Julius Müller

Julius Müller Wislicenus (1864 – 19 August 1933) was a German footballer who played as a midfielder for FC Barcelona. Together with his brother Juan, he ran an import business in the center of Barcelona, but he is best known for being the oldest player in the club's history, having played a dozen games for the Barça team in the 1908–09 season at the age of 44, his only reported experience as a professional footballer. He was also an outstanding tennis player and athlete.

Football On 2 December 1908, Gamper became the president of FC Barcelona at a time of maximum crisis for the club, which was on the brink of disappearance with only 38 members left, so he began recruiting new elements, foreign and national, who were then incorporated into the team to help reactivate its situation.

In the chronicles of the time, his first name is not detailed. but also oldest-ever player to feature in a competitive top-tier official match in Spanish football, a record that was later broken by Harry Lowe in the 1934–35 La Liga, aged 48. Barça went on to win the 1908–09 Catalan championship. thus becoming, at the age of 45 or 46 years, in both the oldest scorer and the oldest player in the club's history, official or otherwise, a record that he still holds, and by a large margin, since his closest pursuers are Dani Alves at 38, Lilian Thuram at 36, and then Robert Lewandowski at 35.

Personal life Müller formed a family with Blanca Empaytaz, the daughter of a pastor who came from Geneva and served in the . The couple had four children: Adolfo, Elsa (who practiced swimming), Eduvigis, and Teodoro. The latter also stood out in tennis and took part in motorcycle races, and then, years later, the Barça entity made a concession with Teodoro for the exclusive sale of chewing gum in the Camp de Les Corts. He became a widower in September 1930.

His brother married Elisabeth Thyssen, with whom he had six children (Juana, Walter, Lissy, Hellmut, Alfredo, and Dorita).

Death Müller died in the Vallfogona de Riucorb on 19 August 1933, where he was undergoing treatment, the victim of a heart attack, at the age of 69.

Honours Barcelona Catalan championship: 1909