What occurred to West Germany’s 1990 World Cup winners?
The soccer world has been saddened by the demise of German soccer legend Andreas Brehme on the age of 63.
Brehme scored the decisive late penalty as West Germany defeated Argentina to win the World Cup in 1990 and loved a distinguished membership profession with Bayern Munich, Inter Milan, Kaiserslautern and others.
His demise on Monday night time – from a cardiac arrest – comes just some weeks after the coach of that 1990 staff, Franz Beckenbauer, handed away aged 78.
It was a West German facet that beat England on penalties within the semi-finals, with Stuart Pearce and Chris Waddle infamously lacking their spot-kicks.
But what grew to become of the Italia ’90 World Cup winners?
The West Germany staff line as much as face Argentina within the 1990 World Cup remaining in Rome. Back row (left to proper): Thomas Berthold, Bodo Illgner, Klaus Augenthaler, Guido Buchwald, Pierre Littbarski, Rudi Voller. Front row (left to proper): Thomas Hassler, Jurgen Klinsmann, Jurgen Kohler, Andreas Brehme, Lothar Matthaus.
Andreas Brehme converts the decisive penalty to win West Germany the 1990 World Cup
Brehme (proper), pictured with Franz Beckenbauer (left) and Lothar Matthaus after the 1990 win
Coach – Franz Beckenbauer
The final German soccer legend, who joined the Brazilian Mario Zagallo that night time in successful the World Cup as each participant and coach. France’s Didier Deschamps joined the membership in 2018.
Beckenbauer died on January 7 this yr on the age of 78, prompting an infinite outpouring of grief throughout the soccer world.
His well being had declined following the demise of his son Stephan from a mind tumour aged 46 in 2015 and Beckenbauer had largely withdrawn from public life after shedding sight in his proper eye and struggling coronary heart issues.
Goalkeeper – Bodo Illgner
The keeper who saved from Pearce within the semi-final shoot-out in 1990 retired from worldwide soccer after the 1994 World Cup and later gained the Champions League with Real Madrid.
After retiring in 2001, he labored as a pundit for Sky Deutschland and beIN Sport, whereas splitting his time between Miami and Spain with spouse Bianca.
German keeper Bodo Illgner saves from England’s Stuart Pearce within the 1990 semi-final
Sweeper – Klaus Augenthaler
Augenthaler was the final word one-club man, racking up properly over 400 appearances for Bayern Munich and later labored as youth staff and assistant coach there.
He was a coach till 2011, taking cost of Nuremburg, Bayer Leverkusen and Wolfsburg amongst different golf equipment.
Augenthaler returned to Bayern as a youth coach within the membership’s International programme final yr and works as an skilled for in-house channel FC Bayern-TV.
Klaus Augenthaler retains a detailed eye on England star Paul Gascoigne through the 1990 semi
Central defender – Guido Buchwald
Buchwald, a Stuttgart participant on the time, was assigned the unenviable activity of marking Diego Maradona out of the 1990 remaining, which he carried out very properly.
In 2015, he returned to Stuttgart as a scout and labored there till 2019. Today, he’s a member of the board of trustees for the Youth Football Foundation and sponsors a hostel for significantly unwell kids and their households.
Guido Buchwald (left) was given the duty of marking Argentine star Diego Maradona within the remaining
Central defender – Jurgen Kohler
Kohler performed for a lot of main golf equipment, together with Bayern Munich, Juventus and Borussia Dortmund, in addition to amassing 105 appearances for Germany.
As properly as success in 1990, he lifted the European Championship trophy in 1996 and gained the Champions League with Dortmund a yr later.
Kohler has labored as a coach since retirement and was most just lately youth coach at German third division membership Viktoria Cologne. He was just lately linked with the vacant Ghana nationwide staff job.
Right wing-back – Thomas Berthold
The German participant who infamously made Paul Gascoigne cry. Berthold was the person tackled by Gazza to earn the yellow card that might have dominated him out the ultimate.
Berthold has been a pundit on soccer present on the Sport1 community and for Deutsche Welle.
During the Covid pandemic, Berthold was outspoken in regards to the German authorities’s lockdown measures and was related to conspiracy theories.
Thomas Berthold was on the receiving finish of the deal with that noticed Paul Gascoigne booked
Left wing-back – Andreas Brehme
Brehme was the person who scored the successful objective within the 1990 remaining from the penalty spot, simply one in every of a number of excessive factors in a profitable profession for membership and nation.
After a quick teaching profession, Brehme labored as an envoy for the German Football Association and as a tv pundit and newspaper columnist. He additionally work as an advisor to the Serbian membership Vojvodina Novi Sad.
Brehme died of a cardiac arrest on the age of 63 on Monday night time.
Central midfielder – Thomas Hassler
The midfielder was a part of Germany’s victorious staff at Euro 96 and performed for a number of prime golf equipment together with Juventus, Roma and Borussia Dortmund.
Entering teaching, he was assistant supervisor for the Nigeria nationwide facet and German membership Cologne. Hassler is at the moment answerable for the sixth-tier membership BFC Preussen.
Thomas Hassler performs for Germany towards Scotland on the 1992 European Championship
Central midfielder – Lothar Matthaus
The captain of the successful West Germany staff and it is most high-profile title. Matthaus had been a part of the facet that gained the 1980 European Championship and scooped many main honours with Bayern Munich.
Matthaus coached for round a decade, together with the Hungary nationwide facet, and is now a outstanding pundit and commentator on German tv.
Matthaus has been married 5 instances and has 4 kids. He was 47 when he met his fourth spouse, the 21-year-old Ukrainian mannequin Kristina Liliana Chudinova at Oktoberfest in Munich.
His final marriage, to Anastasia Klimko, resulted in 2021.
Lothar Matthaus indicators a 1990 Germany shirt at a reunion occasion in Italy in October 2020
Matthaus pictured together with his first spouse Sylvia and their daughter Viola at dwelling in Milan in 1990
The German footballer pictured together with his second spouse Lolita Morena on a TV present in 1992
Matthaus pictured at Oktoberfest with third spouse Mirjana Kostic in 2007
With fourth spouse Kristina Liliana, who was 21 after they met. The marriage lasted two years
Matthaus married for the fifth time after he met Anastasia – their marriage resulted in 2021
Central midfielder – Pierre Littbarski
1990 spelt the tip of Littbarski’s worldwide profession although he performed membership soccer for one more seven years, ending his profession in Japan.
He then grew to become a coach, taking cost of sides in Germany, Japan, Australia, Iran and Liechtenstein.
Littbarski is a member of the board of trustees of the Youth Football Foundation in Germany and in 2021, appeared on the German model of The Masked Singer as ‘Hammerhead Shark’, lasting two episodes.
Pierre Littbarski and Lothar Matthaus parade the trophy after West Germany’s victory in 1990
Centre ahead – Rudi Voller
A eventful Italia ’90 noticed Voller infamously spat at by Frank Rijkaard earlier than being despatched off, earlier than he gained the penalty within the remaining from which Brehme scored.
Voller later coached the German staff and guided them to the 2002 World Cup remaining, shedding to Brazil.
Latterly, he has been a part of a ‘activity drive’ arrange by the German FA forward of their internet hosting of Euro 2024. Voller was then made sports activities director of the nationwide staff and served as interim boss for a sport final yr earlier than Julian Nagelsmann took over.
Rudi Voller stepped in as interim Germany coach for a pleasant towards France final September
Centre ahead – Jurgen Klinsmann
Klinsmann is well-known after all to English soccer followers not solely from 1990 however his two memorable stints with Tottenham within the Premier League.
He too would coach the German nationwide staff, in addition to Bayern Munich, the United States and Hertha Berlin.
His most up-to-date posting with South Korea got here to an ignominious finish final week after they crashed out of the Asian Cup to Jordan within the semi-finals.
It got here after a brawl between Spurs’ Son Heung-min and PSG’s Lee Kang-in over youthful team-mates desirous to play desk tennis. Son was left with a dislocated finger.
A ‘failure to show management’ was one of many causes given for Klinsmann’s dismissal.
Jurgen Klinsmann was most just lately coach of South Korea however his tenure was dropped at an ignominious finish after their Asian Cup marketing campaign
