Christian Brand (born 23 May 1972) is a German football coach and former player who coaches Werder Bremen youth teams.[1]
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1972-05-23) 23 May 1972 (age 50) | ||
Place of birth | Quakenbrück, West Germany | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Werder Bremen (youth manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
BV Quakenbrück | |||
VfL Herzlake | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1991–1993 | VfB Oldenburg | 35 | (2) |
1993–1994 | VfL Osnabrück | ||
1994–1995 | FC Bremerhaven | 20 | (6) |
1995–1996 | Werder Bremen II | 8 | (0) |
1996–1999 | Werder Bremen | 59 | (4) |
1999 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1 | (0) |
1999–2002 | Hansa Rostock | 48 | (5) |
2002–2004 | FC Luzern | 46 | (18) |
2004–2006 | SC Kriens | 46 | (13) |
Teams managed | |||
2007–2008 | Thun (assistant) | ||
2008–2012 | FC Luzern (youth) | ||
2011 | FC Luzern (caretaker) | ||
2012–2014 | FC Luzern II | ||
2014–2015 | Jahn Regensburg | ||
2015–2017 | Hansa Rostock | ||
2018– | Werder Bremen (youth) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
A midfielder, Brand began his career at VfB Oldenburg and made his debut for the club on 27 August 1991 in a match against FC St. Pauli. In his first season Brand played 13 games as Oldenburg narrowly missed out on promotion, finishing in second place behind Bayer Uerdingen.[citation needed]
After retiring from football, Brand became the new assistant manager of FC Thun in the summer 2007.[2] On 7 January 2008, he was appointed as a youth coach of the FC Luzern. After the former coach Rolf Fringer was sacked on 2 May 2011, he was named caretaker manager of the Luzern first team[3] and will be replaced by Murat Yakin at the end of the season.[4]
He was appointed as the head coach of Jahn Regensburg on 18 November 2014.[5]
He was appointed as the head coach of Hansa Rostock on 7 December 2015.[6] He was sacked on 13 May 2017.[7]
Werder Bremen
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