The legendary German football player Franz Beckenbauer died at the age of 78. Radar Armenia presents the sports achievements of the legendary German.

In his football career, Beckenbauer played in the German "Bavaria" and "Hamburg," as well as the American "New York Cosmos" In total, the Frenchman played 620 matches in all competitions at the club level, in which he scored 74 goals and provided 75 assists.

Beckenbauer also participated in 103 games as part of the German national team, during which he scored 14 goals, and also won the world and European championships once.

In addition, the former footballer won the Ballon d'Or award twice (1972 and 1976), won the Champions League three times, the German Bundesliga five times (once with Hamburg), the German Cup four times, three times American champion, as well as once won the European Champions Cup and the Club World Cup.

Also, as a coach, Beckenbauer won the World Championship in 1990 in the German national team, and in "Bavaria" he won the Bundesliga and the UEFA Cup once, and became the champion of France once at the helm of "Marseille".

It should be noted that in the history of football, there were only three players who became world champions both as players and as coaches. Beckenbauer achieved this achievement at the helm of the German national team, and he was different from the rest because he achieved the achievement as a captain.

It is noteworthy that the first of them, the four-time champion, Brazilian Mario Zagalo, died just three days before Beckenbauer. Now, only Didier Deschamps, the current head coach of the French national team, remains among the legendary footballers who achieved this feat.