Franz Beckenbauer

**Franz Anton Beckenbauer** (, ; 11 September 1945 &ndash; 7 January 2024) was a German professional  footballer and manager. Franz was often called *Der Kaiser* ("The Emperor"). He was regarded to be one of the greatest players in the history of football. Franz was often credited for inventing the role of the modern sweeper (*libero*).

## Death
Beckenbauer died on 7 January 2024 in Munich at the age of 78.

## Career statistics
### Club
### International statistics
#### National team statistics
#### International goals
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### 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**
*FIFA World Cup: 1974
*UEFA European Championship: 1972

### Manager
**West Germany**
*Ligue 1: 1990–91

**Bayern Munich**
*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
*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
*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**
*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
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## 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 
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* Portrait of Franz Beckenbauer

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