Franz Beckenbauer
Franz Anton Beckenbauer (11 September 1945 - 7 January 2024) was a German former professional footballer and manager. In his playing career he was nicknamed Der Kaiser ("The Emperor") because of his elegant style, dominance and leadership on the field, and also as his first name "Franz" is reminiscent of the Austrian emperors. He is widely regarded to be one of the greatest players in the history of the sport. A versatile player who started out as a midfielder, Beckenbauer made his name as a central defender. He is often credited as having invented the role of the modern sweeper (libero). Twice named European Footballer of the Year, Beckenbauer appeared 103 times for West Germany and played in three FIFA World Cups and two European Championships. He is one of three men, along with Brazil's Mário Zagallo and France's Didier Deschamps, to have won the World Cup as a player and as a manager; he lifted the World Cup trophy as captain in 1974, and repeated the feat as a manager in 1990. He was the first captain to lift the World Cup and European Championship at international level and the European Cup at club level. He was named in the World Team of the 20th Century in 1998, the FIFA World Cup Dream Team in 2002, the Ballon d'Or Dream Team in 2020, and in 2004 was listed in the FIFA 100 of the world's greatest living players. At club level with Bayern Munich, Beckenbauer won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1967 and three consecutive European Cups from 1974 to 1976. The latter feat made him the first player to win three European Cups as captain of his club. He became team manager and later president of Bayern Munich. After two spells with the New York Cosmos he was inducted into the U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame. Beckenbauer led Germany's successful bid to host the 2006 FIFA World Cup and chaired the organizing committee. He worked as a pundit for Sky Germany, and for 34 years as a columnist for the tabloid Bild, both until 2016. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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- 2024 · Abschied vom Kaiser - Trauerfeier für Franz Beckenbauer as Self
- 2024 · Beckenbauer as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · FC Bayern - Behind the Legend as Self - Honorary President
- 2021 · Big-Time Soccer: The Remarkable Rise & Fall of the NASL as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · Best Goalkeeper in the World as Himself
- 2020 · Der Ball war mein Freund - Zum 75. Geburtstag von Franz Beckenbauer as Self
- 2019 · Servus Uli – A Life for FC Bayern as Self
- 2018 · Die Geschichte der Fußball-WM aus deutscher Sicht as
- 2016 · World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys as Self
- 2016 · Gold Stars : FIFA l'anthologie as
- 2015 · Fußball – Ein Leben: Franz Beckenbauer as Self
- 2015 · Sportclub Story as Self
- 2015 · Schwarz, Rot, Gold und Fußballfieber as Self (archive footage)
- 2014 · The Team as Self
- 2014 · Wir haben den Pokal as
- 2014 · Aktion "Leder" Die Stasi und das deutsche Fußballduel WM'74 as Himself
- 2013 · Ligafieber as Self
- 2012 · Einfach Kathi - Resch & Lieblich as Self
- 2012 · Gottschalk Live as Self - Guest
- 2010 · Italia '90 as self
- 2009 · Puskás Hungary as himself
- 2008 · Das Wunder von Wien as Self
- 2007 · Der Sonntags-Stammtisch as Self
- 2007 · Ein Leben wie im Flug as Self
- 2006 · Germany: A Summer's Fairytale as Self
- 2006 · The Art of Football from A to Z as Self
- 2006 · Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos as Self
- 2006 · Die WM-Show mit Jörg Pilawa as Self
- 2004 · Doppelpass as himself
- 2004 · Gib mich die Kirsche! – Die 1. deutsche Fußballrolle as himself
- 2004 · EK 'Eighty-Eight - Oranje Kampioen! as Himself
- 2003 · Unsere Besten as Self
- 2002 · Die Jahrzehnte Show as Self
- 2000 · Menschen der Woche as Self
- 2000 · Blickpunkt Sport as self
- 1999 · Lachen tut gut - Comedy für Unicef as Self
- 1999 · Maybrit Illner as Self
- 1999 · Beckmann as Self
- 1998 · Ein Herz für Kinder as Self
- 1998 · Die Johannes B. Kerner Show as Self
- 1997 · Leute heute as Self
- 1992 · Eusébio: Um jogador de todos os tempos as Self
- 1989 · The Worlds Greatest Goals as Self (archive footage)
- 1987 · Klassentreffen as Self
- 1983 · Die Franz Beckenbauer Story as Franz Beckenbauer
- 1982 · Na sowas! as Self
- 1982 · Menschen as Self
- 1982 · Wortwechsel as Self
- 1981 · Wetten, dass..? as Self
- 1980 · Heut' abend as Self
- 1980 · Verstehen Sie Spaß? as Self
- 1979 · Peter Alexander: Wir gratulieren as Self
- 1979 · NDR Talk Show as Self
- 1976 · Musik & Gäste as Self
- 1974 · Am laufenden Band as Self - Guest
- 1973 · Libero as Himself
- 1969 · Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten as Self
- 1966 · Goal! as Self
- 1966 · Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self
- 1963 · Das aktuelle Sportstudio as self
- 1963 · Der Sport-Spiegel as self
- 1961 · Sportschau as Self
- 1959 · Stars in der Manege as Self
- 1955 · Was bin ich? as self
- 1948 · Bambi Awards as Self