World mourning in football: The great Franz Beckenbauer died!

The entire football community is in mourning today! As his family told the German news agency “dpa”, the great Franz Beckenbauer passed away at the age of 78!

The legend of football and one of the most important in the history of the sport is no longer with us. In the last few weeks his health had deteriorated and he finally passed away today. THE Beckenbauer he had two operations on his heart and one on his hip, while since 2019 he had lost his sight in his right eye.

THE Kaiser of German football had been voted by the IFFHS as the third best of the 20th century after Pele and Johan Cruyff. He had risen to the top of the world with her national of Germanyconquering it World Cup in 1974 as a player and in 1990 as a coach, while he won dozens of titles in his career at club and international level. In 2014 ESPN readers voted him the most important captain in world soccer history.

THE Beckenbauer he won two Ballon d’Ors and gave the defender position a… different perspective in the 60s and 70s. He wore the shirt of Bayern Munich for 13 years, having earlier started with Munich 1906, while he also played in Hamburg and New York Cosmos. He was a coach in the national team, in Marseille and Bayern Munich, while he was involved in German football as a whole from various positions.

Notably, in addition to what he achieved on the field, he created the “Franz Beckenbauer Foundation” to support people with disabilities. He was also involved in the creation of the Augsburg charity soccer team Datschiburger Kickers, which aims to raise money for charity.

Franz Beckenbauer, a German football legend, died on Sunday at the age of 78, his family told dpa. pic.twitter.com/OkTgwaXo4C

— dpa news agency (@dpa_intl) January 8, 2024

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— tagesschau (@tagesschau) January 8, 2024