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Franz Beckenbauer factfile

Factfile on Franz Beckenbauer, whose death was announced on Monday:

Name: Franz Beckenbauer

Nickname: 'The Kaiser'

Date of birth: September 11, 1945 (78 years old)

Place of birth: Munich

Nationality: West German/German

Height: 1m81 (5 foot 11 inches)

Sport/position: Football/Libero 

- Playing career -

Clubs: Bayern Munich (1964-1977), New York Cosmos (1977-1980), Hamburg (1980-1982), New York Cosmos (1982-1983)

Club honours

European Cup (3): 1974, 1975, 1976

Intercontinental Cup: 1976

European Cup Winners' Cup: 1967

Bundesliga (5): 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1982

German Cup (4): 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971

North American Soccer League (3): 1977, 1978, 1980

Internationals: 103 caps for West Germany, with 50 as captain

International goals: 14 

World Cup squads: 1966, 1970, 1974

Debut: Sweden 1 West Germany 2, World Cup qualifier, September 26, 1965

First goal: Netherlands 2 West Germany 4, friendly, March 23, 1966

Last cap: France 1 West Germany 0, friendly, February 2, 1977

International honours

World Cup winner: 1974

World Cup runner-up: 1966

European champion: 1972

- Managerial career -

Clubs: Marseille (1990-1991), Bayern Munich (1993-1994, 1996)

Club honours

UEFA Cup: 1996

Bundesliga: 1994

National: 66 matches as coach of West Germany from 1984 to 1990

First match: West Germany 1 Argentina 3, friendly, September 12, 1984

Last match: West Germany 1 Argentina 0, World Cup final, July 8, 1990

International honours

World Cup winners: 1990

World Cup runners-up: 1986

- Boardroom career - 

Bayern Munich: vice-president, 1991-1994

Bayern Munich: president, 1994-2009

Bayern Munich: chairman of advisory board, 2002-2009

Bayern Munich: honourary president, 2009-20xx

FIFA: vice-president, 2007-2011

German Football Federation (DFB): vice-president 1998-2010

2006 World Cup: president of organising committee

- Individual awards -

Ballon d'or (2): 1972, 1976

German Player of the Year (4): 1966, 1968, 1974, 1976

FIFA Order of Merit: 1984

Commanders' Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany: 2006

Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award: 2007

FIFA Presidential Award: 2012

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