Editing Franz Beckenbauer (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:Franz Beckenbauer - 2019102190253 2019-04-12 Radio Regenbogen Award 2019 - Sven - 1D X MK II - 0369 - AK8I9538.jpg|thumb|upright|Beckenbauer in 2019]]

Beckenbauer was married three times and had five children, one of whom, [[Stephan Beckenbauer|Stephan]], was a professional footballer,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stararticle.com/article_111311_Franz-Beckenbauer-marries-for-third-time.html|title=Franz Beckenbauer marries for third time|access-date=29 May 2008|publisher=www.stararticle.com|archive-date=29 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080929020713/http://www.stararticle.com/article_111311_Franz-Beckenbauer-marries-for-third-time.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,428069,00.html|title=Beckenbauer feiert Hochzeit nach|work=Der Spiegel|access-date=29 May 2008|date=22 July 2006|archive-date=3 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090903052610/http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,428069,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> who died from a brain tumour on 31 July 2015, at the age of 46.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.welt.de/sport/fussball/bundesliga/fc-bayern-muenchen/article144710830/Stephan-Beckenbauer-ein-Leben-im-Namen-des-Vaters.html|title=Tod mit 46 – Stephan Beckenbauer – ein Leben im Namen des Vaters|language=de|trans-title=Dead at 46 – Stephan Beckenbauer – a life in his Father's name|author=Lars Wallrodt|date=1 August 2015|newspaper=DIE WELT|access-date=1 August 2015|archive-date=3 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160503123751/http://www.welt.de/sport/fussball/bundesliga/fc-bayern-muenchen/article144710830/Stephan-Beckenbauer-ein-Leben-im-Namen-des-Vaters.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Stephan's son Luca is also a professional footballer, playing for [[SV Wacker Burghausen]] in the [[Regionalliga Bayern]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Luca Beckenbauer wechselt an die Salzach |url=https://wacker1930.de/luca-beckenbauer-wechselt-an-die-salzach/ |publisher=SV Wacker Burghausen |access-date=26 August 2022 |language=German |date=26 August 2022}}</ref>

A practicing Catholic, Beckenbauer believed that one's soul travels after death.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vaticannews.va/en/world/news/2024-01/germany-franz-beckenbauer-catholic-soccer-great-dies.html|title=Germany mourns Catholic football great Franz Beckenbauer|last=Galgano|first=Mario|website=Vatican News|date=9 January 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=31 January 2024 |title=Uli Hoeneß, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Paul Breitner talk about Franz Beckenbauer |url=https://fcbayern.com/en/news/2024/01/interview-with-uli-hoeness-karl-heinz-rummenigge-paul-breitner-about-franz-beckenbauer |access-date=28 July 2024 |publisher=FC Bayern München}}</ref>

After appearing in an advertisement for a mobile phone company<!--sources, strangely, don't actually specify which company-->, Beckenbauer specifically requested the number 0176 / 666666 for his mobile phone.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Emperor's New Phone Number – DW – 08/05/2004 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/the-emperors-new-phone-number/a-1288208 |access-date=10 January 2024 |website=dw.com |language=en}}</ref> He was soon called by several men who thought it was a [[phone sex]] number (in German, "6" translates to "sechs", sounding similar to "sex").<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/0,1518,455075,00.html|title=Telefonverrückte Fußballer: Kaiserliche Liebes-Hotline|work=Der Spiegel|date=19 December 2006|access-date=29 March 2008|language=de|archive-date=14 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014094142/http://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/0,1518,455075,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Beckenbauer became an honorary consul of [[Kosovo]] in 2011, to help promote Kosovo's campaign for membership of UEFA and FIFA.<ref name=kosovo>{{cite web | url = http://www.ftd.de/sport/fussball/auslandsfussball/news/:beckenbauer-jetzt-kosovo-ehrenbotschafter/60021144.html | title = Beckenbauer jetzt "Kosovo-Ehrenbotschafter" | language = de | publisher = Financial Times Deutschland | date = 4 March 2011 | access-date = 4 March 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110430041803/http://www.ftd.de/sport/fussball/auslandsfussball/news/:beckenbauer-jetzt-kosovo-ehrenbotschafter/60021144.html | archive-date = 30 April 2011 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

In 2016 and 2017, Beckenbauer had cardiac surgery, and received an [[artificial hip]] in 2018.<ref>{{cite news|title=Franz Beckenbauer musste erneut operiert werden|url=https://www.welt.de/sport/fussball/article174152762/FC-Bayern-Muenchen-Franz-Beckenbauer-musste-erneut-operiert-werden.html|access-date=3 March 2018|publisher=welt.de|date=3 March 2018|archive-date=4 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304020551/https://www.welt.de/sport/fussball/article174152762/FC-Bayern-Muenchen-Franz-Beckenbauer-musste-erneut-operiert-werden.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Charity work ===
At the end of his career as a Bundesliga player, Beckenbauer established the foundation ''Franz-Beckenbauer-Stiftung''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Der Stifter |url=https://www.franz-beckenbauer-stiftung.de/der-stifter |access-date=28 January 2024 |website=Franz-Beckenbauer-Stiftung}}</ref> in Hamburg on 15 May 1982 to support the disabled, the sick and people in need. He gave the foundation the [[Gate receipts|gate money]] of 800,000 [[Deutsche Mark|DM]] from his farewell match on 1 June 1982 (Hamburger SV versus Germany national team, which the national team won 4–2), and later added another 200,000 DM.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.abendblatt.de/sport/fussball/hsv/article235463541/franz-beckenbauer-fussballspieler-trainer-und-investor-der-kaiser-nimmt-abschied-seine-zeit-beim-hsv.html | title = Franz Beckenbauer: Als der 'Kaiser' Abschied vom HSV nahm | language = de | website = abendblatt.de | date = 28 May 2022 | access-date = 28 January 2024}}</ref> In total, Beckenbauer raised more than 20 million euros for the foundation.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/br24sport/abschied-von-franz-beckenbauer-gedenkfeier-in-muenchen-im-re-live/br-de/Y3JpZDovL2JyLmRlL3ZpZGVvL2UxYmQzZTdkLWVlMDEtNGU5YS1iYzk5LTk3NTBjM2IxMGM5NQ |via=[[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]] |publisher=[[BR24|BR24 Sport]] |access-date=28 January 2024 |title=Abschied von Franz Beckenbauer - Gedenkfeier in München im Re-Live |date=19 January 2024}}</ref> His wife, Heidrun, is chairman of the foundation.