Andreas Brehme

Andreas Brehme

Brehme in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Andreas Brehme
Date of birth	(1960-11-09) 9 November 1960
Place of birth	Hamburg, West Germany
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Left-back / Left wing-back / Left midfielder
Youth career
1965–1978	HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1978–1980	HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst	66	(10)
1980–1981	1. FC Saarbrücken	36	(3)
1981–1986	1. FC Kaiserslautern	154	(34)
1986–1988	Bayern Munich	59	(7)
1988–1992	Inter Milan	116	(11)
1992–1993	Zaragoza	24	(1)
1993–1998	1. FC Kaiserslautern	120	(9)
Total		509	(65)
National team
1980–1981	West Germany U-21	3	(0)
1981–1984	West Germany Olympic	10	(2)
1984–1994	Germany	86	(8)
Teams managed
2000–2002	1. FC Kaiserslautern
2004–2005	SpVgg Unterhaching
2005–2006	VfB Stuttgart (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Andreas "Andy" Brehme (born 9 November 1960) is a German football coach and former football defender. He is best known for scoring the winning goal for Germany in the 1990 FIFA World Cup Final against Argentina on an 85th-minute penalty kick.

He is considered to be one of the greatest free-kick takers and crossers of all time. Brehme's special skill was the fact that he was one of the few players in the world who could play with both feet equally well, making him very valuable as an outfield player. He was well known for taking penalties (although not exclusively) with his right foot and taking free kicks and corners with his left foot. It's believed that Brehme felt his right foot was more accurate than his left, but his left was harder. This was shown when, in the 1990 World Cup final, Brehme took the spot kick that won West Germany the trophy, with his right foot, but four years earlier in 1986 Brehme scored in the quarter final penalty shootout against Mexico, with a left foot piledriver.

Though more often a defender, Brehme has shown an exceptional knack for finding the back of the net, scoring at every club he played for.

Career

Brehme was born in Hamburg and started his career with the local side HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst.

He played for 1. FC Kaiserslautern from 1981 to 1986, and again from 1993 to 1998, winning the German Cup in 1996 and the Bundesliga in 1998. He was at Bayern Munich from 1986 to 1988, winning the Bundesliga in 1987. After that, he joined Inter Milan, playing there from 1988 to 1992, and winning the Serie A in 1989 and the UEFA Cup in 1991. Before returning to Germany, Brehme played the 1992–93 season at Real Zaragoza in La Liga.

As a member of the (West) German national team, Brehme participated in the 1986 FIFA World Cup, losing the final to Argentina, yet he won the World Cup in 1990. In the 1986 semi-final he scored a free-kick against France and in the 1990 semi-final he also scored a free-kick goal against England. In the 1990 final, a 1–0 victory over Argentina, he scored the decisive goal, a penalty kick. The only other penalty kick, taken in open play for Germany, was against England in a 1985 World Cup warm-up match in Mexico. Brehme missed; Peter Shilton saved it.^[1] Brehme scored the second German penalty in the penalty-shootout against England in the 1990 World Cup. Brehme's last of his 86 caps^[2] for the national team came during the 1994 FIFA World Cup, which ended with a disappointing quarter-final exit for his team.

After the win of the German Championship with Kaiserslautern in 1998, Brehme ended his career as a football player after 301 Bundesliga matches^[3] and went on to become a coach. He managed 1. FC Kaiserslautern from 2000 to 2002, when he was dismissed because his team was in danger of being relegated. This was seen as a case of déjà vu, as he was part of the team that was relegated in 1996, but stuck with the team and was a key figure in their immediate promotion and title win the following year. He then managed 2. Bundesliga SpVgg Unterhaching, but was released from his contract in April 2005, again because the club was in danger of being relegated. He was then assistant coach alongside Giovanni Trapattoni at VfB Stuttgart, but both were sacked after only a few months at the club.

Career statistics

Stats

International goals
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	28 March 1984	Hannover, West Germany	Soviet Union	2–1	2–1	Friendly
2.	17 November 1985	Munich, West Germany	Czechoslovakia	1–0	2–2	Friendly
3.	25 June 1986	Guadalajara, México	France	1–0	2–0	FIFA World Cup 1986 (semifinal)
4.	10 June 1988	Düsseldorf, West Germany	Italy	1–1	1–1	UEFA Euro 1988
5.	24 June 1990	Milan, Italy	Netherlands	2–0	2–1	FIFA World Cup 1990 (round of 16)
6.	4 July 1990	Turin, Italy	England	1–0	1–1 (a.e.t.), 4–3 (pen.)	FIFA World Cup 1990 (semifinal)
7.	8 July 1990	Rome, Italy	Argentina	1–0	1–0	FIFA World Cup 1990 (final)
8.	10 October 1990	Stockholm, Sweden	Sweden	3–0	3–1	Friendly

Career honours

Club

Kaiserslautern

• Bundesliga: 1997–98; runner-up 1993–94
• DFB-Pokal: 1995–96
• DFL-Supercup: runner-up 1996

Bayern Munich

• Bundesliga: 1986–87; runner-up 1987–88
• European Cup: runner-up 1986–87
• DFL-Supercup: 1987

Inter Milan

• Serie A: 1988–89
• Supercoppa Italiana: 1989
• UEFA Cup: 1990–91

Real Zaragoza

• Copa del Rey: runner-up 1992–93

Country

Germany

• FIFA World Cup: 1990; runner-up 1986
• UEFA Euro: runner-up 1992

Individual

• UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1984, 1992^[4]
• Guerin d'Oro (Serie A Footballer of the Year): 1989^[5]
• Golden Pirate: 1989^[6]
• FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1990
• Ballon d'Or – Third place: 1990^[7]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Andreas Brehme.

• Andreas Brehme profile at Fussballdaten
• Andreas Brehme at weltfussball.de (German)
• Andreas Brehme at National-Football-Teams.com

Germany squads
West Germany squad – UEFA Euro 1984 1 Schumacher 2 Briegel 3 Strack 4 K. Förster 5 B. Förster 6 Rolff 7 Brehme 8 K. Allofs 9 Völler 10 Meier 11 Rummenigge (c) 12 Burdenski 13 Matthäus 14 Falkenmayer 15 Stielike 16 Bruns 17 Littbarski 18 Buchwald 19 Bommer 20 Roleder Coach: Derwall West Germany squad – 1984 Summer Olympics 1 Franke 2 Bockenfeld 3 Dickgießer 4 Bast 5 Wehmeyer 6 Buchwald 7 Groh 8 Bommer 9 Schatzschneider 10 Brehme 11 Mill 12 Junghans 13 Schön 14 Lux 15 Rahn 16 Schreier 17 Schlindwein Coach: Ribbeck West Germany squad – 1986 FIFA World Cup Runners-up 1 Schumacher (c) 2 Briegel 3 Brehme 4 Förster 5 Herget 6 Eder 7 Littbarski 8 Matthäus 9 Völler 10 Magath 11 Rummenigge 12 Stein 13 Allgöwer 14 Berthold 15 Augenthaler 16 Thon 17 Jakobs 18 Rahn 19 K. Allofs 20 Hoeneß 21 Rolff 22 Immel Coach: Beckenbauer West Germany squad – UEFA Euro 1988 Semi-finalists 1 Immel 2 Buchwald 3 Brehme 4 Kohler 5 Herget 6 Borowka 7 Littbarski 8 Matthäus (c) 9 Völler 10 Thon 11 Mill 12 Illgner 13 Wuttke 14 Berthold 15 Pflügler 16 Eckstein 17 Dorfner 18 Klinsmann 19 Sauer 20 Rolff Coach: Beckenbauer West Germany squad – 1990 FIFA World Cup Winners (3rd title) 1 Illgner 2 Reuter 3 Brehme 4 Kohler 5 Augenthaler 6 Buchwald 7 Littbarski 8 Häßler 9 Völler 10 Matthäus (c) 11 Mill 12 Aumann 13 Riedle 14 Berthold 15 Bein 16 Steiner 17 Möller 18 Klinsmann 19 Pflügler 20 Thon 21 Hermann 22 Köpke Coach: Beckenbauer Germany squad – UEFA Euro 1992 Runners-up 1 Illgner 2 Reuter 3 Brehme (c) 4 Kohler 5 Binz 6 Buchwald 7 Möller 8 Häßler 9 Völler 10 Doll 11 Riedle 12 Köpke 13 Thom 14 Helmer 15 Frontzeck 16 Sammer 17 Effenberg 18 Klinsmann 19 Schulz 20 Wörns Coach: Vogts Germany squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup 1 Illgner 2 Strunz 3 Brehme 4 Kohler 5 Helmer 6 Buchwald 7 Möller 8 Häßler 9 Riedle 10 Matthäus (c) 11 Kuntz 12 Köpke 13 Völler 14 Berthold 15 Gaudino 16 Sammer 17 Wagner 18 Klinsmann 19 Kirsten 20 Effenberg 21 Basler 22 Kahn Coach: Vogts