German football legend Franz Beckenbauer dies

German football legend Franz Beckenbauer has died at the age of 78, his family announced Monday to the German News Agency. German football legend "Kaiser" Franz Beckenbauer, world champion as a player in 1974 and as a coach in 1990, died on Sunday (January 7, 2024), according to what the German Football Association announced on Monday to Seed Agency, one of the branches of Agence France-Presse. Beckenbauer (78 years old), captain of the West German national team in the 1970s and its coach between 1984 and 1990, and a former manager at Bayern Munich in the 1990s, withdrew from public life in recent years due to health problems.

Beckenbauer in brief Name: Franz Beckenbauer - Born on September 11, 1945 in Munich (Germany) - Died on January 7, 2024 at the age of 78 - Height: 1.81 m - He served as a libero when he was a player - He defended the colors of Bayern Munich (1964-1977), American New York Cosmos (1977-1980 and 1983), Hamburg (1980-1982) - He contributed as a player to West Germany winning the World Cup in 1974, after coming in second place in 1966 - He contributed as a player to his country winning the European Nations Cup in 1972 - He led his team Bayern Munich to win the European Champion Clubs Cup in 1974, 1975 and 1976 - He led his team Bayern Munich to win the Continental Cup (Intercontinental) in 1976 - He won the West German Championship with Bayern Munich in 1969, 1972 and 1973 1974, then with Hamburg in 1982 - He won the Cup West Germany four times with Bayern Munich in 1966, 1967, 1969 and 1971 - He led his American team New York Cosmos to win the US Championship three times in 1977, 1978 and 1980 - He won the European Ballon d’Or twice in 1972 and 1976 - He won the Best Player award in Germany in 1976 1966, 1968, 1974, 1976 - He played 103 international matches between 1965 and 1977, including 50 captains, during which he scored 14 goals - He coached the West German national team from September 1984 to July 1990, where he led them to win the World Cup in the World Cup in Italy in 1966. 1990, and until the final match in the 1986 World Cup, then he moved to coach French Marseille and Bayern Munich, where he later became its president.