{"id":138051,"date":"2024-01-12T04:03:23","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T04:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/12\/beckenbauer-dies-at-78\/"},"modified":"2024-01-12T04:03:23","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T04:03:23","slug":"beckenbauer-dies-at-78","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/12\/beckenbauer-dies-at-78\/","title":{"rendered":"Beckenbauer Dies At 78 &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Franz Beckenbauer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Franz Beckenbauer, a World Cup winner with West Germany as a player and coach who was regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time, has died at the age of 78.<\/p>\n<p>German news agency DPA said the family confirmed Beckenbauer\u2019s death via statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is with deep sadness that we announce that my husband and our father, Franz Beckenbauer, passed away peacefully in his sleep yesterday, Sunday, surrounded by his family,\u201d the family said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe ask that you allow us to grieve in silence and refrain from asking any questions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beckenbauer, born in Munich, shaped German football as a player, coach and official. His elegance and leadership qualities on the pitch with Bayern Munich and his country won him the nickname \u201cDer Kaiser,\u201d which translates as \u201cThe Emperor.\u201d Pel\u00e9 called him \u201cone of the best I ever saw play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He won the 1972 and 1976 Ballon d\u2019Or awards and was named Germany\u2019s Footballer of the Century in 2000. He received the FIFA Centennial Player and Football Personality Award in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>Beckenbauer defined the role of the Libero, the free player behind the defensive lines who set the pace of the game.<\/p>\n<p>Winning 103 caps for Germany between September 1965 and February 1977, he led Germany\u2019s \u201cgolden generation\u201d to the 1972 European Championship and triumphed on home soil at the 1974 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Beckenbauer is one of three people to have won the World Cup as both a player and coach, alongside M\u00e1rio Zagallo with Brazil and Didier Deschamps with France.<\/p>\n<p>At club level in Germany, he won three European Cups, a European Cup Winners\u2019 Cup, five Bundesliga titles and four German cups with Bayern Munich and Hamburg.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Bayern wrote: \u201cThe world of FC Bayern is no longer what it used to be \u2014 suddenly darker, quieter, poorer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGermany\u2019s record champions mourn the loss of Franz Beckenbauer, the unique \u2018Kaiser,\u2019 without whom Bayern would never have become the club it is today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Franz Beckenbauer \u00a0 Franz Beckenbauer, a World Cup winner with West Germany as a player and coach who was regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time, has died at the age of 78. 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