The life of the 63-year-old ex-player of Bayern, Inter and Kaiserslautern was cut short by a heart attack
On the night of February 20, the famous former defender of the German national team passed away Andreas Brehme. He died at home in Munich from cardiac arrest at the age of 63.
Brehme is best known for scoring the winning goal in the 1990 World Cup final, which he scored from the penalty spot at the end of the match against Argentina. Also at that championship, Andreas scored against England from a free kick in the semi-finals.
Brehme played 86 matches for the West Germany/Germany national team, scored eight goals for them and was a multiple winner of major tournaments. In addition to the 1990 gold, Andreas also has a silver medal at the 1986 World Cup, bronze at the 1988 European Home Championship and a silver medal at Euro 1992.
In addition, the defender became the German champion with Bayern (1987) and Kaiserslautern (1998), won the Italian championship (1989) and the 1991 UEFA Cup with Inter.
In the first half of the 2000s, Brehme worked as the head coach of Kaiserslautern and Unterhaching, and for a short time was Giovanni Trapattoni’s assistant in Stuttgart.
Andreas is survived by two adult sons. It is reported that Andreas was deeply affected by the recent death of another German football legend, Brehme’s ex-mentor in the German national team Franz Beckenbauer.
Source: Sportarena
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