Career
At the beginning of his career, Rummenigge did not have it easy as a player with the Bayern Munich star team Rummenigge became a professional player in Munich in 1982 and a starter in his second season in 1983. He played for Bayern Munich till 1988.
During his career, Rummenigge was capped twice for the German national team and represented Germany on two occasions in 1983 and 1986.
In 1988 he changed team affiliation to Borussia Dortmund. Borussia Dortmund defeated Werder Bremen 4–1 in Berlin.
In 1991-1992, after the arrival of the new BVB coach, Ottmar Hitzfeld, he was appointed captain of the team In the same year, Borussia Dortmund became the runner-up in the German championship.
In 1993, he played in the Union of European Football Associations Cup final for Borussia Dortmund against Juventus.
Dortmund lost 6–1 on aggregate with Rummenigge scoring their only goal. Rummenigge finished his career in the black and yellow football shirt of Dortmund in 1993. After having played 309 times in the Bundesliga and having scored 80 goals, he moved on to Japan where a professional football league had just been launched.
He played for Urawa Red Diamonds, Japan till 1995.
At the beginning of 1996 he had to give up his career because of a severe toe injury. Rummenigge is a trained banker and runs a successful sports marketing agency in Dortmund (Sports & ) as well as commercial football camps (Fußballschule Michael Rummenigge).
In addition he is a partner/shareholder of the Sportnex GmbH in Munich. Rummenigge also shows a remarkable social commitment.
He works as patron for the initiative "November DRUGS" – an initiative against drug abuse and also for the association Childrensmile est
In June 2007, he passed his exam to be a professional football coach with distinction (Union of European Football Associations Pro licence) at the German sport university in Cologne.