Football legend Franz Beckenbauer has died at the age of 78, the German football federation told AFP’s sports subsidiary SID on Monday.
Beckenbauer, one of only three men to win the World Cup as a player and as a coach, passed away on Sunday, the DFB said.
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Former captain of the German team in the 1970s, Beckenbauer had in the last years been suffering from health problems.
AFP