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T I M E L I N E
- 1945 – born in Munich
- 1963 – makes first team debut for Bayern Munich
- 1965 – wins first full cap for West Germany against Sweden
- 1966 – World Cup runner-up, 2-4 versus England in the final
- 1967 – wins European Cup with Bayern
- 1971 – appointed West German captain
- 1972 – wins European Championship, defeating the Soviet Union 3-0; voted European Footballer of the Year
- 1974 – wins World Cup, 2-1 against Netherlands in the final; wins first of three successive
- 1976 – crowned European Footballer of the Year for the second time
- 1977 – transfers to New York Cosmos
- 1982 – returns to West Germany to play for Hannover
- 1983 – rejoins Cosmos
- 1984 – retires from playing to become West Germany manager
- 1986 – guides West Germany to World Cup final in Mexico (2-3 against Argentina)
- 1990 – becomes first man to captain and coach a World Cup winning team when West Germany defeat Argentina 1-0: appointed as coach of Olympique Marseille
- Currently President of Bayern Munich
A B O U T T H E I N D U C T E E
Franz Beckenbauer is generally regarded as the inventor of modern attacking sweeper, winning 103 caps for West Germany and leading Bayern to a hattrick of European Cups. Nicknamed "Der Kaiser", Beckenbauer was admired for a keen positional sense, precise distribution and an attacking flair that made him the focal point of both his club and national team. He successfully adapted his footballing intelligence to management, most notably with West Germany.
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