NEW DELHI: Franz Beckenbauer, one in all Germany‘s best soccer gamers, who led the crew to World Cup triumph in 1974 after which secured one other victory because the supervisor in 1990, has handed away on the age of 78, based on a report by the German information company DPA on Monday.
Beckenbauer, famend for his grace and commanding presence on the sector for West Germany and Bayern Munich through the Nineteen Sixties and 70s, was instrumental in introducing the central defensive sweeper function, showcasing calmness on the ball and easy distribution in his midfield performances.
Having earned 103 caps for West Germany, he achieved success by profitable the 1972 European championship and later clinched the World Cup on house soil, redeeming the loss within the 1966 remaining to England.
Through the mid-Seventies, Beckenbauer’s Bayern Munich crew established itself because the premier membership facet globally, securing three consecutive European Cups and three successive Bundesliga titles.
Beckenbauer, in his personal proper, earned the distinguished title of European Footballer of the Yr twice throughout this outstanding interval.
As nationwide crew supervisor his West Germany crew misplaced within the 1986 World Cup remaining to Argentina however triumphed 4 years later in Italy as a mixed German crew.
Beckenbauer, nicknamed Der Kaiser (“The emperor”), was one in all three males to have gained the World Cup as participant and coach and his dying comes three days after the primary to do it – Brazil’s Mario Zagallo. France’s Didier Deschamps is the opposite.
After teaching, Beckenbauer moved into soccer administration however in 2016 he was fined by FIFA’s ethics committee for failing to co-operate with an inquiry into corruption over the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
(With Reuters Inputs)
Beckenbauer, famend for his grace and commanding presence on the sector for West Germany and Bayern Munich through the Nineteen Sixties and 70s, was instrumental in introducing the central defensive sweeper function, showcasing calmness on the ball and easy distribution in his midfield performances.
Having earned 103 caps for West Germany, he achieved success by profitable the 1972 European championship and later clinched the World Cup on house soil, redeeming the loss within the 1966 remaining to England.
Through the mid-Seventies, Beckenbauer’s Bayern Munich crew established itself because the premier membership facet globally, securing three consecutive European Cups and three successive Bundesliga titles.
Beckenbauer, in his personal proper, earned the distinguished title of European Footballer of the Yr twice throughout this outstanding interval.
As nationwide crew supervisor his West Germany crew misplaced within the 1986 World Cup remaining to Argentina however triumphed 4 years later in Italy as a mixed German crew.
Beckenbauer, nicknamed Der Kaiser (“The emperor”), was one in all three males to have gained the World Cup as participant and coach and his dying comes three days after the primary to do it – Brazil’s Mario Zagallo. France’s Didier Deschamps is the opposite.
After teaching, Beckenbauer moved into soccer administration however in 2016 he was fined by FIFA’s ethics committee for failing to co-operate with an inquiry into corruption over the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
(With Reuters Inputs)
