Editing Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (section)

==Club career==
[[File:FC Bayern Munchen tegen Aston Villa 0-1 Europa Cup I Rummennige in aktie, Bestanddeelnr 932-1815.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Rummenigge with Bayern Munich in 1982]]
Rummenigge was born in [[Lippstadt]], [[North Rhine-Westphalia]].

He joined Bayern Munich in 1974, coming from the Westphalian amateur side Borussia Lippstadt, for a transfer fee of {{circa}}{{currency|10,000|EUR|passthrough=yes}}. He immediately showed great strength as a dribbler. His scoring qualities were initially insignificant, but would find great improvement in later years, particularly after the arrival of coach [[Pal Csernai]] in 1979. In [[1979–80 Bundesliga|1979–80]], he scored 26 goals and became for the first time the [[Bundesliga]]'s top striker, a feat he repeated in [[1980–81 Bundesliga|1981]] and [[1983–84 Bundesliga|1984]] with 29 and 26 goals, respectively.

With Bayern he won the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] in [[1974–75 European Cup|1975]] and [[1975–76 European Cup|1976]]. In [[1975 European Cup Final|1975]], he did not take part in the final of the competition, whilst in the year thereafter a glass of brandy sufficiently prepared the nervous Rummenigge to contribute to the defeat of [[AS Saint-Étienne]]. In the same year he became also part of the team that prevailed in the [[Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004)|Intercontinental Cup]] finals against [[Cruzeiro EC]] from [[Belo Horizonte]].

In the era of coach Csernai he found in midfielder [[Paul Breitner]] a congenial partner and he formed such a formidable one-two-punch that they were only called Breitnigge (name invented by German newspaper [[Bild]]).

The club, then often dubbed as "FC Breitnigge", won in this period the [[List of German football champions|Bundesliga title]] in [[1979–80 Bundesliga|1980]] and [[1980–81 Bundesliga|1981]], and the [[DFB-Pokal]] in [[1981–82 DFB-Pokal|1982]] and [[1983–84 DFB-Pokal|1984]]. A renewed triumph in the European Cup was denied, when the club lost the [[1981–82 European Cup|1982]] final narrowly against [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]]. In the season before Rummenigge was top-scorer in this competition with 6 goals.

His substantial contribution to the successes of the club and the [[Germany national football team]] found also expression in personal honours. In 1980, he was named [[Footballer of the Year (Germany)|German Footballer of the Year]] and in 1980–1981 the [[European Footballer of the Year]].

In 1984, aged 29, he was sold for a record fee of €5.7m<ref>{{cite book| last = Schulze-Marmeling| first = Dietrich| title = Die Bayern. Die Geschichte des deutschen Rekordmeisters| publisher = Die Werkstatt| year = 2003| pages = 637| language = de| isbn = 3-89533-426-X}}</ref> to [[Inter Milan]]. Despite a notable beginning, in which he helped the team to compete until the end for the [[1984–85 Serie A|1984–85]] ''[[List of Italian football champions|Scudetto]]'', Rumenigge's career in Italy was mostly marred by injury problems. At the end of his contract in 1987, Rummenigge moved on to [[Swiss Super League|Swiss first division]] club [[Servette FC]] in Geneva, where he saw his career out. In his last season, [[1988–89 Nationalliga A|1988–89]], he had his last success, becoming top scorer in the Swiss league with 24 goals.