Poster 1971-72
1977
Golden Ball (1972)
The golden Bravo Otto statuette, depicting a Native American boy
Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award
Golden Foot: 2010, as football legend
Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Bavarian Order of Merit
Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Golden Ball (1972)
The golden Bravo Otto statuette, depicting a Native American boy
Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award
Golden Foot: 2010, as football legend
Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Bavarian Order of Merit
Poster 1971-72
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Franz Anton Beckenbauer was born on 11 September, 1945, in Munich, Germany to Franz Beckenbauer Senior and Anotnia Beckenbauer. His father worked in the postal services and discouraged him from playing football probably because of the economic condition of the country right after the Second World War.
After spending a few seasons with the youth team, Franz Beckenbauer made his debut for Bayern Munich senior team in the year 1964 and at the end of that season the team advanced from the 2nd division to the first division known as the ‘Bundesliga’. Two years later he represented West Germany at the World Cup in England and Beckenbauer lit up the tournament with 4 goals as his team ended as runners up. Following his excellent show as a left winger, Beckenbauer started playing in the role of an attacking sweeper that became a unique role and he used it to devastating effect during his career. He was made the captain of Bayern Munich in 1968 and the club duly won the league title at the end of the season. His tenure as captain of Bayern Munich brought unprecedented success for the club. The club won three straight league titles from 1972 onwards and it was during the same period that he led them to three straight European Cup victories. Beckenbauer scored 64 goals in total in 439 appearances for Bayern Munich and became known as ‘Der Kaiser’ or ‘the emperor’.
In the 1970 World Cup, he scored the all important goal in the second round game against England to spark an improbable comeback but West Germany were knocked out at the semi final stage. Two years later, he captained West Germany in a triumphant European Championships campaign. In 1974, he led West Germany to their 2nd World Cup title by winning the final against firm favourites Netherlands in the final at Munich. He devised the strategy of constantly shadowing Netherland’s Johann Cryuff and it paid off in the big game. Two years later he led Germany to a runner up finish at the European Championships and the following year he retired from international football. Beckenbauer had scored 14 goals in 103 appearances for West Germany. He left Bayern Munich for the New York Cosmos in the year 1977 and after representing them for four seasons he moved back to Germany with Hamburger SV. He played for two seasons at Hamburger SV and retired after winning the league in his last season.
In 1984, Franz was made the manager of West Germany and two years later he took the team to the final, only to lose narrowly to Argentina in Mexico. However, four years later, he managed the unified German side in the World Cup in Italy and beat Argentina 1-0 in the final. He has the rare distinction of winning the World Cup for his country both as a player and manager. Following the World Cup win, Beckenbauer managed French club Olympique de Marseille for a few months. Bayern Munich appointed him as an interim manager in 1993 and he steered them to a league title at the end of the season. Three years later, the club appointed him as a stop gap option yet again and that time he guided them to the UEFA Cup. In 1994, he became the vice president at Bayern Munich and has remained as the chairman of the advisory board till date after the club turned into a company. Four years late he became the vice president of German Football Association and helped the country in its bid to host the World Cup.
Nicknamed “der Kaiser,” Beckenbauer dominated German football in the 1960s and ’70s and is arguably the country’s greatest footballer.
Franz Beckenbauer won the ‘European Player of the Year Award’ in 1972 and won it again four years later.
In 2013, World Soccer magazine included Franz Beckenbauer in the ‘Greatest XI of All Time’.
Franz Beckenbauer’s biggest achievement as a footballer was that of the captain of the West German side that won the 1974 World Cup on home soil. However, his biggest achievement in life has to be that of managing the unified German national team in their triumphant 1990 World Cup campaign.
Pope John Paul I was the best pope for Franz Beckenbauer.
Quotations:
"It is not the strong one that wins, the one that wins is strong."
"There's only one possibility: win, draw or loose."
"We should not compare humans to God, but Messi is a godly player."
"As someone who played a team sport, I feel a bit uncomfortable being ranked as an individual so high."
"No one wanted to fall back behind so both teams wated for a mistake from the other."
"Messi is a genius. He has everything. When I watch him, I see a player who is very, very skilful, very clever and his left foot is like Diego Maradona's."
"If someone has the chance to be top scorer and you want to encourage him, then you give him the chance to be top scorer but it never happened. That's why I believe something is going on there."
"You have to sometimes shoot from the second row, that's all football. So you have to be a bit more flexible."
In 1998, he became vice-president of the German Football Association.
Franz Beckenbauer possesses a great talent for creativity and self expression, typical of many accomplished writers, poets, actors and musicians. He is also witty, owns the gift for gab, and savors the limelight.
Physical Characteristics:
His height is 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in).
In 2016 and 2017, Beckenbauer had cardiac surgery twice.
Quotes from others about the person
"Franz Beckenbauer symbolises football and a winning mentality. On top of that, he brought the World Cup to his own country. We're proud of him."
—German tennis player Boris Becker.
"He's the hero of our nation. It hasn't happened by chance, he's earned it by hard work."
—West Germany team-mate Günter Netzer.
"The message he [Beckenbauer] sent out was: 'Don't even try it. Coming out to face me is a waste of your time.'
—England 1966 World Cup legend Bobby Charlton.
Franz Beckenbauer got married to Brigitte in the year 1966 but the marriage ended 24 years later. They had two sons - Michael and Stephen. Stephen became a footballer but died after suffering from an illness.
In 1990 Beckenbauer got married to Sybille but this marriage too ended after 14 years. They had a son named Thomas.
In 2006, Franz Beckenbauer got married to Heidi Burmester. They have two children - Francessca and Joel.
