Franz Beckenbauer He died at the age of 78 and is considered the greatest legend of German football and was world champion as a player in 1974 and as a coach in 1990, in addition to having won the old championship three times. European Cup with FC Bayern and a European Championship with Germany.
In recent years he had been retired from public life due to health problems and also due to the scandal unleashed by alleged irregularities in his work to obtain the 2006 World Cup for Germany.
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As a club player: Bayern Munich (1964-1977), New York Cosmos (1977-1980), Hamburg SV (1980-1982), New York Cosmos (1982-1983)
European Cup club achievements (3): 1974, 1975, 1976 Intercontinental Cup (1): 1976 Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1967 Bundesliga (5): 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1982
German Cup (4): 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971 United States Championship (3): 1977, 1978, 1980
Most of us were not lucky enough to see Franz Beckenbauer play.
But if we ask our parents who he was, they will all tell us that he was one of the best players they have ever seen play.
Rest in peace, legend. pic.twitter.com/FM93fg03fW
— Don Shelby (@DonShelby_) January 8, 2024
With the National Team of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG): 103 games, 50 as captain (14 goals)
First internationality: 09/26/1965, Sweden-RFA, qualifiers for the 1966 World Cup (1-2)
Last selection: 02/22/1977, France-RFA, friendly (1-0)
First goal: 03/23/1966, Netherlands-FRG, friendly (2-4)
Honors with the national team: World Champion in 1974 and World Runner-up in 1966 European Champion in 1972
Individual awards: Ballon d'Or (2): 1972, 1976 Best player of the year in the FRG (4): 1966, 1968, 1974, 1976.
Coaching career Successive clubs: Marseille (from September to December 1990, then as sporting director until June 1991), Bayern Munich (December 1993 to June 1994; from April to June 1996)
Club achievements UEFA Cup (1): 1996 Bundesliga (1): 1994
RFA coach from 1984 to 1990, 66 games
First match: 09/12/1984, friendly against Argentina (3-1 loss).
Last match: 07/08/1990, World Cup final RFA-Argentina (1-0)
Winners of the German national team: World Champion in 1990 World Runner-up in 1986.
Career as a leader: vIcepresident of Bayern Munich from November 1991 to June 1994.
President of Bayern Munich from July 1994 to November 2009.
President of the supervisory board of Bayern from February 2002 to November 2009. Honorary president of Bayern Munich from November 2009 until his death.
Franz Beckenbauer, one of the best players of the German soccer team. He won the Ballon d'Or in 1972 and 1976. Despite being a midfielder, he is remembered as a versatile player.
Vice President of FIFA from January 2007 to March 2011.
Vice President of the German Football Federation (DFB) from 1998 to 2010 President of the candidacy committee and later of the organization committee of the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
(Sadness: German star Franz Beckenbauer died at 78)
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