Autographs of Franz Beckenbauer
Franz Anton Beckenbauer (11 September 1945 – 7 January 2024) was a German professional football player, manager, and official. Nicknamed der Kaiser ("the Emperor"), he is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential players of all time. Beckenbauer was a versatile player who started out as a midfielder, but made his name as a centre-half. He is often credited as having invented the role of the modern sweeper (libero).
Twice named European Footballer of the Year, Beckenbauer appeared 103 times for West Germany, playing in three FIFA World Cups and two European Championships. He is one of nine players to have won the FIFA World Cup, the European Champions Cup, and the Ballon d'Or. He is one of three men, along with Brazil's Mário Zagallo and France's Didier Deschamps, to have won the World Cup as a player and as a manager; he lifted the World Cup trophy as captain in 1974, and repeated the feat as a manager in 1990. He was the first captain to lift the World Cup and European Championship at the international level and the European Cup at the club level. He was named in the World Team of the 20th Century in 1998, the FIFA World Cup Dream Team in 2002, the Ballon d'Or Dream Team in 2020, the IFFHS All-time Men's Dream Team in 2021, and in 2004, was listed in the FIFA 100 of the world's greatest living players. In August 2024, the International Sports Press Association (AIPS) voted him as the third best footballer of the past 100 years after Pelé and Diego Maradona.
At club level with Bayern Munich, Beckenbauer won the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1967 and three consecutive European Cups from 1974 to 1976. The latter feat made him the first player to win three European Cups as captain of his club. He became team manager and later president of Bayern Munich. After two spells with the New York Cosmos he was inducted into the US National Soccer Hall of Fame.
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The most expensive item with a signature of Franz Beckenbauer (Signed Franz Beckenbauer Germany Shirt Kaiser Bayern Munich Munchen Deutschland) was sold in November 2025 for £999.99 while the cheapest item (Franz Beckenbauer German Soccer Legend Signed Autographed Cosmos Book) found a new owner for £0.81 in November 2023. The month with the most items sold (35) was September 2025 with an average selling price of £54.48 for an autographed item of Franz Beckenbauer. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in June 2023 with £512.49 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £1.25 was August 2013. In average, an autographed item from Franz Beckenbauer is worth £21.00.
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Latest News about Franz Beckenbauer
MAN UNITED CONFIDENTIAL: Mike Phelan lays a wreath at Franz Beckenbauer's grave (06/02/2024): Manchester United have been met with a backlash from fan groups over their ticketing plans for next season and have been forced into a climbdown over their minimum attendance policy. 
Franz Beckenbauer believes referees will be replaced by drones (08/12/2014): Germany legend Franz Beckenbauer believes the use of technology in football will go far beyond the use of merely goal-line cameras in the future - with drones eventually replacing referees. Fifa corruption: Franz Beckenbauer and three executive committee members face pr (27/11/2014): German legend joins Angel Maria Villar Llona, Michel D'Hooghe and Worawi Makudi in being investigated by world governing bodyFranz Beckenbauer among four to be investigated in World Cup bidding probe (27/11/2014): Three current FIFA executive committee members are under investigation by ethics chief Michael Garcia following his probe into World Cup bidding, it can be revealed. Franz Beckenbauer facing Fifa World Cup bidding probe (27/11/2014): Germany football legend Franz Beckenbauer is one of a number of individuals facing a Fifa probe into the bidding process for World Cups in Qatar and Russia.
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Fifa corruption: Franz Beckenbauer and three executive committee members face pr (11/2014): German legend joins Angel Maria Villar Llona, Michel D'Hooghe and Worawi Makudi in being investigated by world governing bodyFIFA must publish Garcia report on World Cup bidding, says Franz Beckenbauer (10/2014): Franz Beckenbauer has added his voice to calls for FIFA to publish the Garcia report into allegations of World Cup bidding corruption. Sami Khedira would fit in very well at Bayern Munich, says Franz Beckenbauer as (08/2014): Sami Khedira would fit in perfectly at Bayern Munich, according to honorary president Franz Beckenbauer. Manuel Neuer joins Franz Beckenbauer and Lothar Matthaus as a great German sweep (06/2014): Manuel Neuer is widely regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in the world, and rightly so. His shot-stopping prowess and supreme command of the box have made him a formidable opponent for any forward. World Cup 2014: It's time for Germany to conquer Brazil and win the trophy again (05/2014): Beckenbauer just one of many former greats queuing up to tell gifted generation it is time to deliver, writes Jeremy Wilson'Bayern Munich are not right!'... Franz Beckenbauer slams Pep Guardiola's side (04/2014): Bayern Munich legend and honorary president Franz Beckenbauer has criticised Pep Guardiola's tactics following the humiliating 5-0 aggregate defeat to Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-final. Roy Hodgson could have been Germany coach but for Franz Beckenbauer (11/2013): • Berti Vogts' 1998 resignation created vacancy • Erich Ribbeck chosen instead of man now England manager Roy Hodgson has revealed that Franz Beckenbauer's input may have been the key factor in him missing out on becoming Germany's first foreign coach 15 Franz Beckenbauer calls for goal-line technology to be introduced in Bundesliga (08/2013): Bayern Munich's honorary president Franz Beckenbauer has called for goal-line technology to be introduced in the Bundesliga immediately.
