Franz "Bulle" Roth (born 27 April 1946 in Memmingen) is a former German footballer. He earned four caps for the Germany national football team[2] and was nicknamed "the Bull" due to his physical playing style.
 Bulle Roth playing for Bayern. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 April 1946 | ||
| Place of birth | Memmingen, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1964 | TSV Bertoldshofen | ||
| 1964–1966 | SpVgg Kaufbeuren | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1966–1978 | FC Bayern Munich | 322 | (72) |
| 1978–1979 | SV Casino Salzburg | 31 | (1) |
| 1980 | SV Sandhausen | 8 | (0) |
| 1980–1985 | TSV Mindelheim | ||
| Total | 371 | (73) | |
| International career | |||
| 1967–1970 | West Germany | 4 | (0) |
| 1969 | West Germany U-23 | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career edit
Roth was a big game player and had a knack of scoring important goals in massive games for Bayern Munich. He scored the only goal of the 1967 European Cup Winners' Cup Final against Rangers in extra time, which was enough to give Bayern victory, and their first triumph in European competition.[3] He opened the scoring in the 1975 European Cup Final win over Leeds United, a game in which Roth won the midfield battle against Billy Bremner. Roth scored for the third time in the final of a European competition, with his 57th-minute strike against AS Saint-Étienne 1976 European Cup Final enough to give Bayern a 1–0 victory, and retain the European Cup for the third straight season.[4]
On the domestic scene he scored 72 goals in 322 West German top-flight matches.[5] With Roth FC Bayern won 4 Bundesliga titles.
Roth is one of the most decorated players in Bayern's history and has been voted into their Hall of Fame.[6]
Honours edit
References edit
- ^ "Roth, Franz". Kicker (in German). Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ^ Arnhold, Matthias (31 January 2019). "Franz Roth – International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
- ^ "Franz "Bulle" Roth: "Kraft muss man von Geburt an haben"" (in German). merkur-online.de. 26 April 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ^ "1975/76: Roth completes Bayern hat-trick". UEFA. 12 May 1976. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ^ Arnhold, Matthias (31 January 2019). "Franz Roth – Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
- ^ "Hall of Fame" (in German). FC Bayern Munich. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
External links edit
- Franz Roth at WorldFootball.net
- Franz Roth at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Franz Roth at National-Football-Teams.com
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