Franz Beckenbauer net worth in 2023 Career & Relationship

Estimated value:	€150 million
Age:	76
Born:	09/11/1945
Country of origin:	Germany (Munich)
Source of Wealth:	footballer
Last updated:	2021

Short introduction

Franz Beckenbauer is probably the most distinctive personality in post-war German football with three careers: As an active player, the “Kaiser” became the 1974 World Cup champion, as a coach he also won the World Cup title with the German national team in 1990 and finally he was as a sports official one of the central figures in the DFB and executive committee of the world soccer association FIFA.

early life

Beckenbauer was born in Munich-Giesing in 1945, shortly after the end of the Second World War. He grew up in modest circumstances, his father worked for the post office. The subject of “football” played an important role in the Beckenbauer family from an early stage, because Beckenbauer’s uncle Alfons played for FC Bayern Munich before the war and was a member of the German national workers’ team. Franz learned to play football at SC 1906 Munich, whose training ground was not far from the family home. At the age of thirteen, the young Franz, whose talent was already evident at an early age, switched to the big FC Bayern Munich. Beckenbauer was to be closely associated with this club throughout his life. In addition to his sporting activities, Beckenbauer trained as an insurance salesman.

Career

Beckenbauer’s career as a player was unique. After moving to Bayern Munich early on, he played his first game in the first team in 1965. Many more in the traditional club’s red and white jersey were to follow. He won numerous titles as German champion and successes at international level, such as winning the European Cup of Champions with Bayern. He remained loyal to his club until 1997, when he moved – partly for private reasons – to the USA, where he played for Cosmos New York for a few years. After his return to Germany, he moved to Hamburger SV, with whom he also won a German championship. It was not for nothing that Beckenbauer was given the nickname “Kaiser” during his playing days and he was spoken of as a shining light in football. In 1983 he returned to New York again, where he played his last active game.

After his active time, Franz Beckenbauer switched to the sidelines and took over as team boss in 1984 for the German national soccer team. Over the years, he formed a strong team that played and fought hard and became football world champions in 1990. After Mario Zagallo, he was the second footballer to achieve the feat of becoming football world champion both as a player and as a coach. With this triumph, he ended his work as team boss of the national team and worked in France at Olympique Marseille as a coach and technical director and later also temporarily as a coach at FC Bayern Munich. Since the late 1990s, Beckenbauer has worked mainly as an official and on a sports policy level, including as head of the organizing committee for the World Cup in Germany in 2006. From 1994 to 2009 he was also president of “his” club, FC Bayern Munich.

Career highlights

During his football career, Franz Beckenbauer won almost every title that a football player can win. The absolute highlight of his career was winning the World Cup in 1974 after a thrilling 2-1 win over the Dutch team in the final. As captain of the national team, the “Kaiser” was able to lift the World Cup trophy in Munich’s Olympic Stadium. Two years earlier, Beckenbauer had led the German team to the European title, in the final Germany defeated the USSR 3-0. With FC Bayern Munich, Beckenbauer achieved countless national and international successes and championship titles: In 1969 he became German champion with Bayern for the first time. He won his last German championship title 13 years later in 1982 with Hamburger SV. FC Bayern’s international success was legendary, with which Beckenbauer won the European Cup three times in a row from 1974 to 1976.

Franz Beckenbauer also celebrated great successes as a coach, above all, of course, the World Cup title in 1990. He also became German champion as a coach with Bayern and was even able to secure the French championship title with Olympique Marseille in 1991. Due to his successes, Beckenbauer is not only honorary captain of the national team, but also honorary president of FC Bayern Munich.

Famous quotes

During his time as a player and coach, Beckenbauer was never at a loss for a good saying. His tactical instruction “Go out and play football” is legendary, with which nothing could actually go wrong. But his trademark was the saying “Look, let’s see!” With this saying, Beckenbauer presented himself as a self-confident person who knew exactly that he could always rely on his abilities and talents and didn’t have to plan and think everything through to the last detail.

Amazing Facts

There is also a whole series of amazing facts about Franz Beckenbauer. For a long time he lived in the “Kaiserweg” in his adopted home of Kitzbühl, he probably didn’t deserve any other address. And Beckenbauer not only had sporting successes, but even stormed the hit parades in the 1960s with the hit “Gute Freunde kann haben meine One anecdote is very special: Beckenbauer never got a coaching license and still led Germany to the World Cup title, not as a “national coach” but in the absence of a certificate in the position of “team boss”.

Estimated value:	€150 million