Tyske fotbollsikonen Franz Beckenbauer är död
Den tyske fotbollsikonen Franz Beckenbauer är död. Hans familj uppger för Bild att den dubble världsmästaren dog under söndagen.
Beckenbauer vann som spelare VM-guld med Västtyskland 1974 och tog även hem VM-guldet till Tyskland 1990, men då som tränare. Försvararen med smeknamnet ”Der Kaiser” anses vara Tysklands främste fotbollsspelare genom tiderna.
Under sin karriär spelade han för Bayern München och Hamburg i Tyskland. Han spelade även i det amerikanska laget New York Cosmos, tillsammans den brasilianske ikonen Pelé.
I ett uttalande skriver Beckenbauers fru att att han dog i sömnen omgiven av sin familj. Han blev 78 år gammal.
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Franz Beckenbauer
Wikipedia (en)
Franz Anton Beckenbauer (German pronunciation: [fʁants ˈʔantoːn ˈbɛkn̩ˌbaʊɐ] ; (11 September 1945 - 07 January 2024) was a German professional football player and manager. Nicknamed "Der Kaiser" (lit. 'The Emperor'), he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport. A versatile player who started out as a midfielder, Beckenbauer made his name as a central defender. He is often credited as having invented the role of the modern sweeper (libero). With success at club and international level, he is one of nine players to have won the FIFA World Cup, the European Champions Cup, and the Ballon d'Or.
Twice named European Footballer of the Year, Beckenbauer appeared 103 times for West Germany, playing in three FIFA World Cups and two European Championships. He is one of three men, along with Brazil's Mário Zagallo and France's Didier Deschamps, to have won the World Cup as a player and as a manager; he lifted the World Cup trophy as captain in 1974, and repeated the feat as a manager in 1990. He was the first captain to lift the World Cup and European Championship at international level and the European Cup at club level. He was named in the World Team of the 20th Century in 1998, the FIFA World Cup Dream Team in 2002, the Ballon d'Or Dream Team in 2020, and in 2004 was listed in the FIFA 100 of the world's greatest living players.At club level with Bayern Munich, Beckenbauer won the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1967 and three consecutive European Cups from 1974 to 1976. The latter feat made him the first player to win three European Cups as captain of his club. He became team manager and later president of Bayern Munich. After two spells with the New York Cosmos he was inducted into the U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame.Beckenbauer led Germany's successful bid to host the 2006 FIFA World Cup and chaired the organizing committee. He worked as a pundit for Sky Germany, and for 34 years as a columnist for the tabloid Bild, both until 2016. In August 2016, it was announced Beckenbauer was being investigated for fraud and money laundering in connection with the 2006 World Cup. The investigation was closed without a verdict in 2020 as the statute of limitations expired.
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