On January 9, it was reported that Beckenbauer, a legend in world football and known as the "Emperor of Football", passed away on the 7th local time at the age of 78. He led West Germany to win the 1974 World Cup when he was a player, and at the same time helped Bayern achieve three consecutive Champions League titles in 74-76, won the Ballon d'Or twice in 72 and 76 (European Footballer of the Year), and was the first defender to win this honor in international football, and led West Germany to win the World Cup again as a coach in 1990.
Franz Beckenbauer, born in Munich, Germany in 1945, was a player and coach who led Germany to two World Cup titles, and was nicknamed "Der Kaiser" (The Emperor of Football)! Beckenbauer made his debut at Bayern Munich in 1964 and started his career as a left winger.
As a player, Beckenbauer was a versatile player, mainly known for his central defender position, inventing the role of a free man or "scavenger" in modern football.
In his thirteen-year Bayern career, Bayern played 582 games for Bayern, contributed 74 goals, helped Bayern win 4 Bundesliga titles, 4 German FA Cups, and as captain, together with Rummenigge, Schwarzenbeck, Gerd Muller, Breitner and other legends, won the Champions League for three consecutive years from 1974, achieved the Bayern dynasty, and retained the championship trophy forever, while Beckenbauer's personal honor and national team career are equally brilliant.
Beckenbauer won the German Footballer of the Year 4 times, the European Footballer of the Year (Ballon d'Or) twice, the World Football Player of the Year 2 time and was inducted into the FIFA Hall of Fame in 2011 and was equally outstanding in the national team competition, scoring 14 goals in 103 appearances for West Germany, playing in three World Cups and two European Championships.
In the 1974 World Cup final, Beckenbauer defeated the all-attacking Dutch team led by Kesheng as the captain of Germany, and won the new trophy of the World Cup for the first time - the Hercules Cup, and in 1990, as a coach, he helped the West German team win the Hercules Cup again, and after retiring from the coaching position, he also helped Germany win the 2006 World Cup!
In the past two years, the football king Maradona and Pele have passed away, plus Di Stefano and Cruyff passed away in 14 and 16 years respectively, and only Beckenbauer is left in the five elders of the palace, after January 7, in the long history of world football, the five elders of the palace representing the glorious football history have all passed away.