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He was West Germany's captain at the 1974 World Cup. They beat the Dutch in the final 2-1.

He coached West Germany to the final of the 1986 World Cup, but they were beaten by Argentina 3-2. In the 1990 World Cup final, the West Germans beat the Argentinians 1-0 and Beckenbauer became the first person to captain and coach World Cup winning teams. It was his last tournament as West German coach.

In the 1966 World Cup final his role was to mark England's Bobby Charlton.

Played for West Germany in the FIFA World Cups of 1966, 1970 and 1974.

103 appearances for the West German National Team (1965-1977), scored 14 goals.

He scored four goals at the 1966 World Cup.

Played for the New York Cosmos (1977-1980, 1983) football club.

Played alongside Pelé for one season on the Cosmos (1977).

Has five children: Thomas (b. 1963) with Ingrid Grönke; Michael (b. 1966) and Stefan Beckenbauer (1968-2015) with Brigitte Beckenbauer; Joel Maximilian (b. August 2000) and Francesca Antonie (b. 28 October 2003) with Heidi Burmester (now Beckenbauer).

Head of the organisation comittee for FIFA World Cup 2006 in Germany.

396 appearances for FC Bayern Munich in Bundesliga (1965-1977), scored 44 goals.

424 appearances in West German Bundesliga for FC Bayern Munich (1965-1977) and Hamburger SV (1980-1982), scored 44 goals.

28 appearances for Hamburger SV in Bundesliga (1980-1982).

Most famous West German Soccer Player.

66 appearances in DFB Pokal for FC Bayern Munich and Hamburger SV (1966-1982) - 5 goals.

23 appearances for FC Bayern Munich in European Cup Winners' Cup (1966-1972) - 1 goal.

Won European Cup Winners' Cup (1967).

Won DFB Pokal in 1966, 1967, 1969 and 1971.

Won European Championship with the West German National Team (1972).

40 appearances for FC Bayern Munich in European Cup (1969-1977) - scored 4 goals.

5 appearances for Hamburger SV in UEFA Cup (1981-1982).

Won World Championship with the West German National Team (1974).

Whitout having a licence rewarding him the title of a 'Bundestrainer' (federal team manager), Beckenbauer coached the West German National Team from 1984 to 1990 as 'Team-Chef'.