The German football legend Franz Beckenbauer, world champion as a player in 1974 and as a coach in 1990, died on Sunday at the age of 78, the club announced this Monday. German Federation (DFB).
Former captain of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) national team in the 1970s, coach of the Mannschaft from 1984 to 1990 and later manager of the Bayern Munich, Beckenbauer had retired from public activity in recent years due to health problems.
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Many messages
Lionel Messi He was one of the first to post an image of the German on his social networks.
Thomas Bach (president of the International Olympic Committee): “He was a legend of sport, beyond football. For me personally, he was a good and loyal friend for more than four decades, someone you could always count on.”
UEFA: “Franz Beckenbauer, one of the most eminent sons of European football, has died at the age of 78. The Kaiser was an extraordinary player, a successful coach and a popular expert who shaped German football like no other.”
Olaf Scholz (head of the German government): “World champion as player and coach:
Franz Beckenbauer was one of the best German footballers and for many the Kaiser because he fascinated several generations in German football. We are going to miss him.” Rudi Völler (sports director of the German Football Federation): “I am immensely sad.”
Franz Beckenbauer showed us that to shine you don't have to play as a forward. It is not the goals or the dribbles that make you a legend, but your way of leading and fighting against adversity, and in that he was unique.
Rest in peace, Kaiser. pic.twitter.com/DTWBR07y7q
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Uli Hoeness: “honorary president of Bayern Munich and former teammate): “He was the greatest personality that Bayern has ever had. As a player, coach, president or person, he is someone unforgettable, no one can match him. People can boast that they saw him play “Franz Beckenbauer. He was also a friend to me, a unique companion and he was a gift to everyone. Rest in peace, dear Franz.”
Thomas muller (Bayern Munich player): “He was one of the best footballers in Bayern history and unfortunately he has left us. Rest in peace, Kaiser
Franz. “We will never forget what you have done for football in Germany.”
Julian Nagelsmann (Germany coach): “When Franz Beckenbauer walked into a room, the room lit up, which is why he was rightly considered the shining light of German football. Until the end he had that aura, which not even health problems and “The strokes of bad luck he had to face could have taken him away. I feel grateful and proud to have known him and I will remember him fondly.”
Michael Platini (former French footballer and former UEFA president): “Mr.
Franz Beckenbauer is gone, the Kaiser is dead. One of my life companions leaves with him. One of the players who, like Pelé, Cruyff or Charlton, have nourished my passion for this sport. Franz was elegance and kindness incarnate and he too was an exceptional player. He is the founding father of German football and a tireless actor at the service of world football. “I show my total respect for the man and for the footballer who has just left us.”
Real Madrid: “Real Madrid CF, its president and its Board of Directors deeply regret the death of Franz Beckenbauer, one of the greatest legends of European and world football.”
FC Barcelona: “FC Barcelona joins the condolences after the death of Franz
Beckenbauer, legend of world football who has left us today at 78 years old. Rest in peace”.
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