Former West Germany national football team FW Uwe Seeler died on the 21st at the age of 85. The German Football Association (DFB) and former club Hamburger SV have announced.


Seller played 72 games as a representative of West Germany from 1954 to 1970, scoring 43 goals. Among them, he was the captain of a total of 40 games, including the 1966 World Cup (World Cup), which lost to the host country England in the final.


In Hamburger, he scored 507 points, the highest number in the club's history, in 587 official games. He contributed to the German Championship victory in the 1959-60 season.


"Uwe Seeler has all the elements that characterize a good human being, in addition to solidity, honesty, and the joy of living," said Jonas Boldt of Hamburger. I will always cherish it. "