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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