Andreas Breme, the legendary German football defender, who became World Champion with the German football team in 1990, suffered a cardiac arrest in Munich on Monday. He was admitted to the emergency room of a hospital near his home but unfortunately passed away.
Breme became World Champion with Germany in 1990, scoring the only goal in the final in Italy against Diego Armando Maradona's Argentina. Bremen scores from a penalty, which is the third World Title for the Germany national football team, then led by the football legend Franz Beckenbauer.
Born in Hamburg, Breme played for Saabbrücken, Kaiserslautern, Bayern Munich, Inter, and Zaragoza in his career. For FRG (Federal Republic of Germany and Germany, there are a total of 86 games and 8 goals in the period 1984-1994.
He won the Bundesliga with the Bavarians in 1987. Two years later he became Serie A champion with Inter and was named player of the season, and in 1991 he also won the UEFA Cup. Lothar Mateus and Jurgen Klinsmann also play in this Nerazzurri team.
In 1993 he returned to Kaiserslautern. Three years later, the team lifted the German Cup but was also relegated. Breme remained in the team despite this and helped the club's immediate return to the elite. The legend of German football won the Bundesliga with Kaiserslautern in the 1997-98 season when the Bulgarian Marian Hristov was also in the team. /BGNES
