Franz Anton Beckenbauer was born on 11 September, 1945 in Munich, Germany in the family of Franz Beckenbauer Senior and Anotnia Beckenbauer. At the age of nine, he started to play football with the youth team of SC Munich '06.In 1964, he succeeded with Bayern in the Bundesliga. In 1966, he played in his first World Cup. Bayern soon became a force in the new German league and won the league cup in 1966-67. In 1967, he achieved European success in the Cup Winners' Cup.
While taking the position of the club captain for the 1968-69 season, Franz led his club to their first league title. From 1971, he was a captain of the national side, but he got some injuries during the semi-final of the 1970 World Cup. In 1972, West Germany won the European Championship. Beckenbauer also led his team to victoryin the 1974 World Cup. At Bayern Munich Beckenbauer had the same success, the club won three league championships and an astonishing hat-trick of European Cup wins.
In 1976, West Germany lost the European Championship in the final and in 1977 Beckenbauer signed a profitable contract to be a player in the North American Soccer League with the New York Cosmos. Until 1981, he played with the Cosmos and due to this, they won the Soccer Bowl on three occasions. His retirement happened in 1984 after a spell with Hamburger SV in Germany and one final season with the Cosmos. After his returning to Germany, he became a manager of the national side and took a team to the final of the World Cup 1986 where they lost to Argentina. In 1990, Beckenbauer was one of the trainers of the last West German team in a World Cup before the reunification, who won the final with a victory over Argentina. He was the first man to have won the cup as player and as manager.
In 1990, he collaborated with Olympique Marseille but left them the next year. He returned to Bayern Munich in 1992 and in 1994,and was made a club president. In 1998, he became vice-president of the DFB. Since 2002, he is considered to be on the books of Bayern Munich as the chairman of the advisory board. Franz was also part of the 2006 World Cup bid that was successful for Germany.In 2017, Franz Beckenbauer’s net worth and salary was estimated to be $10 Million.
As to the personal life in his biography, Franz got married to Brigitte in 1966 but the marriage ended 24 years later. He and his ex-wife had two sons - Michael and Stephen. Stephen became a footballer but died after suffering from an illness. In 1990, Beckenbauer got married to Sybille but this marriage also ended after 14 years. They had a son named Thomas. In 2006, Franz Beckenbauer got married to Heidi Burmester. He and his wife have two children - Francessca and Noel.
| Birth Date: | 11 Sep, 1945 |
| Age: | 74 yrs |
| Occupations: | Association football player Association football manager |
| Citizenship: | West Germany Germany |
| Birth Place: | Munich |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | German association football player |
| Net Worth 2021: | 10 million |
