Dieter Müller

{{short description|German footballer}}

{{BLP sources|date=August 2021}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}

{{Infobox football biography

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| birth_name = Dieter Kaster

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1954|4|1}}

| birth_place = Offenbach, West Germany

| height = 1.82 m

| position = Striker

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = 1964–1969

| youthclubs1 = SG Götzenhain

| youthyears2 = 1969–1972

| youthclubs2 = Kickers Offenbach

| years1 = 1972–1973

| clubs1 = Kickers Offenbach

| caps1 = 2

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1973–1981

| clubs2 = 1. FC Köln

| caps2 = 248

| goals2 = 159

| years3 = 1981–1982

| clubs3 = VfB Stuttgart

| caps3 = 30

| goals3 = 14

| years4 = 1982–1985

| clubs4 = Bordeaux

| caps4 = 93

| goals4 = 43

| years5 = 1985

| clubs5 = Grasshoppers

| caps5 = 7

| goals5 = 3

| years6 = 1985–1986

| clubs6 = 1. FC Saarbrücken

| caps6 = 23

| goals6 = 4

| years7 = 1986–1989

| clubs7 = Kickers Offenbach

| caps7 = 51

| goals7 = 26

| totalcaps = 454

| totalgoals = 249

| nationalyears1 = 1973–1974

| nationalteam1 = West Germany Amateur

| nationalcaps1 = 6

| nationalgoals1 = 2

| nationalyears2 = 1975–1981

| nationalteam2 = West Germany B

| nationalcaps2 = 6

| nationalgoals2 = 6

| nationalyears3 = 1976–1978

| nationalteam3 = West Germany

| nationalcaps3 = 12

| nationalgoals3 = 9

| manageryears1 = 2000

| managerclubs1 = Kickers Offenbach (joint with Oliver Roth)

| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{fb|FRG}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|UEFA European Championship}}

{{Medal|RU|1976 Yugoslavia|}}

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Dieter Müller (né Kaster; 1 April 1954) is a German former professional footballer who played as a forward. He achieved his greatest success playing for 1. FC Köln in the Bundesliga in the late 1970s. Müller scored 177 goals in 303 games in the German league,{{Cite web |last=Arnhold |first=Matthias |date=1 October 2015 |title=Dieter Müller - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga |url=https://www.rsssf.org/players/dmuellerdata.html |access-date=9 October 2015 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}} including six goals in one game in August 1977, a record that still stands. He also played 12 times for West Germany from 1976 to 1978, scoring nine goals.{{Cite web |last=Arnhold |first=Matthias |date=1 October 2015 |title=Dieter Müller - Goals in International Matches |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/dmueller-intlg.html |access-date=9 October 2015 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}