Legendary football player and former president of Bayern Munich: Who is Franz Beckenbauer?
He excelled in the Bayern München team and was recognized as one of the best football players in the world.
German (FAC) football player. Known as "Kaiser" in the football world. He was born on September 11, 1945, in Munich. He grew up in the small teams of Bayern München. He showed himself as a libero and midfielder.
Franz Anton Beckenbauer (born 11 September 1945) is a German former professional footballer and manager. In his playing career he was nicknamed Der Kaiser ("The Emperor") because of his elegant style, dominance and leadership on the field, and also as his first name "Franz" is reminiscent of the Austrian emperors.
Franz Anton Beckenbauer was born on September 11, 1945, in Munich, Germany. He is considered to be the best player of the German player position ever, who has served in the defense position in his football career. The German athlete, who has had numerous successes in his career, is the only athlete to lift the FIFA World Cup, both as a coach and as a football player. The German player, nicknamed "Der Kaiser", is considered the best player ever in the history of German football, and in this sense, he is seen as a very important brand and faces for Germany. Having served as a sweeper on the defensive line as a football player, Beckenbauer had the chance to play in 3 different clubs, thus becoming one of the German athletes who won numerous trophies.
He is widely regarded to be one of the greatest players in the history of the sport. A versatile player who started out as a midfielder, Beckenbauer made his name as a central defender. He is often credited as having invented the role of the modern sweeper (libero).
Beckenbauer, who started his professional football career in 1964, had the chance to play in 587 league games and aired the nets 81 times. Having achieved serious success in Bayern Munich, especially in Germany's biggest club, Beckenbauer managed to become an indispensable player of the German national team at that time and managed to make his name known as a football legend for a long time. Beckenbauer, who started his career in Bayern Munich in 1964 and did not leave a cup both nationally and internationally, served in a total of 427 league matches with a Münich jersey and scored 60 goals. Ending his 13-year career in Bayern Munich by transferring to the New York Cosmos team of the United States in 1977, Beckenbauer managed to win 4 Bundesliga, 4 German Cups, 3 UEFA Champions League, 1 Intercontinental Cup, and 1 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup during this period. Franz Beckenbauer has not only been able to achieve a happy ending in the UEFA Super Cup. When Bayern Munich won the UEFA Champions League three years in a row, Beckenbauer was considered the team's most valuable player.
Moving from 1977 Bayern Munich to New York Cosmos, Beckenbauer won the Americas League 3 times and then returned to Germany. Transferred to Hamburg in 1980 and winning trophies there, Beckenbauer signed a contract with New York Cosmos again in 1983 and announced his retirement after 27 matches. Beckenbauer, who became the head of the German national team in 1984, saw the finals of the FIFA World Cup 2 times here and managed to win one of these finals against Argentina in 1990. Having reached the final in 1986, Germany with Beckenbauer lost 3-2 to Argentina and failed to win the cup. In addition, while Beckenbauer was a football player, he also managed to become the European Champion with Germany in 1972. Before becoming a coach, Beckenbauer, who wore the German national jersey 103 times and scored 14 goals, achieved a first in this field when he won the World Cup while he was a football player in 1974, and won the cup again as a coach in 1990, and this record has not been broken yet.
Beckenbauer, who left his post after the World Cup victory, which was the head of the German national team, became the head of Marseille, one of the French Ligue 1 teams, in 1990. Beckenbauer, who stayed in Marseille for only 1 year, did not experience any trophy joy. Afterward, the football legend, who became the head of Bayern Munich in 1993, stayed here for 1 year and won 1 Bundesliga championship. Beckenbauer, who was brought back to the head of Bayern Munich for a half term in 1996, put an end to his active coaching career by winning a UEFA Cup for his team.