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Franz Anton Beckenbauer (German pronunciation: [fʁants ˈʔantoːn ˈbɛkn̩ˌbaʊɐ] ⓘ; 11 September 1945 – 7 January 2024) was a German professional football player, manager, and official. Nicknamed der Kaiser ("the Emperor"), [1] [2] he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, and is one of nine players to have won the FIFA World Cup , the European Champions Cup ...
Jan 8, 2024 · Soccer icon Franz Beckenbauer, widely considered to be one of the greatest players in the history of the game, has died aged 78, according to the German football federation (DFB).
Jun 15, 2024 · Franz Beckenbauer (born September 11, 1945, Munich, Germany—died January 7, 2024, Salzburg, Austria) is a German football (soccer) player who is one of only three people to win the World Cup as a player and as a coach (1974 and 1990, respectively). Nicknamed “der Kaiser,” Beckenbauer dominated German football in the 1960s and ’70s and is arguably the country’s greatest footballer.
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Jan 8, 2024 · FILE - German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and Franz Beckenbauer, president of the local organizing committee, presents the original soccer ball for the World Cup final to young fans in Berlin Thursday, July 6, 2006. Germany’s World Cup-winning coach Franz Beckenbauer has died. He was 78. Beckenbauer was one of German soccer’s central ...
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Jan 9, 2024 · Franz Beckenbauer was a World Cup-winning player and manager, one of just three men to achieve both feats. Bundesliga. Teams. Podcasts. Franz Beckenbauer was Germany’s most beautiful and ...
Jan 8, 2024 · Franz Anton Beckenbauer was born in September 1945 to Franz and Antonie Beckenbauer in Giesing, a working-class suburb of Munich, close to what would become the site of the city’s Olympic ...
Jan 8, 2024 · Franz Beckenbauer's former New York Cosmos team-mate Dennis Tueart: "It was a pioneering job. He followed Pele. He used to love walking around New York and be Franz the person. He was the first ...
