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Beckenbauer

British

/ ˈbɛkənˌbaʊə /

noun

Franz . born 1945, German footballer: team captain when West Germany won the World Cup (1974): manager of West Germany (1984–90), coaching the team to success in the 1990 World Cup

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With Franz Beckenbauer cast in the role of glamorous assistant, Sepp Blatter, secretary general of Fifa, revealed the first non-seeded country out of the bowl at the draw for the 1998 World Cup - Scotland.

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Alfredo di Stefano, Franz Beckenbauer, Kevin Keegan, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Ronaldo Nazario – each with two - are the only others to have won the men's Ballon d'Or more than once.

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Nicknamed "Der Kaiser", German footballer Franz Beckenbauer was widely regarded as one of the game's greatest players.

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Franz Beckenbauer also played 582 times for Bayern Munich and won the German top-flight as both player and manager.

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German footballing legend Franz Beckenbauer, snooker's first TV star Ray Reardon, and marathon world champion Kevin Kiptum all died in 2024.

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