Christian Brand
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-05-23) 23 May 1972
Place of birth Quakenbrück, West Germany
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team 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)
Managerial career
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

Christian Brand (born 23 May 1972) is a German football coach and former player who coaches Werder Bremen youth teams.[1]

Playing career

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.

Coaching career

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]

Honours

Werder Bremen

References

  1. ↑ "Brand, Christian" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
  2. ↑ Christian Brand wird Assistenzcoach in Thun, fussball.ch, 11 June 2007
  3. ↑ Alex (2 May 2011). "Rolf Fringer Sacked". justcantbeatthat.com. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  4. ↑ Alex (19 May 2011). "FC Yakin – the club formerly known as FC Luzern". justcantbeatthat.com. Archived from the original on 27 November 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  5. ↑ "Christian Brand neuer Trainer von Regensburg" (in German). dfb.de. 18 November 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "Christian Brand neuer Trainer in Rostock" (in German). Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  7. ↑ "Rostock beurlaubt Cheftrainer Brand". dfb.de. 13 May 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
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