Franz Beckenbauer began his profession at Bayern Munich in 1964 within the Regionalliga Süd earlier than gaining promotion to the highest tier. He’s seen right here exchanging pennants with Borussia Mönchengladbach captain Heinz Lowin earlier than their 1965-66 Bundesliga conflict.
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Beckenbauer appeared in his first World Cup in 1966, enjoying each match, as much as and together with the ultimate, the place he and Bobby Charlton have been instructed by their respective managers to man-mark one another, thus cancelling out one another’s play. Beckenbauer was a sublime and dominant defender, and such was his assurance in possession that he’s credited with creating the fashionable sweeper position.
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4 years later Beckenbauer and West Germany confronted England once more, this time gaining revenge for his or her 1966 defeat with a 3-2 victory within the 1970 World Cup quarter-finals.
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The West German gamers with the trophy after triumphing on the 1972 European Championships, beating the Soviet Union 3–0 within the last.
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Additional triumph adopted two years later when the West Germany captain hoisted the trophy excessive following victory over the Netherlands within the 1974 World Cup last.
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West German supervisor Helmut Schön and captain Beckenbauer maintain the trophy because the West German gamers and employees have a good time after their 2-1 victory.
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Extra trophy hoisting got here the next yr, this time with Bayern Munich as they beat Leeds United 2-0 within the European Cup last at Parc des Princes in Might 1975. Throughout Beckenbauer’s time at Bayern Munich, the membership gained three league championships in a row from 1972 to 1974 together with a hat-trick of European Cup victories (1974–76).
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Beckenbauer directs his Bayern Munich teammates because the three-time defending champions have been knocked out by Dynamo Kyiv within the quarter-finals of the 1976-77 event, amid his last season in Munich. Over his 13-year profession at Bayern, Beckenbauer made 584 appearances and scored 75 targets.
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Beckenbauer poses together with his effigy, in December 1976 in Paris, after being awarded the Ballon d’Or, changing into the one defender to be awarded the title on two events (beforehand successful the award in 1972).
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Beckenbauer headed to New York in 1977 to affix the Cosmos and made 105 appearances over over a three-year interval, together with one in London when he performed at Stamford Bridge in September 1978 in a pleasant in opposition to Chelsea.
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Beckenbauer’s New York odyssey resulted in 1980 when he determined to go again to his native Germany. He was honoured by the Cosmos with a farewell sport in opposition to an NASL choose facet.
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After leaving the US, Beckenbauer headed to Hamburg the place he performed for 2 seasons.
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Earlier than lastly hanging up his boots, Beckenbauer returned to the New York Cosmos in 1983 for one last season. He was greeted on his return by his former Cosmos teammate Pelé.
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Beckenbauer and George Finest donned their boots once more for a charity match in England in 1989.
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On his return to Germany in 1984, Beckenbauer was appointed supervisor of the West Germany nationwide crew to exchange Jupp Derwall. He took the crew all the way in which to the ultimate of the 1986 World Cup, the place they misplaced to Argentina. 4 years later, Beckenbauer was nonetheless on the helm and had an opportunity for revenge when the 2 groups confronted one another in Rome.
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The West German crew triumphed 1–0 courtesy of a late penalty taken by Andreas Brehme. The victory meant that Der Kaiser grew to become solely the second particular person to win the title as each participant and supervisor. The primary was Mário Zagallo after Brazil’s victory in 1970. The pair have been joined in 2018 by France’s Didier Deschamps.
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In 1998, Beckenbauer grew to become vice-president of the German Soccer Affiliation and, on the finish of the Nineteen Nineties, headed Germany’s profitable bid to host the 2006 Fifa World Cup.
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Beckenbauer presents the official match ball for the 2010 World Cup in Cape City, South Africa.
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For half a century Beckenbauer held sway over Bayern as a participant, coach and president, earlier than he stepped down from the very best workplace on the membership in favour of Uli Hoeness in November 2009. The next August the membership honoured their most well-known son with a protracted overdue farewell match. He’s pictured right here with Bayern president Hoeness (left), Bayern CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (second proper) and vice CEO Karl Hopfner (proper).
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Beckenbauer was honoured once more three years later when he was introduced with the Uefa President’s Award.
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Beckenbauer holds his award as he attends the opening gala for the Corridor of Fame of German Soccer on the German Soccer Museum in Dortmund in 2019.
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Forward of an exhibition to have a good time his seventy fifth birthday in 2020, Beckenbauer is pictured with all of the trophies he gained over his profession at Bayern Munich.
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A candle and a word in commemoration of Beckenbauer on the door of his start home in Munich.
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