Munich (dpa) – Germany’s best soccer legend, Franz Beckenbauer, has died. He died on the age of 78, as his household introduced. Nicknamed “der Kaiser” – the Emperor – he was one of many world’s best ever soccer gamers. He gained the World Cup as each a participant and a supervisor, and as an official introduced the 2006 World Cup championship to Germany.
“Franz Beckenbauer was one of many best footballers in Germany and for a lot of ‘der Kaiser’ – additionally due to the joy for German soccer he created for generations,” wrote German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier paid tribute to him as “an distinctive phenomenon” and “excellent ambassador of our nation”.
Born in Munich, Beckenbauer already signed with FC Bayern Munich as a junior participant and rapidly rose to grow to be one of many group’s key gamers. His achievements with FC Bayern Munich included 4 nationwide championship titles, three European Cup victories and the World Cup. Followers of soccer all over the world beloved his magnificence and lightness of foot on the pitch. The crowning glory of his profession as a participant got here when his group gained the 1974 World Cup in Germany. Two years earlier, he had already led the German nationwide squad to victory within the European Championship.
