A tribute to Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Anton Beckenbauer (11 September 1945, München), Der Kaiser ("The Emperor"), is generally regarded as the greatest German footballer of all time and one of the greatest footballers in the history of the game.
Twice selected the European Footballer of the Year, he appeared 103 times for West Germany and played in three World Cups. He lifted the World Cup trophy as captain in 1974, and repeated the feat as a manager in 1990. With the club Bayern Munich, he won three consecutive European Cups from 1974 to 1976, and the Cup Winners' Cup in 1967. Beckenbauer is the only player to captain three European Cup winning sides. He went on to become coach and president of the institution. He is also a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
In 1999, he was voted second place, behind Johan Cruyff, in the European player of the Century election held by the IFFHS and he was voted third, behind Pelé and Cruyff, in the IFFHS' "World Player of the Century" election.

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[expanding]

Everyone talks about Pele, M*******a, and many Ronaldos, Ronalidnhos and Ronaldudes, but honestly, the best footballer ever is the Kaiser. He changed the game, actually re-invented it. Whatever he's done - it's a success, as a player, manager and director of football. Pele never tried to be a manager, and we've just seen how good M*******a is.

[VIVADINAMARCA]

genius!!!!

[dodgey212]

@expanding excellent, i agree 10000000000000% :)

[DoneByMrD]

I play football for fun on the weekends. Can you make a tribute for me?

[123GlobalFailures]

The best and one of the most classy players ever.

[Jacquelinecz808]

nice video