Franz Beckenbauer Biography & Career Records | Only Defender In Football History To Win Two Ballon D’Ors

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Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Beckenbauer

Date Of Birth:  11 September 1945

Franz Beckenbauer won the 1974 FIFA Worldcup as a player and the 1990 world Cup as a coach. Only defender to win two Ballon d’Or awards.

    Franz Beckenbauer is the greatest defender in the history of football. A World Cup winner with Germany in 1974 and the fulcrum of the Bayern Munich side that beat all-comers in the same era.

    He is the founder or be called the inventor of the “modern Day sweeper position” in Football. Due to his playstyle, he was labeled as the ‘Der Kaiser’ because of his elegant style, dominance, and leadership on the field.

    Beckenbauer carried himself on and off the pitch with all the class of a captain and was one of the most versatile defenders in the history of the game.

    He is the only defender to date to win the Ballon d’Or award twice. Moreover, He is one of three men, along with Brazil’s Mário Zagallo and France’s Didier Deschamps, to have won the World Cup as a player and as a manager.

    Franz Beckenbauer Personal Information

    • Nation:  Germany
    • Height:  181 cm
    • Position:  Advanced Sweeper
    • Career Duration: 1964-1983
    • Career Goals: 79
    • Major Club:   Bayern Munich
    • International Caps: 103 Games
    • Interntional Goals: 14
    • World Cup Participation: 1966, 1970, 1974 -18 Games

    Club & Country Honours

    • 1974 FIFA World Cup Winner
    • 1972 European Championship Winner
    • 5 Times Bundesliga Champion
    • 4 Times DFB Pokal champion
    • 3 Times European Cup winner – 1974, 1975, 1976
    • 1 Time Cup Winner’s Cup winner – 1967
    • 1976 Intercontinental Cup winner

    Individual Awards

    • 2 tims Ballon d’Or winner- 1972, 1976
    • 4 Times German Footballer Of The Year- 1966, 1968, 1974, 1976
    • 3 Times FIFA World Cup All-Stars Team -1966, 1970, 1974
    • 1966 FIFA World Cup Young Player Of Tournament
    • 1974 FIFA World Cup Silver Ball – Best Defender
    • Bayern Munich – Bundesliga Greatest Player Ever
    • 1994 FIFA World Cup All-Time Team
    • 1998 FIFA World Team Of Century
    • 1999 IFFHS Germany Player of The Century
    • 1999 Silver Ball IFFHS European Player of The Century
    • Bronze Ball IFFHS World Player of The Century- 1999
    • 2002 Fifa worldcup dream team
    • 2020 Ballon d’Or dream team

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