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Franz Beckenbauer News

Yearender 2024: Remembering the sporting greats who passed away

Graham Thorpe, Franz Beckenbauer and Anshuman Gaekwad were among the greats who were lost to the world in 2024

Updated 567 days ago

How a sweeper set football free: Rudraneil Sengupta on Franz Beckenbauer

Beckenbauer (right) plays in the quarter-final against England at the 1970 World Cup. (Getty Images)

Updated 915 days ago

Long live the emperor! How Bayern Munich mourned death of Beckenbauer

Franz Beckenbauer addressing the audience during the annual general meeting of the FC Bayern Munich sports club in Munich

Published 918 days ago

Beckenbauer notebook: Enfant terrible to German football's pathfinder

Life is a series of events that eventually lead you down your destined path. It was no different for Beckenbauer

Published 918 days ago

Franz Beckenbauer dies: German legend's career in numbers

FILE - West German national soccer team captain Franz Beckenbauer, second from right, embraces his team mate, forward Juergen Grabowski after winning the 1974 World Cup

Updated 918 days ago

Beckenbauer: A giant who made Germany great

FILE - West Germany's Franz Beckenbauer stops an attack during the Football World Cup match

Published 918 days ago

Who's who of football mourn death of German legend Franz Beckenbauer

FILE - West German national soccer team captain Franz Beckenbauer, second from right, embraces his team mate, forward Juergen Grabowski while walking around the Olympic stadium

Published 919 days ago

Franz Beckenbauer the goalscorer: Remembering 5 of Der Kaiser's greatest goals

Franz Beckenbauer scored over 100 goals in his career

Updated 918 days ago

Franz Beckenbauer: Six key dates that define Der Kaiser

File photo of German football legend Franz Beckenbauer

Published 919 days ago

Beckenbauer, the Englishman who was not English; 'more Brazilian than German'

German soccer legend Franz Beckenbauer

Updated 919 days ago

Germany football legend Franz Beckenbauer dies aged 78

German soccer legend Franz Beckenbauer, head of Germany's organising committee for the soccer World Cup, plays with the Golden Ball for the World Cup in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, on April 18, 2006

Published 919 days ago

Beckenbauer dies at 78: Rare World Cup Hall of Famer and German football icon

West Germany captain Franz Beckenbauer holds up the World Cup trophy after his team defeated the Netherlands by 2-1, in the World Cup soccer final at Munich's Olympic stadium, in West Germany, on Jul. 7

Updated 919 days ago

Franz Beckenbauer, World Cup-winning German great, dies aged 78

Nickname Der Kaiser, or “The Emperor”, Beckenbauer is regarded as one of the greatest defenders of all time and came to master the sweeper role in defensive midfield, also known as a libero, a role that he is credited with creating.

Updated 919 days ago

FIFA ends bribery case against Germany great Beckenbauer

A file photo of Franz Beckenbauer.

Published 1966 days ago

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