Joop Brand | |
Birth Date: | 11 June 1936 |
Birth Place: | Dubbeldam, Netherlands |
Position: | Defender |
Years1: | 1947–1955 |
Clubs1: | Xerxes |
Years2: | 1955–1957 |
Clubs2: | DFC |
Years3: | 1957–1960 |
Clubs3: | HVC |
Years4: | 1960–1961 |
Clubs4: | DFC |
Years5: | 1961–1964 |
Clubs5: | Heracles |
Manageryears1: | 1969–1971 |
Managerclubs1: | DWS |
Manageryears2: | 1971–1973 |
Managerclubs2: | Haarlem |
Manageryears3: | 1973–1976 |
Managerclubs3: | AZ |
Manageryears4: | 1978–1980 |
Managerclubs4: | Go Ahead Eagles |
Manageryears5: | 1980 |
Managerclubs5: | Sparta |
Manageryears6: | 1980–1983 |
Managerclubs6: | Telstar |
Manageryears7: | 1985–1986 |
Managerclubs7: | AZ |
Manageryears8: | 1996 |
Managerclubs8: | FC VVV |
Joop Brand (born 11 June 1936) is a Dutch former football player and manager.
A defender, Brand played for Xerxes, DFC,[1] HVC and Heracles Almelo.[2]
Brand coached DWS,[3] 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.[4]
Brand was dismissed as head of Vitesse's football academy in 2003 after criticizing the club's directors.[5] He was named academy manager at ADO Den Haag,[6] but resigned before he ever worked for the club and left them for PSV in summer 2003.[7] He quit PSV in 2006.[8] He later worked for amateur side IJsselmeervogels.[9]