Andreas Brehme

Andreas Brehme (9 November 1960 - 20 February 2024 [2]) was a German football player. He has played for Germany national team.

Andreas Brehme
Andreas Brehme 2008.jpg
Brehme in 2008
Personal information
Date of birth(1960-11-09)9 November 1960
Place of birthHamburg, West Germany
Date of death20 February 2024(2024-02-20) (aged 63)[1]
Place of deathMunich, Germany
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing positionLeft-back, left wing-back, defensive midfielder
Youth career
1965–1978HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1978–1980HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst66(10)
1980–19811. FC Saarbrücken36(3)
1981–19861. FC Kaiserslautern154(34)
1986–1988Bayern Munich59(7)
1988–1992Inter Milan116(11)
1992–1993Zaragoza24(1)
1993–19981. FC Kaiserslautern120(9)
Total509(65)
National team
1980–1981West Germany U-213(0)
1981–1984West Germany Olympic10(2)
1984–1994Germany86(8)
Teams managed
2000–20021. FC Kaiserslautern
2004–2005SpVgg Unterhaching
2005–2006VfB Stuttgart (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career statistics

[3]

Club performance League
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals
GermanyLeague
1980/81 Saarbrücken 2. Bundesliga 36 3
1981/82 Kaiserslautern Bundesliga 27 4
1982/83 30 3
1983/84 33 8
1984/85 33 11
1985/86 31 8
1986/87 Bayern Munich Bundesliga 31 4
1987/88 32 3
ItalyLeague
1988/89 Internazionale Milano Serie A 31 3
1989/90 32 6
1990/91 23 1
1991/92 30 0
SpainLeague
1992/93 Real Zaragoza La Liga 24 1
GermanyLeague
1993/94 Kaiserslautern Bundesliga 26 3
1994/95 27 4
1995/96 30 2
1996/97 2. Bundesliga 32 0
1997/98 Bundesliga 5 0
Country Germany 373 53
Italy 116 10
Spain 24 1
Total 513 64

International career statistics

[4]

Germany national team
YearAppsGoals
1984 11 1
1985 9 1
1986 8 1
1987 5 0
1988 9 1
1989 5 0
1990 13 4
1991 6 0
1992 8 0
1993 3 0
1994 9 0
Total 86 8

Death

On 20 February 2024, many news organizations reported his death. It was reported by his partner that he died “suddenly and unexpectedly” of cardiac arrest.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Andreas Brehme, scorer of West Germany's winning goal in the 1990 World Cup final, dies at 63" (in en). AP News. 20 February 2024. https://apnews.com/article/andreas-brehme-obit-germany-1990-cd5cbb944e786eea56a56182cc7d85fc. 
  2. "Held von Rom: Andi Brehme mit 63 Jahren gestorben". www1.wdr.de (in Deutsch). 2024-02-20. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
  3. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Andreas Brehme". www.national-football-teams.com.
  4. "Andreas Brehme - Goals in International Matches". www.rsssf.com.