Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Anton Beckenbauer (, ; born 11 September 1945) is a  German former professional  footballer and manager. Franz was often called Der Kaiser ("The Emperor"). He is widely regarded to be one of the greatest players in the history of football. Franz is often credited for inventing the role of the modern sweeper (libero).

Career statistics

Club

International statistics

National team statistics

International goals
Scores and results table. Germany's goal tally first:

Managing statistics

Honours

Player
Bayern Munich
Regionalliga Süd: 1964–65
Bundesliga: 1968–69, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74
DFB-Pokal: 1965–66, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1970–71
European Cup: 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76
European Cup Winners' Cup: 1966–67
Intercontinental Cup: 1976

Hamburger SV
Bundesliga: 1981–82

New York Cosmos
North American Soccer League: 1977, 1978, 1980

West Germany
FIFA World Cup: 1974
UEFA European Championship: 1972

Manager
West Germany
FIFA World Cup: 1990

Marseille
Ligue 1: 1990–91

Bayern Munich
Bundesliga: 1993–94
UEFA Cup: 1995–96

Individual
Player
Ballon d'Or: 1972, 1976
Footballer of the Year (Germany): 1966, 1968, 1974, 1976
kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77
FIFA World Cup Best Young Player Award: 1966
FIFA World Cup Bronze Boot: 1966
FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1966, 1970, 1974
FIFA XI: 1968
FIFA World Cup Silver Ball: 1974
NASL Most Valuable Player Award: 1977
FIFA Order of Merit: 1984
FIFA World Cup All-Time Team: 1994
UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament: 1972, 1976
World Team of the 20th Century: 1998
FIFA World Cup Dream Team: 2002
FIFA Centennial Player and Football Personality Award: 2004
FIFA 100: 2004
Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award: 2007
IFFHS Universal Genius of World Football: 2007
Golden Foot: 2010, as football legend
Marca Leyenda: 2012
FIFA Presidential Award: 2012
UEFA President's Award: 2012
World Soccer Greatest XI of all time: 2013
UEFA Euro All-time XI: 2016
UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll (2004): second place
World Soccer (magazine) The greatest players of 20th century: fourth place
IFFHS Best European Player 1956–1990
IFFHS World Player of the Century: third place 
IFFHS European Player of the Century: second place
IFFHS Legends
Bayern Munich All-time XI
Member of Germany's Sports Hall of Fame
 Ballon d'Or Dream Team: 2020
 IFFHS All-time Men's Dream Team: 2021

Manager
European Coach of the Year—Sepp Herberger Award: 1990
World Soccer Awards Manager of the Year: 1990
World Soccer 29th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2013

Civil
 Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany: 1976
 Bavarian Order of Merit: 1982
 Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany: 1986
Honorary Golden Coin of the City of Munich: 1995
Honorary Doctor of the National Sports Academy: 2004
 Commanders' Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany: 2006
 Lower Saxon Merit 1st Class: 2008
 Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia: 2009
Honorary consul of the Republic of Kosovo: 2011

References

Bibliography

Literature 
 Beckenbauer, Franz, Cramer, Dettmar: Nicht nur ein Spiel!. Rowohlt, Reinbek 2006, .
 Körner, Torsten: Franz Beckenbauer – der freie Mann. Scherz, Frankfurt 2005, .
 Kratzert, Armin: Beckenbauer taucht nicht auf. Roman. Kirchheim Verlag, München 2012, 
 Kummermehr, Petra (Hrsg.): Das Buch Franz. Botschaften eines Kaisers. Diederichs, München 2011, .

Other websites

 Franz Beckenbauer Foundation 
 Facts on Beckenbauer 
 
 Portrait of Franz Beckenbauer

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1945 births
Living people
1966 FIFA World Cup players
1970 FIFA World Cup players
1974 FIFA World Cup players
German football managers
German footballers
Bundesliga managers
FC Bayern München players
Ballon d'Or winners
Sportspeople from Munich
West Germany at the 1966 FIFA World Cup
West Germany at the 1970 FIFA World Cup
West Germany at UEFA Euro 1972
West Germany at the 1974 FIFA World Cup
West Germany at UEFA Euro 1976
West Germany at the 1978 FIFA World Cup
West Germany at the 1986 FIFA World Cup
West Germany at UEFA Euro 1988
West Germany at the 1990 FIFA World Cup