Andreas Brehme, champion in Italy 90, died – 2024-02-22 16:47:21

German football went into mourning after learning in the last few hours about the death at the age of 63 of Andreas Brehme, victim of a sudden and sudden cardiac arrest, as confirmed by his partner Susanne Schaefer.

“It is with deep sadness that I announce on behalf of the family that my partner passed away suddenly and unexpectedly during the night. We ask that you respect our privacy at this difficult time and refrain from asking questions,†said her spouse.

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Brehme went down in World Cup history for scoring the only goal in the final in the match between Germany and Argentina. With his death, in just two months of 2024, the German soccer team, world champion in Italia 90, lost two key pieces to be able to obtain the historic victory, remembering that on January 7, the technical director and former player, Franz Beckenbauer.

Andreas Brehme’s career

The winger and at times midfielder played with the German team 86 times, obviously recognized for converting the penalty that gave his country the third world title in the final played at the Olympic Stadium in Rome.

Brehme was born in Hamburg and played in three World Cups. He emerged from the humble club, Saarbrücken, making himself known with great performances at Kaiserlautern, where he played between 1981 and 1986, before moving to Bayern Munich, where he stayed for two years.

In 1988 he was bought by Inter Milan of Italy, and together with his compatriots Jürgen Klinsmann and Lothar Matthäus, he won Serie A in 1989 and the UEFA Cup in 1991, in an era of Calcio in the that only three foreigners were allowed per team and in which the Germans’ Inter competed with the Dutch’s Milan (Gullit, Rijkaard and Van Basten) and Napoli (with Maradona and the Brazilians Careca and Alemao).

After shining at Inter, he had a stint in Spanish football in the 1992/93 season at Zaragoza, ending his career in 1998 after five years at Kaiserlautern, with which he won a Bundesliga and the German Cup. .