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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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