2024-01-08 21:07:48
Franz Beckenbauer died on Sunday at the age of 78, his family announced to the dpa news agency. The Kaiser was undoubtedly the most notable personality in German football.
Beckenbauer was one of the greatest players in history. He was a world champion as a player (1974) and as a coach (1990), like the Brazilian Mario Zagallo who died last week, and then brought the World Cup to Germany in 2006 as a leader. Double Ballon d’Or, he was also European champion in 1972.
“It is with deep sadness that we inform you that my husband and our father Franz Beckenbauer fell asleep peacefully yesterday Sunday in the circle of his family“, the family said. “We ask you to grieve in silence and refrain from asking any questions.“
Beckenbauer arrived at Bayern Munich as a junior and quickly established himself as a key element of the Munich club. He notably won 4 national championship titles and 4 Cups, won the European Champion Clubs’ Cup 3 times, as well as a Club World Cup.
With his elegance and lightness on the field, “Kaiser Franz” redefined the role of the libero and crowned his career by winning the World Cup at home in 1974. Two years earlier, he had led the “Mannschaft” to the coronation European.
After a few years in the United States at Cosmos New York, where he played with Pelé in a legendary team, Beckenbauer returned to Germany and won another league title with SV Hamburg in 1982.
At the top at the head of the Mannschaft
After Germany’s elimination in the group stage of Euro 1984, Franz Beckenbauer became national coach, even without a coaching qualification, and led the team to the final of the 1986 World Cup. against Argentina (3-2 defeat). Four years later, he took his revenge on Diego Maradona and Co. by winning the Italian World Cup.
Beckenbauer, who came out of retirement to coach a Bayern in crisis in the mid-1990s, was then the strong man in the bid to host the 2006 World Cup, with the German Federation (DFB) then using all the charisma from the former libero.
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