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FACTFILE
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| Born: |
9 Nov 1960 |
| Caps: |
86 |
| Goals: |
8 |
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WORLD
CUP FACTFILE
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Winner
1990
Beaten finalist
1986
Participated
1986, 1990, 1994
Games/Goals
16/4
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Andreas
Brehme
(West Germany/Germany)
One of the most
complete left-backs in European soccer ever, Andreas Brehme, spent ten years in the
German national team. He played in Barmbeck Uhlenhorst and FC Saarbrücken before he
joined Kaiserslautern where he gained his place in the national team in 1984. Brehme was a
“two-footed” player. He provided perfect crosses with his left, but preferred to shoot with
his right.
Neither he or the German national team had any success
in the European championship held just months after Brehme’s debut. The first round knock-out
was not accepted and when Beckenbauer rebuilt his team for the Mexico World Cup in
1986, Brehme was one of his safest cards. Andreas was instrumental in the latter stages of
the tournament scoring a goal in the semifinal against France and his two corner kicks in the
final against Argentina, lead to two goals, although the South Americans won 3-2 in the end.
Brehme was tempted to try his luck in the Italian league
and joined Inter Milan along with his German teammates Klinsmann and Matthäus. He won
the Serie A in 1989 and a year later he won the World Cup with West Germany playing
several of the matches in his home stadium, the San Siro. Brehme scored three goals
including the matchwinning penalty in the final against Argentina five minutes from time to
revenge the defeat of four years earlier.
Andreas later returned home to German football to have
a brief spell with Bayern Munich before joining Kaiserslautern again where he won a
German Cup and another Bundesliga title at the age of 37 in 1998, the year he retired. His
last World Cup was in 1994 in USA where he was one of the veterans axed after the
quarterfinal defeat to Bulgaria.
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