Lucien Müller

Lucien Muller Schmidt (Bischwiller, September 3, 1934) is a former French footballer active in the 1960s; He played professionally at French side Stade de Reims, as well as at Real Madrid and F.C. Barcelona. He was capped 16 times with the French national team, with which he played in the 1966 World Cup.

He occupied the position of right interior midfielder with an offensive vocation; In Spain he was known as Don Luciano.

Clubs (player)

• 1953-1957: RC Strasbourg
• 1957-1959: Toulouse FC
• 1959-1962: Stade de Reims
• 1962-1965: Real Madrid
• 1965-1968: F.C. Barcelona
• 1968-1970: Stade de Reims (2nd division).

Clubs (coach)

• C.D. Castellón: 한1970-71 (2.aD, 6.o, had replaced Vicente Dauder)
• C.D. Castellón: 1971-72 (2.aD, 2.o, promotion)
• C.D. Castellón: 1972-73 (1.aD., 5.o)
• C.D. Castellón: 1973-74 (1.aD, 16.o, descent).
• Burgos CF: 1975-76 (2.aD, 1.o, promotion).
• Real Zaragoza: 1976-77 (1.aD, 16.o, descent).
• Burgos CF: 1977-78 (1.aD., 12.o)
• F.C. Barcelona: 1978-79/2005 (1.aD., after 27 matches is removed being seventh in the League; replaced by Joaquim Rifé)
• Burgos CF: 한1979-80 (1.aD, 18.o, enters five days of the end, and with a victory and four defeats, it cannot avoid the descent. He had replaced Seguí and this one to García Traid)
• Burgos CF: 1980-81/2005 (2.aD, is replaced by Luis Ma Astorga, the last coach of this club that disappears in 1982)
• Real Mallorca: 1981-82 (2.aD, 6.o, replaces Antonio Oviedo, after two consecutive promotions of the club)
• Real Mallorca: 1982-83 (2.aD, 3.o, promotion)
• AS Monaco FC: 1983-84
• AS Monaco FC: 1984-85
• AS Monaco FC: 1985-86
• Real Mallorca: 1987-88 (1.aD, 18.o. Take the team 13 days from the end, replacing Lorenzo Serra Ferrer. Do not avoid descent)
• C.D. Castellón: 1990-91 (1.aD., 19.o, take the team 6 days from the end, replacing Pepe Heredia and this one from Luiche. Do not avoid the descent)
• C.D. Castellón: 1991-92 (2.aD., is replaced by Quique Hernández).

Coach

Once he retired as an active player, Muller began his career as a coach that led him to manage several teams, also in Spain and France, with mixed results.

In his first job as a coach, he obtained a promotion to first class directing C.D. Castellón, where he had replaced Vicente Dauder in the middle of the previous season; However, after two years in the first division, the team could not avoid relegation to the Second Division. Muller experienced four more relegations in his career, managing Real Zaragoza, Burgos C.F., Real Mallorca and C.D. Castellón again. And he also starred in three promotions to the first division with C.D. Castellón, Burgos C.F. and Real Mallorca.

The most prestigious team he directed was F.C. Barcelona in the 1978-1979 season. He was the first coach that, in 1978, President José Luis Núñez hired. However, despite the great investment that the club made in signings, the team did not meet expectations, and Muller was dismissed on April 18, 1979 after the team's painful elimination in the Copa del Rey. King at the hands of a Valencia that, in the second leg, defeated the Catalans 4-0, overturning the 4-1 score in the first leg.

Muller was replaced on the Barcelona bench by Joaquim Rifé, who finished the season by winning the European Cup Winners' Cup.

Palmarés

Player

France National Team

• 16 internationalities with the French absolute team, from 1959 to 1964 (3 goals).
• Semifinalist of the European Championship in 1960.
• Selected by the French Absolute Team for the World Cup of 1966 Football.

Clubs

• Cup of Fairs in 1966 (first French to get it) with F.C. Barcelona.
• French Football Championship in 1960 and 1962 with the Stade de Reims.
• Spanish National League Championship in 1963,1964 and 1965 with Real Madrid.
• Copa del Generalísimo in 1968 with F.C. Barcelona.
• Trophy of Champions (French sports journalists' trophy) in 1960 with the Stade de Reims
• Trofeo Joan Gamper in 1966 and 1967 with FC Barcelona.
• Finalist of the European Club Cup in 1964 with Real Madrid.
• 249 matches in the First French Division.

Coach

• French Football Cup in 1985 with AS Monaco.
• French Football Championship in 1984 and third in 1985 with the Reims.
• Finalist Copa del Generalisimo in 1973 with Club Deportivo Castellón.
• French Cup Finalist in 1984 with AS Monaco.
• 139 matches as a coach in the First French Division.