German World Cup hero given job cleaning toilets after going bankrupt

Ed Ran
Andreas Brehme cleaning toilets
Andreas Brehme

Who is Andreas Brehme? Well, for starters, he scored the winning goal for Germany in the 1990 FIFA World Cup Final against Argentina with an 85th minute penalty. He has won the Bundesliga and Seria with clubs like Bayern Munich and Inter Milan and played over 600 games in his career.

24 years on, there are reports which say that the German World Cup star is now bankrupt – with a debt of approximately €200,000. A bankruptcy hearing is scheduled in December.

Even Franz Beckenbauer has come out and said: ““We have a responsibility to help Andreas Berhme. He gave a lot to German football, he gave us a (World Cup) title. Now it’s time for German football to do something for him.”

But all he’s got is help from a former teammate Oliver Straube who owns a bathroom maintenance company. Brehme will have to clean toilets for a living.

Straube said: “We are ready to take Andreas on in our bathroom cleaning business.

“He will learn that what really counts is proper work and real life.

“It would help him improve his image. To me, that’s help.”

From scoring the winning goal in a World cup final to cleaning toilets – that is a huge fall from grace for the footballer.

Fast forward to 7:16 to watch Brehme’s penalty

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