SOCCER PLAYER

Franz Beckenbauer

1945 - 2024

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Franz Anton Beckenbauer (German pronunciation: [fʁants ˈbɛkn̩ˌbaʊɐ] ; 11 September 1945 – 7 January 2024) was a German professional football player, manager, and official. Nicknamed der Kaiser ("the Emperor"), he is widely regarded as one of the greatest, and most influential players of all time, and is one of nine players to have won the FIFA World Cup, the European Champions Cup, and the Ballon d'Or. Beckenbauer was a versatile player who started out as a midfielder, but made his name as a centre-half. He is often credited as having invented the role of the modern sweeper (libero). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Franz Beckenbauer is the 3rd most popular soccer player (down from 2nd in 2019), the 46th most popular biography from Germany (down from 33rd in 2019) and the most popular German Soccer Player.

Franz Beckenbauer is most famous for being a German footballer who played as a sweeper. He is also the only person to win the World Cup as captain and coach.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Franz Beckenbauer ranks 3 out of 21,273. Before him are Pelé, and Johan Cruyff. After him are Gerd Müller, Ferenc Puskás, Diego Maradona, Lev Yashin, Alfredo Di Stéfano, Eusébio, Garrincha, Giuseppe Meazza, and Santiago Bernabéu Yeste.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Franz Beckenbauer ranks 3. Before him are Bob Marley, and Rodrigo Duterte. After him are Gerd Müller, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Aung San Suu Kyi, Vince McMahon, Lemmy, Radovan Karadžić, Priscilla Presley, and Debbie Harry. Among people deceased in 2024, Franz Beckenbauer ranks 3. Before him are Jimmy Carter, and Alain Delon. After him are Manmohan Singh, Maggie Smith, Donald Sutherland, O. J. Simpson, Fethullah Gülen, Paul Auster, Mário Zagallo, Ismail Kadare, and William Anders.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Franz Beckenbauer ranks 46 out of 7,253. Before him are Friedrich Schiller (1759), Robert Schumann (1810), Josef Mengele (1911), Albert, Prince Consort (1819), Hermann Göring (1893), and Bertolt Brecht (1898). After him are Felix Mendelssohn (1809), Werner Heisenberg (1901), Christian IX of Denmark (1818), Robert Koch (1843), Marlene Dietrich (1901), and Alexander von Humboldt (1769).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Germany

Among soccer players born in Germany, Franz Beckenbauer ranks 1. After him are Gerd Müller (1945), Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (1955), Lothar Matthäus (1961), Oliver Kahn (1969), Uwe Seeler (1936), Fritz Walter (1920), Paul Breitner (1951), Rudi Völler (1960), Jürgen Klinsmann (1964), Berti Vogts (1946), and Andreas Brehme (1960).

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