stábile (Argentina)
1934 FIFA World Cup™ Italy Oldrich Nejedly (Czechoslovakia), Edmund Conen (Germany), Angelo Schiavio (Italy)
1938 FIFA World Cup™ France Leonidas (Brazil)
1950 FIFA World Cup™ Brazil Ademir (Brazil)
1954 FIFA World Cup™ Switzerland Sandor Kocsis (Hungary)
1958 FIFA World Cup™ Sweden Juste Fontaine (France)
1962 FIFA World Cup™ Chile Florian Albert (Hungary), Valentin Ivanov (Soviet Union), Drazen Jerkovic (Yugoslavia), Leonel Sánchez (Chile), Vavá (Brazil), Garrincha (Brazil)
1966 FIFA World Cup™ England Eusebio (Portugal)
1970 FIFA World Cup™ Mexico Gerd Müller (Germany)
1974 FIFA World Cup™ Germany Grzegorz Lato (Poland)
1978 FIFA World Cup™Argentina Mario Kempes (Argentina)
1982 FIFA World Cup™ Spain Paolo Rossi (Italy)
1986 FIFA World Cup™ Mexico Gary Lineker (England)
1990 FIFA World Cup™ Italy Salvatore Schillacim(Italy)
1994 FIFA World Cup™ USA Hristo Stoitchkov (Bulgaria), Oleg Salenko (Russia)
1998 FIFA World Cup™ France Davor Suker (Croatia)
2002 FIFA World Cup™ Korea / Japan Ronaldo (Brazil)
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