Brian Behrendt (born 24 October 1991) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V., commonly known as Eintracht Braunschweig () or BTSV (), is a German association football, football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding ...

Career

Behrendt started playing football with local clubs Bremervörder SC and TuS Heeslingen. In 2006, he joined the youth ranks of Northern German heavyweight

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, but switched to Rapid Wien at the age of 16 when his father moved to Austria for work. He advanced through the club's youth system and made his debut for the second team in a 3–0 win against SV Mattersburg II in Regional League East on 5 March 2010. He joined First League side

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on loan in January 2013 for the remainder of the 2012–13 season. After returning to Rapid Wien, Behrendt made his first-team debut as an extra-time substitute in an

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defeat to

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on 14 July 2013. He missed most of the 2014–15 season with a broken

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, and he joined

Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld (; full name: ; commonly known as Arminia Bielefeld (), also known as ''Die Arminen'' or ''Die Blauen'' ), or just Arminia (), is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of ...

in July 2015. In December 2020 it was announced Behrendt would move to

in January 2021, having agreed a contract until summer 2023.

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* 1991 births Living people People from Bremervörde Association football defenders German footballers TuS Heeslingen players SK Rapid Wien players SV Horn players Arminia Bielefeld players Eintracht Braunschweig players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Footballers from Lower Saxony {{Germany-footy-defender-1990s-stub