Manfred Burgsmüller

**Manfred** "**Manni**" **Burgsmüller** (22 December 1949 – 18 May 2019) was a German footballer. He played as a striker and sometimes as a midfielder.

Burgsmüller was born in Essen. He appeared in 447 Bundesliga games over the course of 17 seasons, scoring 213 goals. He played mainly for Borussia Dortmund and Werder Bremen. He also played Rot-Weiss Essen, Bayer Uerdingen, 1. FC Nürnberg and Rot-Weiß Oberhausen. He also played three games for West Germany. After retirement, he played as a kicker in American football.

Burgsmüller died in Essen on 18 May 2019, at the age of 69.

### Club

|rowspan=2|Club|rowspan=2|Season|colspan=3|League|colspan=2|DFB-Pokal|colspan=2|Europe|colspan=2|Other|colspan=2|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=4|Rot-Weiss Essen|1968–69|Regionalliga|2|0|0|0|—|—|8|0|||
|1969–70|rowspan=2|Bundesliga|8|0|0|0|—|—|8|0||||
|1970–71|2|0|0|0|—|—|2|0||||||
|rowspan=4|Bayer Uerdingen|1971–72|rowspan=3|Regionalliga|34|22|0|0|—|—|34|22||
|1972–73|33|29|0|0|—|—|33|29||||||
|1973–74|34|29|0|0|—|—|34|29||||||
|rowspan=3|Rot-Weiss Essen|1974–75|rowspan=2|Bundesliga|34|18|6|5|—|—|40|23||
|1975–76|30|14|1|0|—|—|31|14||||||
|Bayer Uerdingen|1976–77|2. Bundesliga|7|1|2|3|—|—|9|4||||
|rowspan=8|Borussia Dortmund|1976–77|rowspan=7|Bundesliga|24|14|2|0|—|—|26|14||
|1977–78|34|20|2|1|—|—|36|21||||||
|1978–79|33|15|5|5|—|—|38|20||||||
|1979–80|34|20|6|9|—|—|40|29||||||
|1980–81|33|27|3|1|—|—|36|28||||||
|1981–82|34|22|3|4|—|—|37|26||||||
|1982–83|32|17|5|3|2|0|—|39|20|||||
|1. FC Nürnberg|1983–84|Bundesliga|34|12|1|0|—|—|35|12||||
|rowspan=3|Rot-Weiß Oberhausen|1984–85|rowspan=2|2. Bundesliga|35|29|1|1|—|—|36|30||
|1985–86|15|7|1|2|—|—|16|9||||||
|rowspan=6|Werder Bremen|1985–86|rowspan=5|Bundesliga|20|13|—|—|—|20|13|||
|1986–87|30|8|2|0|2|0|—|34|8|||||
|1987–88|26|6|4|0|8|2|—|38|8|||||
|1988–89|28|6|4|4|4|1|1|0|37|11||||
|1989–90|11|1|2|2|—|—|13|3||||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|West Germany|1977|2|0|
|1978|1|0|||

## Honours

**Werder Bremen**
- Bundesliga: 1987–88
- DFB-Pokal: runner-up 1988–89, 1989–90
- DFL-Supercup: 1988

**Rhein Fire**
- NFL Europe: 1998, 2000

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Manfred Burgsmüller
- **birth place**: Essen, West Germany
- **death place**: Essen, Germany
- **position**: Forward (association football), Striker
Midfielder
- **youthyears1**: –1967
- **youthclubs1**: VfB Recklinghausen
- **youthyears2**: 1967–1968
- **youthclubs2**: Rot-Weiss Essen
- **years1**: 1968–1971
- **clubs1**: Rot-Weiss Essen
- **caps1**: 12
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 1971–1974
- **clubs2**: KFC Uerdingen 05, Bayer Uerdingen
- **caps2**: 101
- **goals2**: 80
- **years3**: 1974–1976
- **clubs3**: Rot-Weiss Essen
- **caps3**: 64
- **goals3**: 32
- **years4**: 1976
- **clubs4**: KFC Uerdingen 05, Bayer Uerdingen
- **caps4**: 7
- **goals4**: 1
- **years5**: 1976–1983
- **clubs5**: Borussia Dortmund
- **caps5**: 224
- **goals5**: 135
- **years6**: 1983–1984
- **clubs6**: 1. FC Nürnberg
- **caps6**: 34
- **goals6**: 12
- **years7**: 1984–1985
- **clubs7**: Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
- **caps7**: 50
- **goals7**: 36
- **years8**: 1985–1990
- **clubs8**: SV Werder Bremen, Werder Bremen
- **caps8**: 115
- **goals8**: 34
- **totalcaps**: 607
- **totalgoals**: 330
- **nationalyears1**: 1975–1978
- **nationalteam1**: Germany national football B team, West Germany B
- **nationalcaps1**: 8
- **nationalgoals1**: 8
- **nationalyears2**: 1977–1978
- **nationalteam2**: Germany national football team, West Germany
- **nationalcaps2**: 3
- **nationalgoals2**: 0