Thomas Müller (born 13 September 1989) is a German footballer who plays for Bayern Munich and the German national team. Müller plays as a midfielder or forward, and has been deployed in a variety of attacking roles – as an attacking midfielder, second striker, and on either wing.

On 16 June 2014, in Germany's opening match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Müller scored the first hat-trick of the tournament in a 4–0 win against Portugal. In addition, he was also the target of Pepe's headbutt in the 37th minute, which resulted in the Portuguese defender being sent off. He denied that he had "overplayed" the situation leading to the red card. He was named the man of the match in this game.