Lucien Muller

Lucien Muller
	Muller in 1959
Personal information
Full name	Lucien Muller
Date of birth	3 September 1934
Place of birth	Bischwiller, France
Date of death	20 January 2026 (aged 91)
Place of death	Nice, France
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position	Midfielder
Youth career
	FC Bischwiller
Senior career*
Years	Team
1953–1957	Strasbourg
1957–1959	Toulouse
1959–1962	Reims
1962–1965	Real Madrid
1965–1968	Barcelona
1968–1970	Reims
Total
International career
1959–1966	France
Managerial career
1970–1974	Castellón
1975–1976	Burgos
1976–1977	Zaragoza
1977–1978	Burgos
1978–1979	Barcelona
1979–1981	Burgos
1981–1983	Mallorca
1983–1986	Monaco
1987–1988	Mallorca
1991	Castellón
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lucien Muller (3 September 1934 – 20 January 2026) was a French football player and manager who played as an inside forward and later as a midfielder.

Career

Born in Bischwiller, Muller started out in Alsace, his native region, and then made a name for himself with the Stade de Reims, that he was twice crowned French champion.^[1] He then moved to Real Madrid replacing Luis del Sol, where he appeared in the European Cup final in 1964 where he was the best player.^[1] He won the league three times with Real Madrid. In 1965 he moved to FC Barcelona, becoming the first French player to play for both Barcelona and Real Madrid.^[1] There he won the 1965–66 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and the 1967–68 Copa del Generalísimo.^[1] Although he was touted as the successor to Raymond Kopa (and was nicknamed "Little Kopa"), his performances in the French kit never matched his club performances. He was nevertheless part of the French team that participated in the 1966 FIFA World Cup but did not play. He scored 3 goals in 16 games for France.^[1] He returned to Reims, where he ended his career.

He briefly returned to Barcelona as a coach in the late 1970s, leading the club to the European Cup Winners' Cup Final, before being replaced by Joaquim Rifé. He later trained AS Monaco, RCD Mallorca and CD Castellón. He won the 1984–85 Coupe de France with AS Monaco.^[1]

Death

Muller died on 20 January 2026, at the age of 91.^[2]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 Radnedge, Keir; Evans, Jamie (March 2026). "Obituaries". World Soccer. p. 21.
↑ "Disparition. L'Alsacien Lucien Muller, ancien milieu du Racing Club de Strasbourg, est décédé" [Death. Lucien Muller, former midfielder for Racing Club de Strasbourg, has passed away.]. DNA (in French). 20 January 2026. Retrieved 20 January 2026.

External links

Racing Club de Strasbourg profile (in French)
FFF profile (in French)
Lucien Muller at BDFutbol
Lucien Muller manager profile at BDFutbol
Lucien Muller at IMDb

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[ws-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Radnedge, Keir; Evans, Jamie (March 2026). "Obituaries". World Soccer. p. 21.

[2] "Disparition. L'Alsacien Lucien Muller, ancien milieu du Racing Club de Strasbourg, est décédé" [Death. Lucien Muller, former midfielder for Racing Club de Strasbourg, has passed away.]. DNA (in French). 20 January 2026. Retrieved 20 January 2026.

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