| Brand in 1978 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 11 June 1936 | ||
| Place of birth | Dubbeldam, Netherlands | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1947–1955 | Xerxes | ||
| 1955–1957 | DFC | ||
| 1957–1960 | HVC | ||
| 1960–1961 | DFC | ||
| 1961–1964 | Heracles | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1969–1971 | DWS | ||
| 1971–1973 | Haarlem | ||
| 1973–1976 | AZ | ||
| 1978–1980 | Go Ahead Eagles | ||
| 1980 | Sparta | ||
| 1980–1983 | Telstar | ||
| 1985–1986 | AZ | ||
| 1996 | FC VVV | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Joop Brand (born 11 June 1936) is a Dutch former football player and manager.
A defender, [1] Brand played for Xerxes, DFC, [2] HVC and Heracles Almelo. [3]
Brand coached DWS, [4] HFC Haarlem, AZ, Go Ahead Eagles, Sparta Rotterdam and Telstar.
He was appointed head of the Sparta academy after working as caretaker manager at FC VVV. [5]
Brand was dismissed as head of Vitesse's football academy in 2003 after criticizing the club's directors. [6] He was named academy manager at ADO Den Haag, [7] but resigned before he ever worked for the club and left them for PSV in summer 2003. [8] He quit PSV in 2006. [9] He later worked for amateur side IJsselmeervogels. [10]