𝐊𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐳 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐛𝐚𝐮𝐞𝐫 wasn't only the greatest ever Center back, he is Top 10 of the best players to ever grace football!

“Beckenbauer was one of the best I ever saw play.” — Pele

If Holland invented Total Football | Germany gave birth to the "TOTAL PLAYER"

It's like you mixed Iniesta with Maldini... He could do anything he wanted, he could play anywhere, the greatest Captain this game has ever seen.

This is the semi-final of the 1970 FIFA World Cup AKA the GAME OF THE CENTURY!

Ended 4-3 with 5 goals in the stoppage time, absolute #MADNESS | The game that made Franz the legendary player he is today and the new captain of Germany.

We are talking about one of the greatest Italian sides, The true "Caatenaccio". Franz was robbed of at least 2 penalties.

67th minute he gets injured, his right shoulder pulled out of joint and the medical staff is urging him to leave the pitch for his own safety.

The Mannschaft had already made all their substitutions (Only 2 at the time), but leaving his teammates outnumbered when they were losing 1-0 was absolutely out of question. He will continue the match while carrying his dislocated arm in a sling for 50 more minutes.

He gave everything on the pitch and Germany will equalize in the last minute. The rest is history.

- The Birth of the KAISER!

"The message Beckenbauer sent out was: 'Don't even try it. Coming out to face me is a waste of your time.' — England legend Bobby Charlton.

1966 - - Only 21 y.o, when he played his first-ever WC final... Carried Germany to the final, scoring a beauty against the legendary Lev Yashin, and went on to man-mark perfectly England's best player at the time: Bobby Charlton in the finals.

1970 -- 25 y.o when he'll carry Germany again to the WC semi-finals, with a dislocated shoulder and a blind referee you can't do much but he will be remembered for leading Germany to a legendary comeback vs. England (0-2/3-2) in the QF's with once again a beautiful longshot.

1974 - - Unstoppable 29 y.o Beckenbauer will deliver a legendary tournament, this time as a "Coach", a Captain and Player.

When the team threatened to walk away from their own World Cup because they were being paid less than the Dutch and Italians.

He convinced them to accept the lesser pay. Then after two games, both won. Then West Germany lost to East Germany, in probably the most politically charged game ever. Team morale will hit rock bottom but one player will came to the rescue of coach Schön who broke down

after the loss, unable to speak, locking himself in his room.

Beckenbauer later accompanied Schön to the press conference and did all of the speaking. He then delivered a no-holds-barred speech in front of the team, singled out underachieving players, reshaped the lineup for the

rest of tournament and shared command of the team with Helmut Schön.

Before facing Holland's best-ever side in the final. Their Total football and their pressing machine won't be able to break Der Kaiser's confidence and nothing this time will stop Franz from winning

his first-ever WORLD CUP at home, not even Johan Cruyff.

He will win it at home in the Olympiastadion, Munich.

Beckenbauer’s role as a sweeper saw him operate both as the last line of defense and also a deep-lying playmaker. The first of his kind, into footballing folklore.

Between 1972-1976 Beckenbauer ruled the world with an iron fist :

1972 : Bundesliga | UEFA European Championship |
Ballon D'or
1973 : Bundesliga
1974 : Champions league | Bundesliga | FIFAWorld cup
Ballon D'or
1975 : Champions league
1976 : Champions league

: "Franz was a marvelous distributor of the ball, a great tackler, he always had control of a situation and he never panicked. But the most important thing he had was a fantastic vision." __ Sir Bobby Charlton

Beckenbauer was the TOTAL player, he started as a left-winger and helped Bayern clinch promotion in his first season to the recently formed German Bundesliga and then lead the club to OUR first-ever title. Captain of the club team at 22 and one of the world's finest midfielders.

Finally, he retired as the best Center back to ever grace football After winning every individual and collective trophy a player can dream of, after turning Bayern from a 2nd club division to a historical club, after changing the beautiful game forever!

So please don't compare him to anyone. He is in a league of his own.

As Cruyff put it : “Me and Franz both know that life at the top is lonely.”

- Beckenbauer made it to the team of the tournament in EVERY international competition he played.

- Franz Lifted every trophy possible and was seen by legends like Cruyff, Charlton and Pele as the best Center back they ever faced.

- Revolutionized the game forever.