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Franz Beckenbauer
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When players like [Gareth] Bale and [Cristiano] Ronaldo are worth around €100 million, Johan [Cruyff] would go in the billions.
— Franz Beckenbauer, in an interview with Henning Feindt of Bild.de (September 2014).
Franz Beckenbauer
German sports official and association football player (1945–2024)
- Fame75.3
- Momentum30.8
- Germany rank#77
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- Fame75.3
- Momentum30.8
- Germany rank#77
- Footballers rank#90
- Wikipedia311.6K
Lived 1945–2024, aged 79Germany
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Updated 2026-06-21
They called him der Kaiser, and the nickname stuck because he redrew the map. Beckenbauer didn't just play centre-back — he invented the modern sweeper, turned defence into attack, and won everything there was to win as both player and manager.
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Born in Munich in 1945, Beckenbauer started as a midfielder before dropping back and redefining what a defender could do from deep. He captained West Germany to the World Cup in 1974, won three straight European Cups with Bayern Munich from 1974 to 1976, and collected two Ballon d'Or awards along the way. After a stint with the New York Cosmos, he returned to manage West Germany and lifted the World Cup again in 1990 — one of only three men to win it as both player and boss. He later led Germany's bid for the 2006 World Cup and chaired the tournament, though the final years brought a fraud inv…
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- New York Cosmos1983–1983
- Hamburger SV1980–1982
- New York Cosmos1977–1980
- FC Bayern Munich1965–1977
- Germany men's national association football team1965–1977
- Germany national football B team1965–1965
- Germany national under-18 football team1964–1964
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| 1983–1983 | 25 | 2 |
| 1980–1982 | 28 | 0 |
| 1977–1980 | 80 | 17 |
| 1965–1977 | 439 | 64 |
| 1965–1977 | 103 | 14 |
| 1965–1965 | 2 | 0 |
| 1964–1964 | 3 | 3 |
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- Askania Award
- German Football Hall of Fame
- Bayerische Verfassungsmedaille
- UEFA President's Award
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Historical35.2
Now attention23.8
Source confidence90.0
Completeness90.0
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