Fritz Becker was a German

Germany

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 professional footballer

Football (soccer)

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He played for FC Germania 1894 Frankfurt before moving to FC Frankfurter Kickers (later to be known as Eintracht Frankfurt

Eintracht Frankfurt

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). He played for the Frankfurt club from 1904 to 1921.

Becker represented Germany

Germany national football team

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 in their first international match against
Switzerland

Switzerland national football team

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, a friendly played on April 5, 1908 in which he scored the first ever goal for Germany. Despite scoring
twice for his country, Becker ended up on the losing side with Germany going down 5-3.