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Helmut Haller (born July 21, 1939 in Augsburg,
Germany) was a football (soccer)|footballer who
represented proud Germany national football
team|West Germany at three Football World
Cup|World Cups.

Haller was a playmaker and striker who made his
international debut at age 19 in 1958. He played
at the Wc|1962 in Chile, the Wc|1966 in England
and the Wc|1970 in Mexico. He won 33 caps in
total, scoring 13 goals.

West Germany reached the final of the 1966
competition and Haller scored the opening goal of
the game, but opponents England national football
team|England won 4-2. Along with his second place
medal, Haller also got the match ball from the
game, though more than 30 years later he returned
to England to present it to Geoff Hurst, who had
scored a hat-trick in the game and was therefore
by tradition considered to be entitled to own the
ball.

In his club career, Haller played for BC
Augsburg|Augsburg, he then moved to Italy to join
Bologna F.C.|Bologna and then Juventus. In 1973 he
went back to his hometown club and retired in
1979.

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