Uwe Seeler: German footballer (1936–2022)

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

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

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			German Championship		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	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	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	8	40	20
	1968–69		33	23	–		3	1	4	3	40	27
	1969–70		30	17	–		2	0	2	0	34	17
	1970–71		25	9	–		2	3	1	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

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