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Franz Beckenbauer, West Germany footballer: Profile, Career, News & Videos

Franz Beckenbauer
Franz Beckenbauer
West Germany
11 September 1945
midfielder
Franz Beckenbauer was a German professional football player, manager, and official. Nicknamed der Kaiser (\"the Emperor\"), he is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential players of all time. Beckenbauer was a versatile player who started out as a midfielder, but made his name as a centre-back. He is often credited as having invented the role of the modern sweeper (libero).

Twice named European Footballer of the Year, Beckenbauer appeared 103 times for West Germany, playing in three FIFA World Cups and two European Championships. He is one of ten players to have won the FIFA World Cup, the European Cup, and the Ballon d'Or. He is one of three men, along with Brazil's Mário Zagallo and France's Didier Deschamps, to have won the World Cup as a player and as a manager; he lifted the World Cup trophy as captain in 1974, and repeated the feat as a manager in 1990. He was the first captain to lift the World Cup and European Championship at the international level and the European Cup at the club level. He was named in the World Team of the 20th Century in 1998, the FIFA World Cup Dream Team in 2002, the Ballon d'Or Dream Team in 2020, the IFFHS All-time Men's Dream Team in 2021, and in 2004, was listed in the FIFA 100 of the world's greatest living players. In August 2024, the International Sports Press Association (AIPS) voted him as the third best footballer of the past 100 years after Pelé and Diego Maradona.

At club level with Bayern Munich, Beckenbauer won the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1967 and three consecutive European Cups from 1974 to 1976. The latter feat made him the first player to win three European Cups as captain of his club. He became team manager and later president of Bayern Munich. After two spells with the New York Cosmos he was inducted into the US National Soccer Hall of Fame.

Beckenbauer led Germany's successful bid to host the 2006 FIFA World Cup and chaired the organizing committee. He worked as a pundit for Sky Germany, and for 34 years as a columnist for the tabloid Bild, both until 2016. Beginning August 2016, he was investigated for fraud and money laundering in connection with the 2006 World Cup. The investigation was closed without a verdict in 2020 as the statute of limitations expired.

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📋 Profile & Career

: Beckenbauer with West Germany in 1975
⚽ Personal information:
Full name: Franz Anton Beckenbauer
Date of birth: (1945-09-11)11 September 1945
Place of birth: Munich, Germany
Date of death: 7 January 2024(2024-01-07) (aged 78)
Place of death: Salzburg, Austria
Height: 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s): Defendersweeper
⚽ Youth career:
1951–1959: SC 1906 München
1959–1964: Bayern Munich
⚽ Senior career*:
Years: Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1977: Bayern Munich 427 (60)
1977–1980: New York Cosmos 80 (17)
1980–1982: Hamburger SV 28 (0)
1983: New York Cosmos 25 (2)
Total: 560 (79)
⚽ International career:
1964: West Germany Youth 3 (3)
1965: West Germany B 2 (0)
1965–1977: West Germany 103 (14)
⚽ Managerial career:
1984–1990: West Germany
1990: Marseille
1993–1994: Bayern Munich
1996: Bayern Munich

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Channel Image Franz Beckenbauer - Bundesliga's Greatest
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