Uwe Seeler

Uwe Seeler
	Seeler in 1968
Personal information
Date of birth	5 November 1936
Place of birth	Hamburg, Germany
Date of death	21 July 2022 (aged 85)
Place of death	Norderstedt, Germany
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1946–1953	Hamburger SV
Senior career*
Years	Team
1953–1972	Hamburger SV
1978	Cork Celtic
Total
National team
1953–1954	West Germany U-18
1954–1970	West Germany
Honours
Men's football
Representing West Germany
FIFA World Cup
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Uwe Seeler (German pronunciation: [ˈuːvə ˈzeːlɐ];5 November 1936 – 21 July 2022) was a German football player. He played for Hamburger SV and West Germany national team.

Seeler died on 21 July 2022 in Norderstedt, Germany at the age of 85.^[2]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[3]^[4]
Club	Season	League			German Championship^[a]		DFB-Pokal		Europe		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hamburger SV	1954–55	Oberliga Nord	26	28	5	1	1	2	–		32	31
	1955–56		29	32	5	4	2	2	–		36	37
	1956–57		26	31	4	2	1	0	–		31	33
	1957–58		24	22	4	2	–		–		28	26
	1958–59		27	29	4	5	1	0	–		32	34
	1959–60		26	36	7	13	1	0	–		34	49
	1960–61		23	29	6	8	–		7^[b]	5	36	42
	1961–62		28	28	2	4	–		–		30	32
	1962–63		28	32	6	2	4	6	–		38	40
	1963–64	Bundesliga	30	30	–		2	2	6^[c]	5	38	37
	1964–65		19	14	–		1	1	–		20	15
	1965–66		23	11	–		2	1	–		25	12
	1966–67		23	10	–		5	3	–		28	13
	1967–68		30	12	–		1	0	9^[c]	8	40	20
	1968–69		33	23	–		3	1	4^[d]	3	40	27
	1969–70		30	17	–		2	0	2^[d]	0	34	17
	1970–71		25	9	–		2	3	1^[d]	0	28	12
	1971–72		26	11	–		4	3	–		30	14
	Total		476	404	43	41	32	24	29	21	580	490
Cork Celtic	1977–78	League of Ireland	1	2	–		–		–		1	2
Career total			477	406	43	41	32	24	29	21	581	492

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[5]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Germany	1954	3	0
	1955	0	0
	1956	1	0
	1957	0	0
	1958	9	5
	1959	5	6
	1960	5	4
	1961	6	5
	1962	7	2
	1963	3	3
	1964	3	4
	1965	1	1
	1966	12	7
	1967	3	1
	1968	1	0
	1969	3	0
	1970	10	5
Total		72	43

Hamburger SV

West Germany

Individual

Becker, Robert: Uwe Seeler und seine goldenen Tore. Copress, München 1991, ISBN 3-7679-0363-6
Seeler, Uwe: Danke, Fußball! – Mein Leben. Rowohlt-Verlag, Reinbek 2003, ISBN 978-3-498-06375-7 (auch als Hörbuch auf 1 CD, Hörbuch Hamburg, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-89903-133-4)