2024-02-20 09:18:59
The former Bayern Munich defender, decisive scorer in the final won by the Mannschaft against Argentina (1-0) in 1990, died in the night from Monday to Tuesday at the age of 63, announced Tuesday the Bavarian club.
A month after the death of Franz Beckenbauer, German football is once again in mourning. Andreas Brehme died on the night of Monday to Tuesday at the age of 63, his former club Bayern Munich announced on Tuesday. The ex-defender also had the “Kaiser” as coach during the 1990 World Cup. He was the hero when he scored the goal which allowed the Mannschaft to defeat Diego Maradona’s Argentina in the final of the Italian World Cup. in Rome (1-0).
“Bayern is deeply upset by the sudden death of Andreas Brehme […] We will always keep Andreas Brehme in our heart,” declared the Bavarian club, where Brehme played for a good part of his career. The cause of his death was not specified in the Bayern press release.
Gerd Müller and Mario Götze
Andreas Brehme thus offered victory to the West German team just before the reunification of the country and entered the legend of German football as a decisive scorer in the World Cup final, as Gerd Müller had been in 1974 in Munich against the Netherlands (2-1), and as Mario Götze will be in 2014 in Rio against Argentina (1-0). A defender, he scored eight goals in his 86 appearances for the Mannschaft between 1984 and 1994, including a free kick against Michel Platini’s France in the semi-final of the 1986 Mexican World Cup (2-0 victory).
Trained at HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst, a club in the city of Hamburg, he spent most of his career at Kaiserslautern (1981-1986, then 1993-1998), winning the German Cup with this club in 1996, but above all the championship title in 1998, a season after the club’s rise to the German first division. He also played for Bayern Munich (1986-1988) where he won the Bundesliga in 1987, and Inter Milan (1988-1992), winning the Italian championship (1989) and the UEFA Cup with the Milanese in 1991.
After his playing career, he had a short coaching career at Kaiserslautern (2000-2002) and Unterhaching (a suburb of Munich).
Updated at 11:01 a.m., added context.
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