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FRANZ BECKENBAUER | Sports | Football Heroes |   Video description: This episode of Football Heroes reveals the star footballer Franz Beckenbauer along with his achievements, milestones, career, and more. Let's look into the real lives of our favorite football players and their accomplishments. Franz Anton Beckenbauer (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 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 central defender. He is often credited as having invented the role of the modern sweeper (libero).Twice named European Footballer of the Year, Beckenbauer appeared 103 times for West Germany, playing in three FIFA World Cups and two European Championships. 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; he lifted the World Cup trophy as captain in 1974, and repeated the feat as a manager in 1990. He was the first captain to lift the World Cup and European Championship at the international level and the European Cup at the club level. He was named in the World Team of the 20th Century in 1998, the FIFA World Cup Dream Team in 2002, the Ballon d'Or Dream Team in 2020, the IFFHS All-time Men's Dream Team in 2021, and in 2004, was listed in the FIFA 100 of the world's greatest living players.  About TRENDEST INFOTAINMENT: Welcome to Trendest Infotainment, your ultimate destination for a diverse range of content that educates, entertains, and inspires! From in-depth celebrity biographies and fascinating history videos to the latest in science and technology, we bring you an expansive collection of infotainment videos. Explore the stories of legendary sports personalities, dive into the history of the World Wars, marvel at wildlife documentaries, and enjoy our informative and funny shorts. There’s something for everyone on Trendest Infotainment!  Subscribe now: www.youtube.com/@UCvtG20NOq0X7l7ru-z1yBhw   #Infotainment #Documentaries #HistoryVideos #ScienceAndTech #CelebrityBiographies   Follow Trendest Media:  • YouTube:  1) TRENDEST MOVIES: www.youtube.com/@TRENDEST_MOVIES_ENGLISH  2) TRENDEST KIDS: www.youtube.com/@TRENDEST_KIDS  • Instagram:  TRENDEST INFOTAINMENT: https://www.instagram.com/trendestinfotainment/  • Facebook: TRENDEST INFOTAINMENT: https://www.facebook.com/TrendestInfotainment/  COPYRIGHT:  We hold the proper licenses for all videos published on YouTube. For any questions, please contact: mail@trendest.in  AYA Media Private Limited & TRENDEST Media Private Limited are companies registered under the laws of India and located in the state of Kerala, India.

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00:00Hey, hey, hey, hey.

00:30Franz Beckenbauer is regarded as the greatest footballer ever to have come out of Germany.

00:35Remembered as the player who invented the position of sweeper,

00:38the superstar played for his country on 103 occasions

00:42and was captain of West Germany's victorious 1974 World Cup campaign.

00:47He is also the only player to have captained his club side in three European Cups.

00:53Franz Beckenbauer's incredible journey began as World War II came to an end.

01:01He was born on September 11, 1945 in the war-ravaged ruins of Munich,

01:06home of the country's most successful football club.

01:09In a career that spanned more than two decades

01:12and a winning record that rivals the best in football,

01:15he is recognised as one of the most influential figures in the game.

01:19His graceful style, strong leadership and clear dominance on the football field

01:24earned him the nickname the Kaiser, which translates to the Emperor.

01:29The ruler of German football throughout the 70s

01:31is also considered to have been one of the first real thinkers in football.

01:36His tactics individually and as a team player have set him high above the rest of the competition.

01:42Playing in the role of central defender,

01:44a role which is now commonly referred to as sweeper,

01:47he changed the face of modern football with his unique game style.

01:51Never before had a defender been so attacking or so dominant.

01:55His long runs would see him press forward, venture over the halfway line

01:59and score close to 100 goals during his career.

02:02When it came to football, he was a natural.

02:05Things came easily to him on the field,

02:07although of course he met plenty of challenges along the way.

02:11Growing up in difficult circumstances in the working-class district of Geising,

02:15Franz got his first taste of competitive football at the age of eight,

02:19for youth team SC Munich 06.

02:22The second son of Franz Beckenbauer Sr. and his wife Antonie,

02:25Franz Jr. immediately took to the game, showing great promise.

02:29And although his father wasn't in favour of football as a sport, he continued to play.

02:34Young Franz had aspirations of playing for his local side, 1860 Munich,

02:38the team he passionately supported growing up.

02:41However, a year after joining 1860's youth side,

02:44an altercation with the club saw him leaving to join Bayern Munich's youth team in 1959.

02:50He made his senior debut five years later on June 6, 1964.

02:55Quick to find his feet, he became captain in 1968

02:58and led Bayern through an unprecedented run of four,

03:01winning 14 titles over the next eight seasons.

03:07Eventually in 1977, a lucrative offer from the New York Cosmos

03:11persuaded Franz to leave Bayern Munich and play in the North American Soccer League,

03:16where he led his new club to three soccer bowls in four seasons.

03:25Franz Beckenbauer was just 18 when he made his senior debut for Bayern Munich.

03:30With sublime skills and speed to match, he played the early part of his club career on the left wing.

03:36Bayern were on the verge of becoming a force to be reckoned with in the new German league,

03:40and Franz got an early taste of success as part of the winning team in the 1966 and 1967 DFB Cup,

03:48Germany's equivalent to England's FA Cup.

03:51As captain, he then led the club to their first league title of the new competition in 1968-69.

03:58He followed that up by leading Bayern to three consecutive league titles between 1972 and 1974.

04:05That era also saw him start to experiment with and refine the role of sweeper.

04:10He rewrote the record books with an unprecedented run of success in Europe,

04:14winning three consecutive European Cups from 1974 to 1976.

04:23With a career on the rise and his European success gaining the world's attention,

04:27Franz left his beloved Munich in 1977 when the New York Cosmos made him an offer he couldn't refuse.

04:35During his 12 seasons at Bayern, he played over 460 games and won 14 titles with the club.

04:43The now-dissolved New York Cosmos were founded just six years before they decided to go

04:47after one of the greatest players the world had ever seen.

04:52After winning their first league title in 1972, they'd struggled to recapture their form in the seasons that followed,

04:58and although an ageing Pele had joined their squad in 1975,

05:02they needed another world-class player to stand a chance of reclaiming the championship.

05:10They set their sights on Franz Beckenbauer, and although he came with a fairly hefty price tag,

05:15his purchase would soon pay dividends.

05:20On August 28, 1977, in his first season for the club,

05:24Franz took part in his first North American Soccer League Soccer Bowl.

05:29Held in Portland, the New York Cosmos played against the Seattle Sounders for the greatest prize in the NASL.

05:38In an exciting match, the Cosmos eventually took the honours 2-1.

05:43The following season, Franz and the Cosmos dominated the competition, losing just six games for the entire season.

05:52Once again they took home the title, comprehensively beating Tampa Bay 3-1.

05:57Although they didn't win any titles in 1979, in 1980, Beckenbauer's last year with the club,

06:03the Cosmos once again won the Soccer Bowl, taking care of the Fort Lauderdale Strikers with a 3-0 whitewash.

06:11After finishing his contract in New York, he returned to Germany to join Hamburger SV.

06:18His two-year spell at the North German club saw him play just 28 times.

06:23Despite his limited time on the field, his brilliant contribution helped Hamburg to claim the Bundesliga title in 1981-82.

06:33The league's top attacking team of the season, Hamburg finished with 18 goals more than any other team,

06:38and ended up three points ahead of second place Cologne.

06:43Now in his late 30s, Franz decided to return to New York and play one more season.

06:48On returning, former teammate Pelé was confident he would do well. Franz, however, wasn't so sure.

07:18With a brilliant career coming to an end, he was adamant that this would be his final season.

07:34I think the next five months, because the season here in the United States is at least five months, so that's enough, there's no other season.

07:45During that last season, he continued to play at a level that had kept the Cosmos ahead of the competition before his first departure in 1980.

07:54Once again, the New York side dominated the competition, winning 24 games and losing just eight.

08:00They finished on top of the National Conference Eastern Division.

08:04However, sadly for both Franz and the Cosmos fans, there was to be no fairytale ending for Germany's greatest ever football.

08:12In the first round of the playoffs, they were eliminated by the Tulsa Roughnecks, and Beckenbauer's career was over.

08:19Just two years later, the New York Cosmos were forced to dissolve, as their once strong financial position crumbled.

08:26Franz Beckenbauer remains one of the most successful players in the club's history, thanks to his involvement in three out of their five soccer bowl wins.

08:36Upon leaving, he expressed his gratitude.

08:40Thank you very much. Thank you for everything that you did for me in the last four years, and I love you all.

08:55Franz Beckenbauer's international career was perhaps even more impressive than his successful club career.

09:07Playing his first match for West Germany just after his 20th birthday, he was part of the 1966 World Cup squad that finished in a respectable second place behind England.

09:19Having come so close to World Cup glory, they went into the following tournament with high hopes.

09:26After getting all the way to the semi-final, they went down in flames in a thrilling clash against Italy that would go down as the game of the century.

09:36During the match, Franz fractured his clavicle, but as there were no substitutes available, he played on with his arm in a sling.

09:46His heroics kept the West Germans in the match, but unfortunately they eventually lost 4-3 in extra time.

09:55With two close World Cup defeats behind them, the 1974 tournament hosted by West Germany saw Franz and his team on a mission to claim the elusive crown.

10:07They advanced through to the final after losing just one game, and faced tournament favourites, the Netherlands.

10:17Led by superstar Johan Cruyff, the Dutch side started strongly, scoring in the second minute via a penalty.

10:27In front of 75,000 fans, the West Germans levelled one all in the 25th minute, thanks to a successful penalty kick of their own.

10:37The hosts hit the front minutes before half-time via a Gerg Muller goal in the 43rd minute.

10:44Going on the defence in the second half, Franz and his team-mates managed to fend off the Netherlands and claim their country's second World Cup trophy.

10:53As captain of the team, Franz became a national hero.

10:58However, that wasn't his first taste of international success.

11:02Back in 1971, after becoming captain of the national side, he set his sights on winning the 1972 UEFA European Football Championship.

11:11Better known as Euro 72, the tournament hosted by Belgium saw the four strongest footballing nations in Europe battling it out for the prestigious honour of being crowned the continent's best.

11:21In those days, only four countries took part in the finals, after a round of qualifying stages during the two years before.

11:29West Germany met Belgium in the first semi-final, while Hungary was pitted against the Soviet Union.

11:34As captain, Beckenbauer led from the front and saw his country defeat the hosts 2-1, with Gerg Muller scoring both of the goals.

11:43In the final, they met the Soviets. By half-time, they were leaning the Russians 1-0.

11:47West Germany started the second half strongly, and in a matter of minutes, they had put the game beyond the Soviet Union's reach by scoring two more goals to lead 3-0.

11:57That remained the final score, and in his first international tournament, Franz Beckenbauer had led his country to their first European Championship.

12:06Upon winning the World Cup two years later, they became the first country ever to hold both titles.

12:12The 1976 European Championship once again saw West Germany reach the final four.

12:18After beating Yugoslavia 4-2 in the semis, they met Czechoslovakia in the final.

12:23They came back from a 2-0 deficit to score an equaliser in the 89th minute, but went on to lose the match 5-3 on penalties.

12:32That very respectable result proved beyond any doubt that Franz knew how to lead a national team.

12:38And he remains one of the most successful captains in Germany's proud footballing history.

12:57Although the 1974 World Cup would be the pinnacle of his international career,

13:02his decision to play on in the 1970 World Cup final will go down in history as one of the bravest acts on a football pitch.

13:16After retiring from football in 1983, having played more than 500 games at club level and appearing more than 100 times for his country,

13:25Franz could have been excused for wanting to take some time out.

13:29However, football had been such an integral part of his life for so many years, he decided to stay in the game.

13:37Upon returning to Germany from New York, he was appointed the new manager of the West German national team, replacing Jepp Derwall.

13:46After his appointment in 1984, his first major task as manager was to focus on the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

13:54Four years earlier, the West Germans had finished runners-up to Italy, and ever since, they had kept their eyes firmly focused on the prize.

14:04Making the final was the least the fans expected from the strong West German outfit.

14:10They began their campaign rather shakily, just scraping through the group stage.

14:15They then hit a run of good form, making it all the way to the final where they met Maradona's Argentina.

14:21After coming back from 2-0 down, the Argentinians claimed the cup, scoring the winning goal in the 83rd minute.

14:30Four years later, however, Beckenbauer's West Germany made it all the way through to another World Cup final.

14:36Once again, they were to meet Argentina.

14:40This time, the German team were able to stop the Argentinians' strong attacking line-up.

14:45They ended up taking the tournament 1-0, the winning goal coming from a penalty in the 85th minute.

14:53As Germany took home their first World Cup, Franz Beckenbauer became only the second man ever to win a World Cup, both as captain and as a manager.

15:02Italian Mario Zagallo is the other.

15:06After finishing up as national team manager in 1990, Franz went on to coach club football.

15:11He managed French side Olympique de Marseille for one season in 1990-91, during which he led them to win the French Championship.

15:20A few years later, he coached his former club Bayern Munich for two short spells.

15:25During his short tenure, he proved his uncanny ability to find success by guiding the club to the Bundesliga title in 1994 and the UEFA Cup in 1996.

15:36However, it hasn't all been about football since his retirement.

15:39The Kaiser has also been involved in charity work.

15:43In November 2004, he joined with other football stars to take part in the Six Villages for 2006 campaign.

15:51In a friendly match for children in care at SOS Children's Villages, he took on the role of referee.

15:59I wanted to come here anyway, and at the same time I said I would referee between two SOS Children's Villages teams.

16:08I already had my gear together, but then I fractured three ribs two weeks ago, and it would have been extremely strenuous to be referee today.

16:17So I said I'll come here anyway, also to excuse myself that I am unable to actively participate on the pitch.

16:30I believe children are the heart of this world, and anything we can do for them, we should do.

16:38At the event, held in Leipzig, Germany, Franz was joined by Brazilian legend and former New York Cosmos teammate Pelé.

16:45According to the charity organisation, the pair had been avid supporters of SOS Children's Villages for many years leading up to the event.

16:53During his retirement from the game, Franz also had the opportunity to rub shoulders with many well-respected figures of society.

17:00In October 2005, he was given the honour of meeting fellow countryman, Pope Benedict.

17:06A few months later, in February 2006, he met with the then English Prime Minister, Tony Blair, on a 31-country tour leading up to the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

17:17That same year, he quietly married Heidi Burmester, who became his third wife.

17:22It doesn't matter, does it? We wish our Franz all the best. Which marriage it is, now then? The third or the fourth? It'll be fine. Everything Franz does works out.

17:32The secret wedding caused controversy, as it was held during the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, which Beckenbauer had helped to organise.

17:42Despite the unusual timing, the German football community took the news in their stride.

17:48It is getting to be a bit of a habit with him. You have to be ready for the fact that at any moment, Eckenbauer could be getting married somewhere.

17:56The World Cup hero's first marriage to Brigitte has so far lasted the longest.

18:02After marrying in 1966, they finally divorced in 1990.

18:07That same year, he remarried, this time to Sibylle, who he divorced 14 years later in 2004.

18:14Franz has five children, the first born to a girlfriend before his first marriage.

18:20He and Brigitte had two children together, Stefan and Michael, and he has two children, Noel and Francesca, with his current wife Heidi.

18:29The timing of his most recent wedding arose as a result of his heavy involvement with Germany's successful bid to host the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

18:38As chairman of the organisational committee, he was forced to push back the date until all arrangements for the tournament had been finalised,

18:44and Germany had been given its best chance of claiming a fourth World Cup.

18:49Leading into the Cup, the Germans, managed by Jürgen Klinsmann, fancied their chances of success.

18:54With young star Lukas Podolski coming through the ranks, Michael Ballack in brilliant form, and striker Miroslav Kloser at the top of his game, they had a great shot.

19:04Before the tournament, Franz was confident that they would do well.

19:07Sure, they can win it, of course, there's no question about it.

19:11You know, the German strength is, first of all, they play at home, in front of the home crowd.

19:16So that means they need, it's a young team, it's not so much experienced, so they need the support of the crowd.

19:25And so they will have it during the World Cup.

19:28So I'm optimistic Jürgen Klinsmann is able to put really a very, very good team in the World Cup.

19:34And why not? Of course, because of the home advantage, they can win the World Cup.

19:41As a key organiser, Franz had the added pressure of keeping Germany in line off the pitch as well as on.

19:48Despite the obvious challenges ahead, he was sure that the tournament would run without any problems.

19:54The organising committee is prepared, the government is prepared, so I don't see any single problem.

20:03As he envisaged, the tournament went off without a hitch.

20:07Over the course of the tournament, an estimated 26 million viewers tuned in to watch the World Cup on television.

20:13The final attracted an estimated audience of over 715 million viewers.

20:19Unfortunately for the host country, Germany didn't quite get there.

20:24Playing well throughout the group stages, they made it through to the semi-finals where they met Italy and were beaten 2-0.

20:33Franz Beckenbauer is still one of the most recognised personalities in football.

20:40His sublime skills as a player, and tireless involvement since retiring,

20:45has ensured that one of Germany's favourite sons remains a football legend across the globe.

20:50Beckenbauer's name is heard alongside greats like Pele and Maradona.

20:54Almost as famous now as he was in his playing heyday,

20:56he has figured so largely in the game over the years since he has hung up his boots,

21:01that he still receives numerous awards and honours.

21:04November 2006 saw the football champion receive the Golden Victoria Award for outstanding dedication to Germany.

21:13The award recognised his tireless work before and during the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

21:19You tirelessly campaigned for the nicest event this year in Germany,

21:24and also for many people one of the nicest events in the whole world.

21:29And therefore we do not need to emphasise that this award, maybe like many others, really belongs to you.

21:40German Chancellor Merkel handed him the award on behalf of the Association of German Magazine Publishers.

21:45The fact that the Kaiser was the first person ever to receive such an award made the occasion even more special.

21:52However, the Golden Victoria Award is just one of many achievements he has received over the years.

21:58Since winning 22 team titles and 14 individual awards as a player, he has taken home three trophies as a manager.

22:05His first individual award came in 1966, when he was named the FIFA World Cup Young Player of the Tournament.

22:11In that same year, he also made the FIFA World Cup Team of the Tournament, as well as being named the German Footballer of the Year.

22:19He received that honour three more times in his career.

22:23Another of his brilliant achievements was winning the Ballon d'Or, not once, but twice.

22:28His first came in 1972, and his second in 1976.

22:33Amazingly, he also finished runner-up to the award in both 1974 and 1975.

22:38In April 2006, he was also honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award, presented to him by the then German Interior Minister, Wolfgang Schauble.

22:48Dear Franz Beckenbauer, I would like to take this opportunity on behalf of the government, but also for the whole country,

22:56to thank you for what you have done above and beyond your sporting achievements, but also for everything you have achieved in football.

23:04The well-deserved award capped off a truly remarkable career for a legend who seemed to find success wherever he went, both as a player and as a manager.

23:14He's won at least one championship with every club he has either played for or managed.

23:19That feat stands as one of the greatest records in football.

23:23It's no wonder that Franz Beckenbauer is considered one of the best footballers in the world.

23:28It's no wonder that Franz Beckenbauer is considered one of the best footballers in the world.

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