Joshua Brard (born 14 May 1986, in

Dordrecht Dordrecht (), historically known in English as Dordt (still colloquially used in Dutch, ) or Dort, is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Western Netherlands, lo ...

) is a former

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professional footballer. He played as a midfielder.

Football

Brard grew up in

Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht () is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands. It is located on the island of IJsselmonde, and borders with Zwijndrecht, Ridderkerk, and the Noord River (with Alblasserdam and Papendrecht on the other side). T ...

, where he started to play football at

ASWH ASWH, short for Altijd Sterker Worden Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, is an association football club from Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands. The club was founded in 1929. It won section championships in 1949, 1959, 1961, 1970, 1883, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005, a ...

. During his youth he also spent some time in

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

. Joshua's father, Stanley Brard, was also a professional footballer, amongst others at

Feyenoord Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Netherlands, Dutch professional association football, football club based in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football league system, Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the ...

, and had found employment in Japan. Back in the

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

Brard signed with

Sparta Sparta was a prominent city-state in Laconia in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon (), while the name Sparta referred to its main settlement in the Evrotas Valley, valley of Evrotas (river), Evrotas rive ...

in 2005 where he only made it to the bench. In the summer of 2006

FC Oss TOP Oss (), is a professional association football club based in the town of Oss, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. Founded in 1928 as T.O.P., a Dutch abbreviati ...

took over Brar's contract from Sparta. Here he played his 11 only games as a professional footballer. His contract was not renewed. After an internship in Japan, he played for the "amateur" sides

LRC Leerdam Leerdamse Racing Club uit Leerdam, known as LRC Leerdam, is a football club from Leerdam, Netherlands. The club was founded in 1958. The first male squad plays in the Eerste Klasse since 2016, when it relegated after a year in the Hoofdklasse T ...

, his youth club

, for

VV Capelle Voetbalvereniging Capelle is a football club based in Capelle aan den IJssel, Netherlands. It was founded in 1930. VV Capelle plays its home matches at Sportpark 't Slot. History Since 2018, VV Capelle competes in the Vierde Divisie. In the ...

(2011–2013) and for

VV SHO VV SHO, or in the long form Voetbalvereniging Steeds Hooger Oud-Beijerland, is a Dutch football club from Oud-Beijerland. It was established on 18 July 1930 and plays on Saturdays. The first squad competes in 2017-18 Eerste Klasse Saturday. Hist ...

(2013). In the 2010s he works as a project manager at a Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht firm that organizes training camps.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brard, Joshua 1986 births Living people ASWH players Sparta Rotterdam players Dutch men's footballers Footballers from Dordrecht Footballers from Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht Men's association football midfielders VV Capelle players