Lucien Muller

Lucien Muller-Schmidt (born 3 September 1934) is a French former football player and manager who played as a midfielder.

Lucien Muller
Muller in 1959
Personal information
Full name Lucien Muller-Schmidt
Date of birth (1934-09-03) 3 September 1934
Place of birth Bischwiller, Bas-Rhin, France
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
FC Bischwiller
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1953–1957 Strasbourg 79 (17)
1957–1959 Toulouse 69 (19)
1959–1962 Reims 107 (19)
1962–1965 Real Madrid 77 (2)
1965–1968 Barcelona 68 (3)
1968–1970 Reims 36 (5)
Total 436 (65)
International career
1959–1964 France 16 (3)
Managerial career
1970–1974 Castellón
1975–1976 Burgos
1976–1977 Zaragoza
1977–1978 Burgos
1978–1979 Barcelona
1979–1981 Burgos
1981–1983 Mallorca
1983–1986 Monaco
1987–1988 Mallorca
1991 Castellón
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He was part of France at FIFA World Cup 1966 but did not play any match.

Career

Born in Bischwiller, Muller started out in Alsace, his native region, and then made a name for himself with the Stade de Reims, with whom he was twice crowned French champion. He then moved to Real Madrid, with whom he played in the European Cup final in 1964 and won the league three times. He later moved to FC Barcelona. Although he was touted as the successor to Raymond Kopa, his performances in the blaugrana shirt never matched his club performances. He was nevertheless part of the French team that participated in the 1966 FIFA World Cup. He returned to Reims at the end of his career.

He briefly returned to Barcelona as a coach in the late 1970s, leading the club to the European Cup Winners' Cup Final, before being replaced by Joaquim Rifé. He later on trained AS Monaco, RCD Mallorca and CD Castellón.


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