|source =—Rekan setim Jerman Barat Günter Netzer.<ref name="FIFA">{{cite web | url = https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/players/player=25113/quotes.html | title = Franz Beckenbauer - I was there | publisher = FIFA.com | access-date = 22 May 2014 | archive-date = 22 May 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140522142538/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/players/player=25113/quotes.html | url-status = dead }}</ref>}}
Beckenbauer secara luas dianggap sebagai salah satu pesepakbola terhebat dalam sejarah permainan.<ref name="FIFA profile" /><ref name="Independent" /> HeDia isadalah thesatu-satunya onlybek defenderdalam insejarah footballsepakbola historyyang to win thememenangkan Ballon d'Or twicedua kali.<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> Dia Hesering isdikreditkan oftensebagai creditedpenemu asperan having invented the role of thepenyapu modern sweeperatau or ''[[Sweeper (association football)|libero]]'', apemain defensivebertahan playeryang whomengintervensi secara intervenes proactively in the offensiveproaktif gamedalam ofpermainan hisofensif teamtimnya.<ref name="libero" /> NamedDua [[Europeankali Footballerdinobatkan ofsebagai thePemain Year]]Terbaik twiceEropa, Beckenbauer wasterpilih chosensebagai onTim theDunia [[WorldAbad Teamke-20 ofpada the 20th Century]] intahun 1998, anddan theTim [[FIFAImpian WorldPiala CupDunia DreamFIFA Team]]pada intahun 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>
AnSeorang iconikon indi GermanyJerman, anddan onesatu ofdari onlyhanya threetiga menorang toyang havememenangkan wonPiala theDunia Worldbaik Cupsebagai bothpemain asmaupun asebagai player and as a managermanajer, Beckenbauer wasdipuji laudedoleh bymantan formerkanselir German chancellorJerman [[Gerhard Schröder]] forkarena winningmemenangkan thePiala WorldDunia Cupsebagai aspemain apada player intahun 1974, winningmenang assebagai managermanajer inpada 1990, anddan foruntuk playingmemainkan aperan leadingutama roledalam inkeberhasilan Germany'sJerman successmencapai ofstatus achievingtuan hostrumah statusPiala of the [[2006Dunia FIFA World Cup|2006 World Cup]].<ref name="FIFA"/>
