Helmut Haller
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Helmut Haller was a German footballer who played as a forward. At international level, he represented West Germany at three World Cups. At club level, he played in both Germany and Italy, and won Italian league titles with Bologna and Juventus.
Haller (kneeling, third from the right) with the 1963–64 Italian champion Bologna
Haller (left) playing for the Bianconeri in 1971 against Verona
From left to right: club doctor La Neve, Marchetti, Morini, Haller and Anastasi celebrate the Italian title won by Juventus in the 1972–73 season
Franz Beckenbauer
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Franz Anton Beckenbauer was a German professional football player, manager, and official. Nicknamed der Kaiser, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, and is one of nine players to have won the FIFA World Cup, the European Champions Cup, and the Ballon d'Or. Beckenbauer was a versatile player who started out as a midfielder, but made his name as a central defender. He is often credited as having invented the role of the modern sweeper.
Beckenbauer (left) after Bayern Munich's Cup Winners' Cup triumph in 1967
Beckenbauer with Diego Maradona during a New York Cosmos friendly in Argentina, November 1978
Beckenbauer receiving the Sports Bambi Award at the Leipzig Opera, Augustusplatz in 1990