Franz Beckenbauer (born September 11, 1945 in Munich) was a German football player and manager and is now a sports official, controversial, highly paid advertising, clever businessman and influential journalist.

Since 1994, Franz Beckenbauer is the president of Bayern Munich. In addition, he is Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the FIFA World Cup 2006 World Cup and has the application run. In addition, he has been for several years one of the vice president of the DFB.

Beckenbauer was a German national player, team leader of the German national team and club coach for FC Bayern Munich and is honorary captain of the German national team. He is considered one of the best footballers of all time. As for his successes as a player, coach and official, he is an outstanding soccer personality in Germany.

Media figure
Beckenbauer is often used as a commentator and has an own column in the Bild newspaper. Due to its enormous popularity at home and abroad, advertises Beckenbauer for many products: at present for O2 Germany, the Postbank and the sponsors of the 2006 World Cup. The E-Plus advertising with the slogan "Yes, because even today is Christmas" became a cult and ran 3 years on German television. Even as a young player, he campaigned for soups from Knorr. In addition, he also sang records. The title can be good friends even today no one will separate recorded again and again when it is reported about him. With its advertising contracts, he has earned more money now than in his football career. Beckenbauer's 60th Birthday was celebrated with a gala on ZDF. The state received the Bavarian State Government on this occasion was sponsored by O2 Germany.

Nickname: The Emperor
Since 1968, Beckenbauer, known mainly by well-meaning fans and press, as Emperor. During a friendly match of Bayern Munich in Vienna, he posed beside a bust of the former Austrian emperor Franz II Joseph Karl. In the report he was described then as a football-Kaiser, whereupon the title Emperor quickly spread and become independent.

The presentation of the photo next to a bust of the Emperor as the reason for the nickname of Franz's nice (and is also pleased by Franz) says, but according to a newspaper article in the world historically untrue. Die Welt writes that the emperor had on 14 June 1969 to the cup final against Schalke 04's opponents, antiguaandbarbuda, called the King of Westphalia, fouled. After that foul, he was booed by Schalke fans. Nevertheless, he went with a ball in the opponent's half, where he balanced the ball in front of Schalke Fankurve half a minute in the air. The press needed an increase to the King of Westphalia, the emperor was born.

(Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

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