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International at 20 years old. Franz Beckenbauer began his club career at Bayern Munich in 1964, at the age of 19, and became international in 1965. Here, he was surrounded by young English fans during the 1966 World Cup.
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Arm in sling. During the 1970 World Cup in Mexico, he was a major player in what is considered by some to be the match of the century, the semi-final between Germany and Italy won by the Italians after extra time (4- 3, ap).
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The coronation at home. After winning Euro 1972, Germany was on top of the world in 1974 after its victory in the final against Johan Cruyff’s Netherlands.
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Untouchable with Bayern. Franz Beckenbauer is the captain of an ultra-dominant Bayern. He won four Championships (1969, 1972, 1973, 1974), four German Cups (1966, 1967, 1969, 1971), three European Champion Clubs’ Cups (1974, 1975 and 1976) and a Cup Winners’ Cup in 1967.
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Golden Ball. Already crowned in 1972, Beckenbauer received his second Ballon d’Or in 1976 from Max Urbini, editor-in-chief of “France Football”.
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New York. Franz Beckenbauer, Pelé and Giorgio Chinaglia, the three stars of Cosmos New York. The German joined the United States in 1977 until 1980 and returned there to finish his career during the 1982-1983 season.
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Winning return. After three first American seasons with the Cosmos, the Kaiser returned to Germany in Hamburg where he won the 5th Bundesliga of his career.
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On the other side. His playing career had barely ended, Franz Beckenbauer became Germany coach after the failure at Euro 84. Finalist in 1986, he won the World Cup in 1990, thus becoming, after Mario Zagallo, the second man to be world champion player then coach.
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Failure at OM. Beckenbauer was recruited by Bernard Tapie in 1990 to join OM. But the adventure is cut short. After 4 months and 15 matches including 5 defeats, he was fired. This did not prevent him from enjoying success on the Bayern bench during two brief stints (Bundesliga 1994 and UEFA Cup 1996) before he became president of the club.
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Controversial leader. President of the organizing committee for the 2006 World Cup in Germany, he will be on the front line in the scandal of the awarding of the competition to Germany and will subsequently admit “an error” on his part.
published on January 8, 2024 at 8:05 p.m.
2024-01-08 19:05:05
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