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Uwe Seeler

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German association football player (1936–2022)

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Uwe Seeler was a German association football player, businessperson, and actor. Born in Hamburg on November 5, 1936, he played as a forward for Hamburger SV, Cork Celtic F.C., and the Germany men's national association football team. His professional career spanned from 1954 to 1978, during which he represented West Germany. Seeler participated in the 1958, 1962, 1966, and 1970 FIFA World Cups. He was also a relative of Levin Öztunalı.

Seeler authored works including *Danke, Fußball!*. He passed away on July 21, 2022, in Norderstedt.

Synthesized by Vinony from 43 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Thesportsdb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
2

Top works

  • Danke, Fußball!

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Acting · Hamburg, Germany

Known for

  • Best Goalkeeper in the World — Self2021
  • Uwe Seeler - Einer von uns — self2021
  • Sportclub Story — Self2015
  • 50 Jahre Bundesliga - Best of Bundesliga 1963-20132013
  • Ligafieber — Self2013
  • Crime Scene Cleaner — Uwe Seeler2011
  • Markus Lanz — Self2008
  • Die WM-Show mit Jörg Pilawa — Self2006
  • Gib mich die Kirsche! – Die 1. deutsche Fußballrolle — himself2004
  • Our Best — Self2003

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United States

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
8
Total plays
41

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Uwe+Seeler">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · Uwe Seeler

Key facts

1978
Cork Celtic
Date of birth
( 1936-11-05 ) 5 November 1936
Place of birth
Hamburg , Germany
Date of death
21 July 2022 (2022-07-21) (aged 85)
Place of death
Norderstedt , Germany
Height
1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position
Striker
1946 1953
Hamburger SV
Years
Team
1953 1972
Hamburger SV
1953 1954
West Germany U-18
1954 1970
West Germany

via Wikipedia infobox

Sports profile

Sport
Soccer
Team
_Deceased Soccer
Position
Forward
Nationality
Germany

via TheSportsDB

~7 min read

Encyclopedic overview

* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Uwe Seeler ( German pronunciation: [ˈuːvə ˈzeːlɐ]; 5 November 1936 – 21 July 2022) was a German footballer and football official. As a striker, he was a prolific scorer for Hamburger SV and also made 72 appearances for the West Germany national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in German football history, Seeler was named one of FIFA's 100 greatest living players by Pelé in 2004. He was the first football player to be awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Uwe Seeler” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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