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Franz Anton Beckenbauer (German pronunciation: [fʁants ˈbɛkn̩ˌbaʊɐ] ⓘ; 11 September 1945 – 7 January 2024) was a German professional football player, manager, and official. Nicknamed der Kaiser ("the Emperor"), [ 1 ] [ 2 ] he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, and is one of nine players to have won the ...
When players like [Gareth] Bale and [Cristiano] Ronaldo are worth around €100 million, Johan [Cruyff] would go in the billions! — Franz Beckenbauer , in an interview with Bild.de (September 2014) about Cruyff's transfer value in the early 1970s [ 32 ] [ 33 ]
Beckenbauer was also voted in eighth place for the FIFA Player of the Century award, and was selected for the World Team of the 20th Century. [10] Ten German players were named in the FIFA 100 , [ 11 ] a list of the 125 greatest living footballers chosen by former footballer Pelé , and ten are in the FIFA Century Club , having earned 100 or ...
The 1976 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to the West German defender Franz Beckenbauer on 28 December 1976. [1]
The New York Cosmos (simply the Cosmos in 1977–1978) were an American professional soccer club based in New York City and its suburbs. The team played home games in three stadiums around New York, including Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, before moving in 1977 to Giants Stadium in nearby East Rutherford, New Jersey, where the club remained for the rest of its history.
Fritz Walter, Franz Beckenbauer, and Lothar Matthäus had skippered West Germany to the World Cup title. [64] On 18 July 2014, Lahm, at the age of 30, [64] announced his retirement from international football. [50] [64] He had scored five goals [50] in 113 appearances.
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Höfl is the son of former German speed skater and trainer Herbert Höfl. [1] After his education as a communications manager at the Bayerische Akademie für Werbung und Marketing (Bavarian academy for advertisement and marketing), Höfl set up Marcus Höfl Management – MHM Majors, a sports management and marketing company, in 1997 in Kitzbühel and began managing the former football player ...