Paul Breitner and Pele. Boots "Paul Breitner"

In football, a specific position can be assigned several functions. And the most striking example of this is the attacking extreme defender. A player who runs from gate to gate all 90 minutes. Has the skills of selection, playing the head, dribbling and blow. The man in which all these qualities were perfectly combined - this is Paul Breitner, right-back German team.

Childhood and youth of Paul Breitner

On September 5, 1951, the only son Paul was born in the Breitner family living in the small town of Colbermoor, located in Bavaria. Parents decided to give his son a good education, and he began to attend the gymnasium "Chiemgau" in the city of Traunstein. From the age of 6, Paul Breitner starts playing football in his hometown in the children's club of the SV-DJK Kolbermoor club. When Paul turned 10, his family moved to the city of Freisling, which was not far from Colmbermore. There, Breitner continues to play football in a local football team led by his father, who became a children's coach.

In 1968, Paul joined the youth national team of Germany. At the training camp he lived in the same room as Ulrich Hohenes. Neighborhood in the future grew into a strong friendship for life. Paul's first debut Paul Breitner in the youth was against the team of Yugoslavia. Then the Germans lost with a score of 1-4. In the future, Paul Breitner will be a part of the youth team on the field 15 more times and score 1 goal.
In 1970, Paul graduated from the gymnasium and entered the Pedagogical University in Munich with a view to becoming a school teacher.

"Bavaria"

In 1970, coach of the German national team Udo Latek becomes coach of the Munich "Bavaria". He is well acquainted with Ulrich Hohenes, Rainer Zobeel and Paul Brightner, he invites them to "Bavaria". At the age of 18 he signs the first professional contract. And Paul Breitner makes his debut immediately in the first game of the season on August 15, 1970 against Stuttgart (1-1).

Latek made a decision from the attack to transfer Breitner to the edge of the defense. And Breitner began to act as an attacking defender. Paul's functions were not limited to defense, he was also given the installation to break through on the flanks and help attack. For that time, it was an innovation, the other coaches preferred to use defenders only for their intended purpose. And today this is something without which football can not do without. Paul Breitner became the prototype of the modern ultra defender. At the end of the season the Bavarians became the second, but without trophies they did not remain. In the match in the finals of the German Cup was won over "Cologne" (2-1). So Paul Breitner won the first professional trophy. The next trophies had to wait a short time: he was in the "Bavaria" won the championship in 1972, 1973 and 1974.

During his stay in the "Bavaria" Paul Breitner begins to take an interest in Maoist literature and admire Mao Zedong and Che Guevara. His favorite readings are Chinese Communist newspapers in German. These hobbies influenced the character of Paul. He became straightforward and always expressed his displeasure in the face. The fascination with communism influenced relations with the conservative president of Bavaria, William Neudecker. And despite the fact that Paul was the key element of the team and Bayern won the 1974 Champions Cup against Atletico Madrid (4-0), after the 1974 World Cup, Paul was sold to Real Madrid.

"RealMadrid"

About 3 million German brands cost "Real" the transition of a player like Paul Breitner. His photos were on the front pages of all Spanish sports publications.
Coach "Real" Milan Milianich re-qualified Paul Braitner from the midfielder in the central midfielder. He, together with Gunther Netzer, who a year ago moved to the camp of the Madrid team, formed a duet, which dispersed and began the attack. In the 1974-1975 season, the Madrid team won the championship and the Spanish Cup. The next year, successes became more modest, and "creamy" won only the championship. In the European arena in the same year, Paul met with the former team in the semifinals of the Champions Cup, but unsuccessfully, the Munichers won. Further business in the team became even worse, and in the 1976-1977 season, "Real" took the 12th place. Up to the relegation zone there were only 4 points left. Coach Milyanych was dismissed.

Homecoming

After the failed season of the Madrid team, Paul Breitner decides to return to his homeland. But his transfer at that time, few people, except for the "Bavaria", could afford. On the happiness of Paul, an offer was received from Eintracht from Braunschweig. The owner of the team was wealthy, but the team was modest by the standards of the championship. And Paul Breitner was the only star in the middle team. Paul's efforts were not enough for Eintracht to compete with large clubs. To the game of the star there were no complaints. The rest of the team was constantly criticized.

And again Munich

In the 1977-1978 season, Bayern Munich is afraid of flying out of the Bundesliga, but is rescued in time, finishing 12th. At that time, Franz Beckenbauer had already left Bayern and Gerd Müller and Sepp Meyer were close. The Munich team began to limp, and management thought about attracting new leaders. Everything new is well forgotten old, and so the first new leader Paul Breitner appeared. The transfer amount was 1.85 million marks. The second leader was Karl-Heinz Rumminigge.
Bundle Breitner-Rumminigge returned "Bavaria" former confidence. In the first joint season the team took the 4th place. And in the next season, "Bavaria" became the champion of Germany. Place Noidecker was taken by Willie Hoffmann, and Paul's relationship with the leadership finally leveled off. In the following season, the duet of Breitner and Rumminighe brought the "Bavaria" championship. And on January 10, 1983, Paul announced his retirement. Breitner is a football player with a very rich history of sports victories and achievements.

International career

On the international stage, Paul Breitner for the German national team (U-18) played 16 games, one of them (U-23) - against Norway. In the senior national team began to play since 1971.

In 1972, the team of Germany, having in its composition Paul Breitner, won the European Championship. In the finals, his team played with the USSR national team and won 3-0.
In 1974, Paul Breitner wins the World Cup, which was held in Germany. Team Germany defeated the Netherlands team - 2-1. Breitner and Mueller distinguished themselves from the Germans in that match.

After the FM-74 there was a conflict between the team of Germany and the federation of football of the FRGY, and Paul quarreled with other players of the team, and he left the team of his own free will. The next appearance of him as part of the "German machine" happened almost six years later. After the return of Breitner to his homeland, everyone wanted him to return to the national team. But this meant giving up another young player, Brenda Schuster, and going into the shadows of Felix Magath. The potential of the team weakened, and at the 1982 championship the German team suffered a defeat in the final from the Italian team - 3-1. The goal of prestige was created by the Bavarian bunch of Breitner-Rumminigge. After the transfer of Karl-Heinz, Paul in the string sent the ball into the net.

Paul and Pele: what's in common?

If we talk about such great players in the history of football, then come to mind their matches in the finals of the world championships. There are only a few athletes who managed to hit the gate of opponents at this stage. Vava, Zinedine Zidane, Paul Breitner and Pele became players who scored in two World Cup finals. In total for the national team Paul Breitner spent 48 games and scored 10 times, and these goals are the most valuable in his career.

Boots in honor of the star

This popularity of Germany's extreme defender gives many opportunities for businessmen. So, until 1984, the trademark "Adidas" produced a limited series of sports shoes "Paul Breitner". Boots can still be found today, but there were only a few of them. Shoes of high quality leather. From such boots, Pele himself would not have refused.

Nominal boots from "Adidas" will always be in price, and especially if it is a limited series. Therefore, many collectors want to get these shoes.