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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Franz Anton Beckenbauer | ||
| Date of birth | 11 September 1945 | ||
| Place of birth | Munich, Germany | ||
| Playing position | Defender (retired) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1959-1964 | Bayern Munich | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1964-1977 1977-1980 1980-1982 1983 |
Bayern Munich New York Cosmos Hamburger SV New York Cosmos |
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| National team | |||
| 1965-1977 | Germany | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1984-1990 1990-1991 1994 1996 |
Germany Olympique Marseille Bayern Munich Bayern Munich |
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Franz Beckenbauer (born 11 September 1945), called "The Kaiser", is a German retired football player. He played as defender for Bayern Munich, Hamburger SV and Cosmos New York. After the end of his active career he was the coach of the Germany national team and Bayern Munich.
His son Stephan Beckenbauer was a footballer.
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Career
Franz Beckenbauer grew up in the working-class district of Giesing and started playing football at the age of nine with the youth team of SC Munich '06 in 1954. Although he was a supporter of 1860 München he went to Bayern München. Beckenbauer made his debut with Bayern in the Regionalliga Süd on the left wing against Stuttgarter Kickers on 6 June 1964. This year Bayern was promoted to the new German Bundesliga. During Beckenbauer's time at Bayern Munich, the club won three league championships in a row from 1972 to 1974 and also a hat-trick of European Cup wins (1974–76).
After his time with München he signed with Cosmos New York (1977) in the North American Soccer League. After two years with the Hamburger SV (1980-1982) he played till 1983 again with Cosmos.
He played 103 matches for the German football national team. He was member of the World Cup squad in 1966 (2nd), 1970 (3rd) and 1974 (1st). In 1972 he won the European Championship. As manager he won the World Cup 1990 and was runner up in 1986. Afterwards he became coach of his former team FC Bayern München and won the title in 1994 and the UEFA Cup in 1996.
He did lobbing work for Germanys wish to host the 2006 World Cup. After the decision to give them to Germany he was member of the organizational committee.
Club career statistics
| Club performance | League | Continental | Total | |||||
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| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Germany | League | Europe | Total | |||||
| 1965/66 | Bayern Munich | Bundesliga | 33 | 4 | - | 33 | 4 | |
| 1966/67 | 33 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 42 | 2 | ||
| 1967/68 | 28 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 35 | 5 | ||
| 1968/69 | 33 | 2 | - | 33 | 2 | |||
| 1969/70 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 5 | ||
| 1970/71 | 33 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 41 | 4 | ||
| 1971/72 | 34 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 41 | 7 | ||
| 1972/73 | 34 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 40 | 7 | ||
| 1973/74 | 34 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 44 | 6 | ||
| 1974/75 | 33 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 40 | 2 | ||
| 1975/76 | 34 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 43 | 5 | ||
| 1976/77 | 33 | 3 | - | 33 | 3 | |||
| United States | League | North America | Total | |||||
| 1977 | New York Cosmos | NASL | 15 | 4 | - | 15 | 4 | |
| 1978 | 27 | 8 | - | 27 | 8 | |||
| 1979 | 12 | 1 | - | 12 | 1 | |||
| 1980 | 26 | 4 | - | 26 | 4 | |||
| Germany | League | Europe | Total | |||||
| 1980/81 | Hamburger SV | Bundesliga | 18 | 0 | - | 18 | 0 | |
| 1981/82 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| United States | League | North America | Total | |||||
| 1983 | New York Cosmos | NASL | 25 | 2 | - | 25 | 2 | |
| Country | Germany | 424 | 47 | 70 | 5 | 494 | 52 | |
| United States | 105 | 19 | - | 105 | 19 | |||
| Total | 529 | 66 | 70 | 5 | 599 | 71 | ||
International career statistics
| Germany national team | ||
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| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1965 | 3 | 0 |
| 1966 | 12 | 7 |
| 1967 | 5 | 0 |
| 1968 | 9 | 1 |
| 1969 | 6 | 0 |
| 1970 | 12 | 2 |
| 1971 | 9 | 2 |
| 1972 | 7 | 0 |
| 1973 | 10 | 1 |
| 1974 | 15 | 0 |
| 1975 | 7 | 0 |
| 1976 | 7 | 1 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 103 | 14 |
Honours
Civil
- 1976 Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Verdienstkreuz am Bande des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland)
- 1982 Bavarian Order of Merit
- 1982 Golden Ring of Honour of the City of Munich
- 1986 Cross of Merit 1st class of the Federal Republic of Germany (Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasse des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland)
- 1995 Honorary Golden Coin of the City of Munich
- 2004 Honorary Doctor of National Sports Academy Sofia
- 2006 Commanders Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Großes Verdienstkreuz des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland)
- 2008 Lower Saxon Merit 1st Class
- 2009 Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
- 2011 Honorary consul of the Republic of Kosovo and of the Football Federation of Kosovo.
Images for kids
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Beckenbauer (left) after Bayern Munich's Cup Winners' Cup triumph in 1967
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Beckenbauer with the Club Cipolletti players during a match played in Argentina in 1980
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Beckenbauer captaining West Germany against East Germany at the 1974 FIFA World Cup
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Beckenbauer receiving the Sports Bambi Award at the Leipzig Opera, Augustusplatz in 1990
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A Cosmos jersey worn in 1977