Editing Franz Beckenbauer (section)

==Legacy==
{{Quote box|width=28%|align=right|quote="Franz Beckenbauer symbolises football and a winning mentality. On top of that, he brought the World Cup to his own country. We're proud of him." |source =—German tennis player [[Boris Becker]].<ref name="FIFA"/>}}
{{Quote box|width=28%|align=right|quote="He's the hero of our nation. It hasn't happened by chance, he's earned it by hard work."
 |source =—West Germany team-mate [[Günter Netzer]].<ref name="FIFA"/>}}
Beckenbauer is widely considered to be one of the greatest footballers in the history of the game.<ref name="FIFA profile"/><ref name="Independent"/> He is the only defender in football history to win the Ballon d'Or twice,<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/the-3-defenders-who-have-won-the-ballon-dor-ss | title = 3 defenders who have won the Ballon d'Or | website = sportskeeda | date = 6 January 2020 | access-date = 21 August 2020 | first = Deepungsu | last = Pandit}}</ref> and is often credited as having invented the role of the modern sweeper or ''[[Sweeper (association football)|libero]]'', a defensive player who intervenes proactively in the offensive game of his team.<ref name="libero"/> Named [[European Footballer of the Year]] twice, Beckenbauer was chosen on the [[World Team of the 20th Century]] in 1998, and the [[FIFA World Cup Dream Team]] in 2002.<ref name="wrldallt">{{cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/wrldallt.html | title = World All-Time Teams | date = 24 July 2014 | access-date = 27 July 2014 | first = Marcelo | last = Leme de Arruda | archive-date = 8 February 2011 | website = [[RSSSF]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110208114829/http://rsssf.com/miscellaneous/wrldallt.html | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.expressindia.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=11759 | title = FIFA Dream Team: Maradona voted top player | publisher = expressindia.com | date = 19 June 2002 | access-date = 22 May 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121006001949/http://www.expressindia.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=11759 | archive-date = 6 October 2012 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

An icon in Germany, and one of only three men ([[Mário Zagallo]] and [[Didier Deschamps]] being the others) to have won the World Cup both as a player and manager, Beckenbauer was praised by former German chancellor [[Gerhard Schröder]] for winning the World Cup as a player in 1974, winning as manager in 1990, and for playing a leading role in Germany's success of achieving host status of the [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006 World Cup]].<ref name="FIFA"/> His reputation as an administrator was later tarnished by repeated allegations of bribery.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/fifa-aborts-beckenbauer-bribery-prosecution/46403190 | title = FIFA aborts Beckenbauer bribery prosecution | website = Swiss Info| date = 26 February 2021 | access-date = 29 December 2023}}</ref>

When Beckenbauer praised [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] manager [[Jürgen Klopp]] in 2019, Klopp said he felt that he had been given [[knight]]hood by a king.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/16/jurgen-klopp-liverpool-franz-beckenbauer-bayern-munich | title = Jürgen Klopp loves it too much at Liverpool to be swayed by Beckenbauer | website = theguardian.com | date = 16 March 2019 | access-date = 9 January 2024}}</ref>

After his death in 2024, ''[[La Gazzetta dello Sport]]'' declared Beckenbauer to be the "greatest defender ever",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Doyle |first=Mark |date=9 January 2024 |title=Franz Beckenbauer: 'Der Kaiser' was the Germany legend who made defending cool |url=https://www.goal.com/en-us/lists/franz-beckenbauer-sweeper-legend-germany/blt1760b886a531f182|website=[[Goal (website)|Goal]]|access-date=22 January 2024}}</ref> and was praised by many outlets to be one of the greatest players of all time.<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 January 2024 |title=International press reaction to death of Franz Beckenbauer |url=https://fcbayern.com/en/news/2024/01/international-press-reaction-to-franz-beckenbauer|website=Bundesliga|access-date=22 January 2024}}</ref>

On 19 September 2024, it was announced that [[Allianz Arena]]'s address was changed to "Franz Beckenbauer Platz 5" on 1 May 2025.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://fcbayern.com/en/news/2024/09/allianz-arena-new-address-to-be-franz-beckenbauer-platz-5 | title = Allianz Arena's new address to be Franz-Beckenbauer-Platz 5 | website = FC Bayern Munich | date = 19 September 2024 | access-date = 20 September 2024}}</ref>