Overview

• Briegel turns 70 on October 11 and says he will celebrate abroad at his favorite place without disclosing the location.
• Looking back, he calls West Germany’s 3–2 defeat to Argentina in the 1986 World Cup final an avoidable loss, saying his team would have prevailed in extra time.
• The former defender won Euro 1980 and earned 72 caps for West Germany after starring for 1. FC Kaiserslautern in the 1970s and 1980s.
• At club level he powered Hellas Verona to the 1985 Serie A title, was named Germany’s Footballer of the Year that season, and later won the Coppa Italia with Sampdoria in 1988.
• Returning to Kaiserslautern as sporting director, he kept the squad together through 1996 relegation and helped build the side that won the 1998 Bundesliga, though he resigned in October 1997 and today serves on the club’s supervisory board.