Franz Beckenbauer
Franz Beckenbauer
Franz Anton Beckenbaueris a German former professional footballer and manager. Early in his playing career he was nicknamed Der Kaiserbecause of his elegant style, dominance and leadership on the field, and also as his first name "Franz" is reminiscent of the Austrian emperors. He is widely regarded to be one of the greatest players in the history of the sport. A versatile player who started out as a midfielder, Beckenbauer made his name as a central defender. He is often...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth11 September 1945
CityMunich, Germany
CountryGermany
We're doing everything we can. But at the end of the day it's his decision, his future,
Unquestionably, it was also thanks to the World Cup win in 1974 that I was lucky enough to spend four years as a player in New York from 1977.
We have provided the World Cup with as much security as possible. I don't see why the armed forces shouldn't be called in if needed.
I was told to mark what was then the best player - Bobby Charlton. Bobby told me later that (England manager) Alf Ramsey had told him to keep an eye on this young, good-looking German guy.
It doesn't make sense any more to talk to him about it. I don't know how often I've spoken with him and told him that he must be in Germany during the final run-up to the tournament. If that's how he views the profession then he will have to live with the criticism.
Jurgen is shying away from making a decision.
Our nation made itself look a bit ridiculous in front of the whole world.
I would probably say yes to Real Madrid, ... It's a legendary team that stands above all others and is the target of all players.
I would pass him the ball and watch him play, it was like Mozart. This year, playing with him was absolutely amazing.
We just can't have the best goalkeeper off playing golf while we have an international match, ... Next time, he's going swimming.
We are back where we were a few years ago and time is running out.
We have already come a long way since Euro 2000. But our biggest problem is we don't have enough players of international class.
We can't afford another spanner in the works.
We can all be very proud. It's a quantum leap forward. We're playing in a true football stadium at last.