FIFA World Cup winner Andreas Brehme, whose late penalty within the 1990 closing towards Argentina in Italy handed Germany their third world title, has died on the age of 63, his former membership Kaiserslautern stated on Tuesday.
The attacking full-back and dead-ball specialist turned an instantaneous Germany soccer legend when his spot kick earned them a 1-0 victory over Diego Maradona’s Argentina within the World Cup closing in Rome.
“FCK mourns the passing of Andreas Brehme,” Kaiserslautern stated. “He wore the Red Devils’ shirt for a total of 10 years and became German champion and German Cup winner with FCK.”
“In 1990 he fired the German national team to the World Cup title with his penalty and became a football legend. The FCK family is in deep mourning and our thoughts are with Andi’s family and friends.”
Brehme additionally performed for Bayern Munich and Inter Milan amongst others earlier than retiring in 1998. He received 86 caps for Germany, scoring eight targets, together with the one he’s greatest remembered for.
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