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Franz Beckenbauer
Franz Beckenbauer (born September 11, 1945) is a legendary defender and an equally great coach, bearing the high profile title Kaiser Franz.
A man who set himself the highest goals in football and brilliantly achieved them.
Probably, only a lazy or very distant person from football does not know that Kaiser is the first in the world who managed to win the World Cup as a player, and then as a coach.
It just so happened that Franz was in many ways the first in his time – the first player who played more than 100 matches for the German national team, the first player who was twice awarded the Golden Ball prize in 1972 and 1976.
There is an opinion that the Kaiser almost fantastically caught luck by the tail.
One has only to answer this – luck accompanies the strong.
Since Beckenbauer was born in Munich, he was just destined to have a connection with the local "Bayern", sooner or later.
However, little Franz made his first football steps in the youth team of another city club "Munich 1906", which is in the shadow of the great grandee.
But still, Kaiser got to Bayern.
It happened in 1959, where he was almost immediately noticed by the coach of the German youth national team.
Prudent Franz did not forget that in addition to football, there is also the rest of life, where you need to somehow earn a living, so the guy decided to get a profession, so to speak, "in civilian life" and in 1962, a seventeen year old guy signed up for an internship as an insurance agent.
But no less prudent functionaries of "Bayern", in order not to lose Beckenbauer, offered the young talent a serious adult contract in time.
Kaiser agreed and tied himself to football for life.
Franz Beckenbauer was a rare all rounder, he could play both in the center and on the flank, both in defense and as an attacking player.
The first official match for the basis of "Bayern" the guy played against the club "St. Pauli" in the position of a left attacking striker.
And although Franz did not score a goal in the first game at the adult level, he left quite a decent impression despite the fact that Bayern defeated St. Pauli with a score of 4-0.
In 1965, there was, perhaps, an event that determined the fate of a young guy – his debut in the national team.
His debut came in a decisive game with the Swedish national team in the qualifying round of the 1966 World Cup.
A victory sent the German national team to the World Cup, but a defeat left them out.
As a result, Franz appeared on the field, played the match in his inimitable manner, the national team defeated the hosts with a score of 2-1 and went to the World Cup, and also acquired in the person of Beckenbauea an irreplaceable defensive player, the leader of the team both on and off the field for more than 10 years.
Just at that time, the then coach of Bayern, Helmut Schoen, was trying Beckenbauer in a new position for him, and, perhaps, for the entire football world, the so - called "libero" - the last defender.
And this decision was super successful!
Thanks to Franz's versatility, he was not only engaged in destroying attacks, cleaning up balls for partners, but also led both the defense and the entire team.
Beckenbauer could perfectly "see" the football field, instantly, like a computer, calculated all possible options and made almost always the right choice.
He, as a conductor, directed the vector of attacks in one direction or another, knew when to slow down the pace of the match, and when to press the opponent on the contrary, told his partners when to connect to the attack, and when to pull back to the defense to help the defense.
It was for this that Franz later received the nickname "Kaiser".
The combination of an attacking impulse and pragmatism in defense practically eliminated weaknesses in his game, and the technique of working with the ball was fascinating.
Beckenbauer moved across the field smoothly, like a ballerina, regardless of whether his opponent attacked him or not.
As always, the world was divided into two camps regarding the position occupied by Beckenbauer on the field – some said that Kaiser Franz was engaged in a truly important matter – destroying with the possibility of creation, acting for the good of the team.
His game seemed to be simple, but not for the opponents.
Others said that a creator of such a level as Franz, while engaged in defense, buries his talent in the ground, that he should be freed from protective functions – he should be singled out as a kind of free artist on the field – let him create.
These disputes flared up especially strongly after the disastrous final match of the 1966 World Cup for the Germans, where the German national team lost 2-4.
But the great Beckenbauer continued to play in his position as a libero, but only even better.
As it turned out over time, this decision was dictated correctly, and all the subsequent successes of the German national team and Bayern were associated only with Franz as the last defender.
It is worth noting the scorer qualities of the universal defender Franz.
Goals were given to him with some special ease.
Franz did a special job at the World Championships.
In 1970, at the World Cup in Mexico, losing 0-2 to the same Englishmen, Beckenbauer scored the first ball, and then the whole team picked up his initiative, and the match ended with the advantage of the German national team 3-2.
In 1972, the German national team became the European champion, winning in the final against the USSR national team — 3: 0. And in 1974, the captain of the German national team, Franz Beckenbauer, after the final match with the Dutch, won with a score of 2:1, raised the FIFA Gold Cup over his head.
So he became a world champion as a player.
This was the pinnacle of his career as a player, but far from the last achievement in football in general.
After playing for another 2 years after the triumph in the national team, and having played a total of 103 matches, Beckenbauer decided that it was time to leave the national team and his native Bayern, since age made it clear, and Franz did not want to be a burden.
He went to the place where he was needed, like no other – in the United States, to the Cosmos team, in which Pele himself ended his career at one time.
There, full stadiums began to gather for Beckenbauer, which helped to popularize the game in the country.
After playing 4 seasons in "Cosmos", Kaiser Franz returned to his homeland, where, as they say, he got from the ship to the ball.
In 1984, something incredible was happening in the German national team, the generational change was painful, and Beckenbauer was offered to lead the national team.
He agreed, but since Franz did not have a coaching license, Becknbauer was formally listed as the technical manager of the team.
However, it was he who determined both the selection of players and the tactics of the game.
So Beckenbauer began the path to another of his great achievements.
Franz's team had to take the first serious exam at the 1986 World Championship.
And the German national team, as they say, shot perfectly, reaching the final and losing only to the incredible Argentines with Diego Maradona, who shone then.
But the next World Cup in 1990 in Italy was still held by Beckenbauer.
Franz's team also faced the national team of Argentina in the final, but now the Germans have taken revenge for the defeat at the last World Cup with a score of 1-0.
Thus, Kaiser Franz also became a world champion as a coach.
A legendary event!
After the victorious World Cup, the great Beckenbauer left the national team for the benefit of his native and beloved club.
In 1994, Kaiser Franz became the president of Bayern, which he still is.
Career Milestones
AS A PLAYER
▪ World Champion: 1974
▪ Finalist of the 1966 World Cup
▪ Bronze medalist of the 1970 World Cup
▪ European Champion: 1972
▪ Silver medalist European Champion: 1976
▪ German Champion: 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1982
▪ German Cup Winner: 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971
▪ European Champions Cup Winner: 1974, 1975, 1976
▪ Winner of the UEFA Cup Cup: 1967
▪ Winner of the Intercontinental Cup: 1976
▪ US Champion: 1977, 1978, 1980
AS A COACH
▪ World Champion: 1990
▪ Finalist of the 1986 World Cup
▪ Champion of France: 1991
▪ Finalist of the KCH 1991
▪ German Champion: 1994
▪ UEFA Cup Winner: 1996
PERSONAL
▪ The best football player in Europe: 1972, 1976
▪ Included in the FIFA 100 list
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