Franz Beckenbauer

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1945-09-11
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Munich, Germany

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Defender

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1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)

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Franz Anton Beckenbauer (German pronunciation: ⓘ; 11 September 1945 – 7 January 2024) was a German professional football player and manager. Nicknamed "Der Kaiser" (lit. 'The Emperor'), Beckenbauer was a versatile player who started out as a midfielder, but made his name as a central defender. He is often credited as having invented the role of the modern sweeper (libero). With success at club and international level, he is one of nine players to have won the FIFA World Cup, the European Champions Cup, and the Ballon d'Or.

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 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, and in 2004 was listed in the FIFA 100 of the world's greatest living players.

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 U.S. 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. In August 2016, it was announced Beckenbauer was being 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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English FA Cup	Bayern Munich	1995-1996
German Bundesliga	Bayern Munich	1993-1994
French Ligue 1	Marseille	1990-1991
FIFA World Cup	Germany	1990
German Bundesliga	Hamburg	1981-1982
FIFA Ballon d Or	Bayern Munich	1976
FIFA Club World Cup	Bayern Munich	1976
FIFA World Cup	Germany	1974
German Bundesliga	Bayern Munich	1973-1974
German Bundesliga	Bayern Munich	1972-1973
UEFA European Championship	Germany	1972
FIFA Ballon d Or	Bayern Munich	1972
German Bundesliga	Bayern Munich	1971-1972
German DFB-Pokal	Bayern Munich	1970-1971
German DFB-Pokal	Bayern Munich	1968-1969
German Bundesliga	Bayern Munich	1968-1969
German DFB-Pokal	Bayern Munich	1967-1968
FIFA Young Player	Germany	1966
German DFB-Pokal	Bayern Munich	1965-1966

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Bayern Munich	1964-1977	Permanent	-	-
Germany	1965-1977	International	-	-
New York Cosmos	1977-1980	Permanent	-	-
Hamburg	1980-1982	Permanent	-	-
New York Cosmos	1983	Permanent	-	-