German football has always personified coherence, discipline and the highest efficiency, it is not for nothing that the German national team is sometimes called the “machine”. And all because each of its players is a single “gear”, which, due to interaction with other similar “details”, ensures a positive result for the team. In the entire history of the development of football on German soil, there were many excellent ball masters, but in this series stands out a football player named Franz Beckenbauer. We will consider his life story in more detail.
Quick reference
The famous athlete was born on September 11, 1945. Franz Beckenbauer was a defender in his playing role. Many experts consider him the creator of such a gaming position as Libero - the last of the defenders in the defense line who is free. But we can’t say that he was exclusively a defensive player. The German was also an excellent specialist in combination football, as he often connected to the attacks of his squad.
Carier start
Franz Beckenbauer began to play football in his school years. His first team was Munich 1906. But for a long time he did not stay there and moved to the youth section of the famous Bayern team. At the same time, the athlete became a member of the youth national team. It is noteworthy that at the beginning of the gaming career, our hero was a striker.
A year after his debut in the strongest club in Germany, he got into the main team. It is worth noting that he was called to the main team exactly when she was on the verge of not getting to the World Cup. The Germans had a battle with the Swedish national team, and from the first only victory was required. In the end , Germany went to the 1966 tournament, and Franz Beckenbauer firmly established himself among those elected for 10 years in advance.
Personal qualities
It is impossible not to say about the features of the famous magician of the world of football. Franz Beckenbauer, whose photo is given in the article, has always been distinguished by the fantastic speed of game thinking. In it, as a player, grace and aristocracy with physical power and the ability to adapt to the situation are organically mixed. Many noted the German’s ability to see the field 360 degrees. Thanks to this, he surprisingly managed to calculate playing moves and form scoring chances not only for himself, but also for his teammates. It is also important that Franz was a real leader not only directly on the field, but also beyond. Quite often there were situations when he could raise his voice at one of the partners if, in his opinion, they did not play, but simply walked during the match, serving, as they say, the number.
Game experience
As a football player, Franz Beckenbauer played in several clubs. In 1965, he first put on the form of “Bavaria”, for which he eventually spent 427 matches. During the same period, he scored 60 goals. As a player of this club, the athlete won the German championship five times, won the country's Cup four times, was three-time champion of the European Cup, and once won the UEFA Cup and Intercontinental Cup.
In 1977, Franz does not just change the club, he moves to the other end of the world and becomes a player in the New York Cosmos team. In the United States, he won three times in the local league. And in 1980, he again appeared in his native land, but already in a new club for himself - Hamburg. With this football armada in 1982, he takes the gold of the championship of Germany.
Relations with the German national team at Beckenbauer also developed perfectly. In total, he spent 103 games for the main team, and in fifty of them he was the captain. Managed to score 14 goals. In 1974, the German football genius became the world champion, in 1972 - the European champion. And after this tournament he was recognized as the best player on the continent.
Coaching
Franz Beckenbauer, whose biography is full of many bright events, tried himself in the coaching field at the European Championship in 1986. Formally, he did not have the right to train then, because he did not have the appropriate license, so his position was called the "technical manager of the team." However, in reality it was he who led the team to the finals of the tournament, while defeating a fairly strong French team in the semi-finals. But the German’s real finest hour can be considered his triumph at the 1990 world championship, when Germany outplayed Argentina in the final with her outstanding captain of those times - Diego Maradona.
Franz was also a member of the committee involved in organizing and conducting the 2006 World Cup. In February 2002, he became Chairman of the Management Board of FC Bavaria.
Facts only
Beckenbauer is the father of five children. He has three marriages. A live football legend is actively acting in advertisements for beer, mobile operators, and sporting goods. Franz is included in the top ten most outstanding players in the world for the period of the 20th century at number three, ahead of him only Pele and Cruyff.