Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

German football executive and former football player

  • Fame63.5
  • Momentum14.4
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  • Age
    71
    Born 1955
  • Known for
    SCHW31NS7EIGER: Memori…
    2020
Summary
Updated 2026-06-21

Two Ballon d'Or trophies in consecutive years, a place on Pelé's list of the greatest living players, and a decade steering Bayern Munich's boardroom after hanging up his boots—Rummenigge turned sharpness in the box into institutional power at the top of European football.

Biography

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Born in September 1955, Rummenigge rose through Bayern Munich in the late 1970s and hit his peak at the turn of the decade: back-to-back Ballon d'Or wins in 1980 and 1981, two European Cups, the Intercontinental Cup, and a pair of Bundesliga titles. With West Germany he lifted the 1980 European Championship and reached two World Cup finals, in 1982 and 1986, both times finishing second. After his playing career closed he moved into the Bayern executive suite, eventually becoming Chairman of the club's AG and spending nearly a decade as head of the European Club Association. Pelé named him to t…

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Teams

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  • Servette FC
    1987–1989
  • Inter Milan
    1984–1987
  • Germany men's national association football team
    1976–1986
  • Germany national football B team
    1975–1975
  • FC Bayern Munich
    1974–1984
19741989
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Season stats

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1987–19895034
1984–19876424
1976–19869545
1975–197510
1974–1984310162
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Awards

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  • German Footballer of the Year
  • Goal of the Month
  • Onze d'Or
  • Golden Honorary Ring of the City of Munich
  • FIFA 100
  • Bavarian Order of Merit
  • Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • Ballon d'Or
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63.5
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Historical27.6
Now attention60.5
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
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  • Wikipedia
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    wikidata · wikidata.org
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  • Pantheon 2.0
    database · pantheon.world
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