| Capital: | € 2 million |
| Age: | 83 |
| Born: | 11/05/1936 |
| Country of origin: | Germany |
| Source of wealth: | Soccer player |
| Last updated: | 2020 |
Short introduction
Uwe Seeler is a former professional soccer player, while he is active, he is considered one of the best strikers in the world.
Among other things, he was the top scorer in the Bundesliga while playing for Hamburger SV, as the captain of the German national team, he runner-up in 1966 and ended third in 1970 the World Cup appointed the honor captain of the national team. In 2003 he also made his Hamburg honorary citizen.
He still enjoyed legendary status, especially in Hamburg, and is considered one of the best players ever played for Hamburger SV.
Early life
Uke was born by the third and last child Erwin and Anny Seeler, his brother was a soccer dieter Seeler player.
He came into contact with football very early because he came from athlete’s family. His father, who earned a living as a pier worker, was a famous soccer player in the city of Hanseatic between the 1920s and in the 1940s. At the end of his father’s career (who played for HSV at the end), he also enrolled his sons with HSV.
Since 1946 his sons, Uwe and Dieter have played at Hamburger SV.
Uwe Seler attended elementary school in Hamburg-Eppendorf, after completing the school he began an internship as a forwarding agent.
Career
From 1946-1953 UKAMI played at HSV youth, for his first assignment with men, he came in early 1953 at the age of 16. A year later he could play permanently for men with special authorization DFB. This allows it to fight for the usual place very early and to get a lot of exercises from a young age.
In the next game, he scored almost every match and thus strengthened his reputation as the best German center in the future. The hit rate is very high so he scored 404 goals in 19 years at Hamburger SV and 476 appearance. This quality is not considered in the world of European football for a long time and so Seeler has received a very profitable offer from Inter Milan in 1961, the club offers around 1.2 million Deutsche as a transfer fee. But Ukami rejected the change and remained loyal to Hamburger SV, who tried to maintain tranquility by all means.
In further courses he was the top scorer and also chose this year’s soccer player in Germany. Seeler also caused an international sensation with Hamburger SV, because in 1968 they reached the European Cup winning Cup final, but lost to AC Milan 2-0. It was also the final final of Uwe Seeler, because in May 1972 Seeler resigned as an active footballer after playing with HSV against world selection.
Career highlights
One of the highlights was clearly a participation in the European Cup final final, but our UK was also convincing on the national team from 1954-1970. Here he scored 43 goals in 72 appearances and was able to flash his class as center ahead.
During this time he played with Great like Franz Beckenbauer and showed a strong show on the national team. With this team, he also participated in the World Cup final in England in 1966, because he shot the national team with a 2-1 victory over Sweden to the final.
The German national team managed to the final, where they finally met with their hosts. This final is considered one of the most legendary World Cup finals in the history of football, because it resembles a Thriller of a True Football Crime. Germany lost game 2: 4 NV and became the representative of the world champion.
Even though the team at that time was considered as the strongest one in the history of football in Germany, after 16 years with the semeler national team could not record the title.
In the last international match in his 72nd mission against Hungary, he could beat Paul Janes unbeaten record in 1970.
He is one of the few players who managed to register on the list of top scorers in the four World Cup tournaments where he participated. Besides him, only a few players like Miroslav Klose, Cristiano Ronaldo and Pele managed to do this.
Amazing facts
Even after his career as a soccer player, he was still active in other areas and was also very successful. So he founded his own sports company and also had a gas station.
He also worked in various voluntary positions and appeared again and again for charity purposes.
He has been married to his wife Ilka since 1959, has three daughters and seven grandchildren.
Because of its loyalty to Hamburger SV and its legendary status, it is referred to as “Unt Uwe”, which comes from low Germany and means “our uwe”.
In the 1963/64 season, he secured the title of the top scorer in the Bundesliga with 30 goals.
Uwe Seeler, Live Legend!
