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{{short description|German footballer}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Paul Breitner
| full_name      =
| image          = Paul Breitner 2011.jpg
| caption        = Breitner in 2011
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1951|9|5|df=y}} 
| birth_place    = [[Kolbermoor]], [[Bavaria]], West Germany
| height         = 1.76 m<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe44290/paul-breitner/ | title = Paul Breitner | publisher = worldfootball.net | access-date = 17 July 2011}}</ref>
| currentclub    = 
| position       = [[Left-back]], [[midfielder]]
| youthyears1    = 1957–1961
| youthclubs1    = SV-DJK Kolbermoor
| youthyears2    = 1961–1970
| youthclubs2    = ESV Freilassing
| years1         = 1970–1974
| clubs1         = [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
| caps1          = 109
| goals1         = 17
| years2         = 1974–1977
| clubs2         = [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]
| caps2          = 84
| goals2         = 10
| years3         = 1977–1978
| clubs3         = [[Eintracht Braunschweig]]
| caps3          = 30
| goals3         = 10
| years4         = 1978–1983
| clubs4         = [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
| caps4          = 146
| goals4         = 66
| totalcaps      = 369
| totalgoals     = 103
| nationalyears1 = 1968–1970
| nationalteam1  = [[Germany national youth football team|West Germany Youth]]
| nationalcaps1  = 16
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 1971
| nationalteam2  = [[Germany national under-21 football team|West Germany U-23]]
| nationalcaps2  = 1
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 1971–1982
| nationalteam3  = [[Germany national football team|West Germany]]
| nationalcaps3  = 48
| nationalgoals3 = 10
| medaltemplates      = 
{{Medal|Sport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{fb|FRG}}}}
{{Medal|Comp|[[FIFA World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974 West Germany]]|}}
{{Medal|RU|[[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982 Spain]]|}}
{{Medal|Comp|[[UEFA European Championship]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1972 UEFA European Championship|1972 Belgium]]|}}
}}
'''Paul Breitner''' ({{IPA|de|ˈpaʊl ˈbʁaɪtnɐ}}; born 5 September 1951) is a German former professional [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[midfielder]] and [[left-back]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.kicker.de/paul-breitner/spieler/bundesliga/1981-82/fc-bayern-muenchen | title =Breitner, Paul  | language = de | publisher=[[Kicker (magazine)|Kicker]] | access-date =2 January 2011}}</ref> Considered one of the best full-backs and midfielders of all time, and one of the best players of his era, Breitner was named in the FIFA World Cup All-Time Team. In 2004 he was named one of the [[FIFA 100|Top 125 greatest living footballers]] as part of [[FIFA]]'s 100th anniversary celebration.<ref>{{cite web|date=4 March 2004|title=Pele's list of the greatest|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/3533891.stm|access-date=15 June 2013|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/10-greatest-midfielders-in-football-history/10 |title=10 greatest midfielders in football history: #1 Lothar Matthaus |website=sportskeeda.com |publisher=[[Sportskeeda]] |first=Ashwin |last=Hanagudu |date=17 September 2016 |access-date=6 November 2018}}</ref>

Breitner was [[Cap (sport)|capped]] 48 times for West Germany and was an integral part of the team that won the [[1974 FIFA World Cup]], scoring in the [[1974 FIFA World Cup final|final]]. 

He also scored in the [[1982 FIFA World Cup final|final]] of the [[1982 FIFA World Cup]], making him one of only five players to have scored in two different World Cup final matches, the others being [[Pelé]], [[Vavá]], [[Zinedine Zidane]] and [[Kylian Mbappé]].

He was known for his partnerships with [[Franz Beckenbauer]], [[Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck]] and [[Berti Vogts]] in defence for the national team, and his midfield combination with [[Karl-Heinz Rummenigge]] for [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]].

Breitner has been working as a commentator, pundit and columnist in Germany since retiring and is also an advisor to the Bayern management board.

==Playing career==
Breitner's football career lasted from 1970 until 1983, mainly playing for [[Bayern Munich]] (1970–74 and 1978–83) and [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]] (1974–77), with one season playing for [[Eintracht Braunschweig]].<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/players/breitnerdata.html | title = Paul Breitner - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga | author = Matthias Arnhold | date = 6 September 2012 | access-date = 22 November 2012 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref> His early success was as a free roaming left back, as likely to score from the right midfield as to stop an attacker in his own penalty area. Later in his career he moved to midfield and became one of the top midfielders through the early 1980s.

The early peak of Breitner's long and successful career was at age 21 in 1972 as part of the winning German [[UEFA Euro 1972|European Championship]] team. Two years later he won the [[1974 FIFA World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|title=World Cup - History - West Germany 1974|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/history/newsid_1632000/1632217.stm|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=15 April 2002 | access-date = 13 April 2013}}</ref> The final was played in [[Munich]] against the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]], and Breitner scored the first German goal on a penalty kick. In the final, he, [[Franz Beckenbauer]], [[Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck]] and [[Berti Vogts]] formed a formidable unit at the back, their resolute defense preventing the Dutch from getting many scoring chances. He moved to [[Real Madrid]] for a fee of over 1 million [[Deutsche Marks]]<ref>{{cite web|website=Sport1|url=https://www.sport1.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/2024/01/fc-bayern-trauert-um-casar-klaus-wunder|title=Bayern trauert um "Cäsar" Klaus Wunder|date=19 January 2024|language=de|access-date=27 January 2024}}</ref> following the World Cup and withdrew from the [[Germany national football team|West German squad]], remaining off the side until enticed to return by [[Jupp Derwall]] in 1981. Breitner is one of only five footballers to have achieved the feat of scoring in two different World Cup final matches,<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/breitner-intl.html | title = Paul Breitner - International Appearances | author = Matthias Arnhold | date = 18 April 2004 | access-date = 22 November 2012 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref> sharing that honour with [[Pelé]], [[Vavá]], [[Zinedine Zidane]], and [[Kylian Mbappé]]. He achieved this in 1974 against the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] and in [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]] against [[Italy national football team|Italy]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.olympics.com/en/news/kylian-mbappe-fifa-world-cup-records-goals-stats | title = Kylian Mbappe at FIFA World Cup: Records, goals and stats | website = olympics.com | date = 18 December 2022 | access-date = 15 November 2025 | first = Chloe | last = Merrell}}</ref>

[[File:FC Bayern Munchen tegen Aston Villa 0-1 Europa Cup. Breitner in aktie.jpg|thumb|right|Breitner (left) playing for [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] in the [[1982 European Cup final]]]]
During his club career, Breitner won seven National Championships with [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] (1972, 1973, 1974, 1980, 1981) and Real Madrid (1975, 1976), the [[UEFA Champions League|Champions' Cup]] (1974)<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/players/breitner-in-ec.html | title = Paul Breitner - Matches in European Cups | author = Marcel Haisma | date = 14 February 2008 | access-date = 22 November 2012 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref> as well as the [[DFB-Pokal|German]] (1971, 1982) and [[Copa del Rey|Spanish]] cups (1975). During his spell with Bayern Munich, [[Karl-Heinz Rummenigge]] and he formed such a formidable one-two-punch that they were often called ''Breitnigge''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bayern Munich's all-time greatest starting line-up|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/raphael_honigstein/02/15/bayern.greatestXI/index.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130215175346/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/raphael_honigstein/02/15/bayern.greatestXI/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 February 2013|publisher=[[Sports Illustrated]]|date=15 May 2012 | access-date = 13 April 2013}}</ref>

==Political views==
Off the pitch, Breitner self-identified as part of the ''68ers'' (the [[Protests of 1968|1968 protest movement]] in West Germany and elsewhere). He was often decried by the more traditional or conservative football fans for his radicalism and "revolutionary" attitude, as well as his tendency for voicing strong opinions on major political and social issues, especially during a time when Germany was still divided by the [[Berlin Wall]]. He was seen bringing [[Mao Zedong]]'s "[[Quotations from Chairman Mao|Little Red Book]]" to training. However, after 1974, Breitner abruptly brushed aside his leftist leanings. While his Dutch World Cup rival [[Johan Cruyff]] had publicly declared never to play for a club associated with "fascist" [[Francisco Franco|General Franco]], Breitner yearned to play for Real Madrid and signed the transfer documents in 1974. Subsequently, he gained notoriety for spending lavishly on houses and cars, as well as participating in lucrative commercials.

Before the 1982 World Cup in Spain he caused a major uproar in West Germany when he accepted an offer by Pitralon, a German cosmetics company, to pay him the – what many Germans regarded at that time as a "scandalously high" – sum of 150,000 [[Deutsche Mark]] if he shaved off his fluffy full beard, used their aftershave and advertised for the company. In the previous years his long hair had been perceived as a show of rebellion. Breitner had previously infuriated many fans with his move to Spanish club giants [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]. He returned to West Germany after the successful spell in Madrid and retired as a player in 1983. About the aftershave incident, Breitner said that he was mistakenly labelled as Maoist after, talking with a journalist about communism, the Soviet Union and France, mentioning that he had Mao Zedong's Little Red Book.<ref name="auto">{{Cite book |last=Ruiz |first=Daniel |title="No fim do dia... Paul Breitner" |date=9 September 2009 |publisher=Editora Cádiz |pages=58 |language=Portuguese |trans-title=At the End of the Day... Paul Breitner}}</ref> He stated ''"When the atrocities became known, I had nothing to regret about because I never declared myself as a Maoist"''.<ref name="auto"/>

==Post-retirement==
In 1998, Breitner was announced as the new [[Germany national football team manager|national team manager]] by [[German Football Association|DFB]] president [[Egidius Braun]]. However, after reactions from fellow association officials, Braun reconsidered 17 hours later, making Breitner the infamous ''17 Stunden Bundestrainer'' ("the 17-hour coach").<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.bluewin.ch/de/sport/fussball/paul-breitner-wird-70-querkopf-und-bundestrainer-fuer-17-stunden-865294.html | title = Querkopf und Bundestrainer für 17 Stunden | language = de | website = bluewin.ch | date = 5 September 2021 | access-date = 24 November 2022 | first = Klaus | last = Bergmann}}</ref>

Today, Breitner mainly works as a TV pundit and newspaper columnist. In March 2007, he entered into a contract with Bayern Munich and acts as an advisor on various issues.  He occasionally still plays for the ''Bayern All-Stars'' in charity games, [[Captain (association football)|captaining]] the team on several occasions.

==Career statistics==
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|National Cup{{efn|Includes [[DFB-Pokal]], [[Copa del Rey]]}}
!colspan="2"|Europe{{efn|Includes [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]], [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|Cup Winners' Cup]], [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]], [[Inter-Cities Fairs Cup]]}}
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="6"|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
|[[1969–70 FC Bayern Munich season|1969–70]]
|rowspan="5"|[[Bundesliga]]
|colspan="2"|–||1||0||colspan="2"|–||1||0
|-
|[[1970–71 FC Bayern Munich season|1970–71]]
|21||2||5||0||4||0||30||2
|-
|[[1971–72 FC Bayern Munich season|1971–72]]
|30||4||6||0||8||1||44||5
|-
|[[1972–73 FC Bayern Munich season|1972–73]]
|32||4||6||1||5||0||43||5
|-
|[[1973–74 FC Bayern Munich season|1973–74]]
|26||7||4||1||7||1||37||9
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!109!!17!!22!!2!!24!!2!!155!!21
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|[[1974–75 Real Madrid CF season|1974–75]]
|rowspan="3"|[[La Liga]]
|29||3||||||6||0||35||3
|-
|[[1975–76 Real Madrid CF season|1975–76]]
|25||6||||||7||0||32||6
|-
|[[1976–77 Real Madrid CF season|1976–77]]
|30||1||||||3||0||33||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!84!!10!!!!!!16!!0!!100!!10
|-
|[[Eintracht Braunschweig]]
|[[1977–78 Bundesliga|1977–78]]
|Bundesliga
|30||10||2||0||5||1||37||11
|-
|rowspan="6"|Bayern Munich
|[[1978–79 FC Bayern Munich season|1978–79]]
|rowspan="5"|Bundesliga
|33||12||2||1||colspan="2"|–||35||13
|-
|[[1979–80 FC Bayern Munich season|1979–80]]
|32||10||3||2||10||4||45||16
|-
|[[1980–81 Bundesliga|1980–81]]
|30||17||2||0||8||1||40||18
|-
|[[1981–82 Bundesliga|1981–82]]
|29||18||6||5||7||5||42||28
|-
|[[1982–83 Bundesliga|1982–83]]
|22||9||2||1||6||3||30||13
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!146!!66!!15!!9!!31!!13!!182!!84
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!369!!103!!39!!11!!76!!16!!484!!130
|}

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==Honours==
'''Bayern Munich'''
* [[Bundesliga]]: [[1971–72 Bundesliga|1971–72]], [[1972–73 Bundesliga|1972–73]], [[1973–74 Bundesliga|1973–74]], [[1979–80 Bundesliga|1979–80]], [[1980–81 Bundesliga|1980–81]]
* [[DFB-Pokal]]: [[1970–71 DFB-Pokal|1970–71]], [[1981–82 DFB-Pokal|1981–82]]
* [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]]: [[1973–74 European Cup|1973–74]]; runner-up: [[1981–82 European Cup|1981–82]]

'''Real Madrid'''
* [[La Liga]]: [[1974–75 La Liga|1974–75]], [[1975–76 La Liga|1975–76]]
* [[Copa del Rey]]: [[1974–75 Copa del Rey|1974–75]]

'''West Germany'''
* [[FIFA World Cup]]: [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]]; runner-up: [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]]
* [[UEFA European Championship]]: [[UEFA Euro 1972|1972]]

'''Individual'''
* ''[[Kicker (sports magazine)|kicker]]'' [[Bundesliga]] Team of the Season: 1971–72, 1972–73, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/197172/startseite.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018173042/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/197172/startseite.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 October 2012|title=Bundesliga Historie 1971/72|language=de|publisher=kicker}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/197273/startseite.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018185806/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/197273/startseite.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 October 2012|title=Bundesliga Historie 1972/73|language=de|publisher=kicker}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/197879/startseite.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018212307/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/197879/startseite.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 October 2012|title=Bundesliga Historie 1978/79|language=de|publisher=kicker}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/197980/startseite.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019114414/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/197980/startseite.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 October 2012|title=Bundesliga Historie 1979/80|language=de|publisher=kicker}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/198081/startseite.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019114419/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/198081/startseite.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 October 2012|title=Bundesliga Historie 1980/81|language=de|publisher=kicker}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/198182/startseite.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018212315/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/198182/startseite.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 October 2012|title=Bundesliga Historie 1981/82|language=de|publisher=kicker}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/198283/startseite.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018212319/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/198283/startseite.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 October 2012|title=Bundesliga Historie 1982/83|language=de|publisher=kicker}}</ref>
*[[UEFA European Championship Teams of the Tournament|UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament]]: 1972<ref>{{cite news |title=1972 team of the tournament |url=https://www.uefa.com/euro2024/news/0253-0d7bd0da58f2-d557c23f55fa-1000--euro-1972-team-of-the-tournament/ |work=Union of European Football Associations |access-date=23 January 2015}}</ref>
* [[FIFA World Cup awards#All-Star Team|FIFA World Cup All-Star Team]]: 1974
*''FUWO European Team of the Season'': 1972<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fcc-supporters.org/fuwo/files/FUWO%201973/FUWO%201973%2002.pdf |website=FCC-Wiki|title=FUWO 1973|access-date=23 April 2024 }}</ref>
*[[World Soccer (magazine)#Eric Batty's World XI|World XI]]: 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976<ref name="BTLM70s">{{cite web |url=https://beyondthelastman.com/2013/11/07/eric-battys-world-xis-the-seventies/ |website=Beyond The Last Man |date=7 November 2013 |title=Eric Batty's World XI – The Seventies |access-date=22 July 2020 |archive-date=5 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705040250/https://beyondthelastman.com/2013/11/07/eric-battys-world-xis-the-seventies/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*''Sport Ideal European XI'': 1972,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1972/12/31/pagina-15/972425/pdf.html |website=Mundo Deportivo|title=Sport 1972|access-date=4 June 2024 }}</ref> 1974,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1975/01/01/pagina-30/1005843/pdf.html |website=Mundo Deportivo|title=Sport 1974|access-date=4 June 2024 }}</ref> 1979<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1980/01/05/pagina-13/1043229/pdf.html |website=Mundo Deportivo|title=Sport 1979|access-date=4 June 2024 }}</ref>
* [[Footballer of the Year (Germany)]]: 1981
* [[Ballon d'Or]] runner-up: [[1981 Ballon d'Or|1981]], nominated: [[1972 Ballon d'Or|1972]], [[1974 Ballon d'Or|1974]], [[1975 Ballon d'Or|1975]], [[1979 Ballon d'Or|1979]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy.html|title=European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")|author1=Rob Moore|author2=Karel Stokkermans|date=21 January 2011|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=7 July 2025}}</ref>
* [[Onze d'Or#Winners|Onze d'Argent]]: 1981
* FIFA World Cup All-Time Team
* [[FIFA 100]]
* Bayern Munich All-time XI<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.fcbayern.de/en/news/news/2005/04283.php|title=Fans name greatest reds of all time|date=1 June 2005|work=FC Bayern München| access-date = 6 December 2018}}</ref>
* [[Ballon d'Or Dream Team]] (bronze): 2020<ref>{{cite web |title=The other two Ballon d'Or Dream Team XIs: Zidane, Cruyff, Iniesta, Di Stefano... but no Casillas |url=https://www.marca.com/en/football/international-football/2020/12/14/5fd7bc8522601d53598b45b2.html |website=[[MARCA]]|date=15 December 2020 |access-date=15 December 2020}}</ref>

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