Biography of Franz Beckenbauer

Emperor in field

September 11, 1945 To understand why it was nicknamed "the Kaiser" (the Emperor) just throw a glance at the Cinematheque dedicated to football legends to note the authority and elegance that Franz Beckenbauer was showing in camp, or simply too short, would cast a glance at his career, which can be summed up in a single fact: he won everything. Last but not least was the first to win the World Cup both as a player and as a coach. Natural that in his country, Germany, is respected and idolized as a monument. Respect is also due to the spectacular career that saw him get to success starting from the working class district of Munich, in which Franz Beckenbauer was born on September 11, 1945. The city of Munich and his team, the Kaiser has it all. Enter the pink puppy of FC Monaco just ten years, stands out in a great hurry, and at fourteen he joined Bayern's youth. A quantum leap high class that manages a few among the young shoots. The family follows him fondly in his football travels, although economic difficulties and the General skepticism of parents forced him to work between a game and another, as practicing insurer. Shortly after the two activities become irreconcilable: Franz is forced to make a choice, so with great courage (because at that time football was not that business it is today) leaves everything and in 1964 he debuted professionally with Bayern. Does not pass either one year and in 1965 his name can be found amongst national team (West Germany) in Stockholm against the hosts, in a decisive match for the World Cup qualifiers of 1966 in England: thanks to its proverbial coldness, Franz Beckenbauer doesn't disappoint, play a hell of a game and drag the West Germany team intended to be played in the World Cup. And it is precisely organized Championships from England that the whole world discovers "Kaiser" Franz and the role which he invented: the free, who together with his Bayern coach, Taschik Cajkovski, was developing. the result? A World Cup, with four goals scored (the Germans lost 4-2 in the final with the hosts only). Mexican Championships 1970 Beckenbauer is one of the protagonists of one of the most famous in the history of football from the Planetarium: the semi-finals "Italy-Germany, 4-3" that were dedicated movies, books, commemorative plaques as well as rivers of ink. Beckenbauer and his companions had the misfortune of being in front of the Italy of Mazzola, Riva, Rivera, Facchetti and Boninsegna. Beckenbauer played 103 matches well with his national poems, all in September 26, 1965 and February 23, 1977 (last game, against France). With Bayern, with the exception of the Uefa Cup, Beckenbauer won everything possible: Germany, Cup Winners Cup, Intercontinental Cup, the European Championship. After the third League title in a row guides his homemade 1974 FIFA World Cup Squad: will he lift the Cup winners. Could not miss the Golden Ball, which Kaiser Franz has won twice. Thirty-two years, full of successes, leaves the scene, but still does not abandon football played. In 1977 he moved to America, where he played with the team in New York (alongside the revived Pele) and begins to win even overseas; from 1977 to 1980 the American Football League in triumphs with the Cosmos. In 1984, left the football played, Beckenbauer is coveted by newspapers and television stations, until he was offered a chance to coach the national team. It so happens to Jupp Derwall as coach of West Germany. The bet is a winner: after a second Mexican Championships 1986 (defeated in the final by Argentina del Pibe De Oro Diego Maradona), the German national team takes the revenge on Argentinians four years later in Italy ' 90 World Cup. Beckenbauer enters history: none until then boasted a World Cup won by player and one coach. After leaving the national coach in 1993, after a brief stint as coach of Olympique Marseille, back to Bayern as Vice President. In 1994 he trains the team where he spent his life to win the Championship. Then he became President to Crown another dream. In 1998 Franz Beckenbauer, serious person who always granted little to gossip, is named German player of the century "and at the same time the idea of the Bowl Director Tony Wiegand of a movie about his life. On the other hand, what film could recreate its immense class? That mixture of grace and elegance, combined with an athletic body and excellent vision of the game, which gave him the opportunity to take advantage of every mistake opposing defenses and become a totally unique in the narrow view of the true champion.
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