Christian Brand (born 23 May 1972) is a German

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coach and former player who coaches

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Playing career

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, Brand began his career at VfB Oldenburg and made his debut for the club on 27 August 1991 in a match against

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. In his first season Brand played 13 games as Oldenburg narrowly missed out on promotion, finishing in second place behind

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Coaching career

After retiring from football, Brand became the new assistant manager of

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in the summer 2007. On 7 January 2008, he was appointed as a youth coach of the

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. After the former coach

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was sacked on 2 May 2011, he was named caretaker manager of the Luzern first team and will be replaced by

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at the end of the season. He was appointed as the head coach of Jahn Regensburg on 18 November 2014. He was appointed as the head coach of

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on 7 December 2015. He was sacked on 13 May 2017.

Honours

Werder Bremen *

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: 1998–99

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brand, Christian Living people 1972 births People from Quakenbrück German men's footballers West German men's footballers Footballers from Lower Saxony Men's association football midfielders Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Swiss Super League players VfB Oldenburg players VfL Osnabrück players FC Bremerhaven players SV Werder Bremen players SV Werder Bremen II players VfL Wolfsburg players FC Hansa Rostock players FC Luzern players SC Kriens players German football managers 3. Liga managers FC Luzern managers SSV Jahn Regensburg managers FC Hansa Rostock managers SV Werder Bremen II managers German expatriate men's footballers German expatriate football managers German expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate football managers in Switzerland