hello and welcome to the programme. he has been described as one of football s greatest ever players franz beckenbauer had a nearly two decade long career during which he won the world cup as captain of west germany in 1974, then went on to lift the trophy again, this time as manager in 1990. tributes have been pouring in for the legend who was nicknamed der kaiser . joe lynskey has been looking back on his life. a world cup winning captain, a world cup winning coach. franz beckenbauer was the defender and the leader in football s most exclusive club. his first time at the tournament was in 1966, when at 20 for west germany he played in every match. they lost the final to england, but beckenbauer was emerging as the man at the back who could glide up the field. his country called him the kaiser the emperor and as captain, he made them serial winners first in 1972 as european champions, then two years later in a world cup on home soil. it was just the first piece of
hello and welcome to the programme. he s been described as one of football s greatest ever players franz beckenbauer had a nearly two decade long career, during which he won the world cup as captain of west germany in 1974, then went on to lift the trophy again, this time as manager in 1990. tributes have been pouring in for the legend who was nicknamed der kaiser. joe lynskey has been looking back on his life. a world cup winning captain, a world cup winning coach. franz beckenbauer was the defender and the leader in football s most exclusive club. his first time at the tournament was in 1966, when at 20 for west germany he played in every match. they lost the final to england, but beckenbauer was emerging as the man at the back who could glide up the field. his country called him the kaiser the emperor and as captain he made them serial winners first in 1972 as european champions, then two years later in a world cup on home soil. it was just the first piece of an ex
he s been described as one of footballs greatest ever players, franz beckenbauer had a nearly two decade long career, during which he won the world cup as captain of west germany in 1974, then went on to lift the trophy again, this time as manager in 1990. tributes have been pouring in for the legend who was nicknamed der kaiser. joe lynskey has been looking back on his life. a world cup winning captain, a world cup winning coach. franz beckenbauer was the defender and the leader in football s most exclusive club. his first time at the tournament was in 1966, when, at 2a, west germany, he played in every match. at 20 for west germany, he played in every match. they lost the final to england, but beckenbauer was emerging as the man at the back who could glide up the field. his country called him the kaiser, the emperor, and as captain, he made them serial winners. first, in 1972 as european champions, then two years later, in a world cup on home soil. it was just the first pie
hello and welcome to the programme. he s been described as one of footballs greatest ever players, franz beckenbauer had a nearly two decade long career, during which he won the world cup as captain of west germany in 1974, then went on to lift the trophy again, this time as manager in 1990. tributes have been pouring in for the legend who was nicknamed der kaiser. joe lynskey has been looking back on his life. a world cup winning captain, a world cup winning coach. franz beckenbauer was the defender and the leader in football s most exclusive club. his first time at the tournament was in 1966, when at 20 for west germany he played in every match. they lost the final to england, but he was emerging as the man at the back who could glide up the field. his country called him the kaiser the emperor and as captain he made them serial winners first in 1972 as european champions, then two years later in a world cup on home soil. with his club bayern munich he was also the cap