Just a few weeks after the death of Franz Beckenbauer, another German football legend passed away: Andreas Brehme died at the age of 63.
Terrible news for football. Andreas Brehme, who went down in history for scoring the only goal in the 1990 World Cup final won by Germany against Argentina, died on the night of Monday to Tuesday. At only 63 years old, the former Inter Milan player died of a heart attack just weeks after the death of Franz Beckenbauer, his coach during the world title won in Italy.
A left back by training, the Munich native is also known to have left Germany and Bayern Munich to join Serie A and Inter Milan, alongside Lothar Matthaus. He won an Italian championship title there in 1989 as well as the UEFA Cup in 1991. After a season at Real Zaragoza, Andreas Brehme returned to Kaiserlautern, his favorite club, where he ultimately played no less ten seasons, with a title in the German Cup in 1996 and the German championship title won in 1998 alongside Youri Djorkaeff.
86 caps and 8 goals
But his greatest victory obviously came in the summer of 1990 when he offered the third World Cup to Germany thanks to his winning goal scored in the final against Argentina. Enough to allow the Mannschaft to take their revenge after the final lost four years earlier in Mexico against the same Albiceleste.
Andreas Brehme retired from international football after Germany’s quarter-final loss at the 1995 World Cup, with no less than 86 caps and 8 goals under his belt. After his playing career, he embarked on the coaching profession. But after a first mixed experience with Kaiserlautern, he did not have more success on the Unterhaching bench.
