Joop Brand

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| name = Joop Brand

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| image = Joop Brand.jpg

| caption = Brand in 1978

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1936|6|11|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Dubbeldam, Netherlands

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| position = Defender

| youthyears1 =

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| years1 = 1947–1955

| clubs1 = Xerxes

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| years2 = 1955–1957

| clubs2 = DFC

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| years3 = 1957–1960

| clubs3 = HVC

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| years4 = 1960–1961

| clubs4 = DFC

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| years5 = 1961–1964

| clubs5 = Heracles

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| 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

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Joop Brand (born 11 June 1936) is a Dutch former football player and manager.

Playing career

A defender,{{Worldfootball.net|joop-brand}} Brand played for Xerxes, DFC,[http://www.dfc-dordrecht.nl/2007/05/trainersstaf-dfc-1-joop-brand-technisch-adviseur-%C2%96-gerrit-de-man-looptrainer/ Trainersstaf DFC (1): Joop Brand technisch adviseur Gerrit de Man looptrainer] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220185811/http://www.dfc-dordrecht.nl/2007/05/trainersstaf-dfc-1-joop-brand-technisch-adviseur-%C2%96-gerrit-de-man-looptrainer/ |date=20 December 2016 }} - DFC {{in lang|nl}} HVC and Heracles Almelo.[http://www.heraclesstatistieken.nl/speler.asp?spc=BRANJO Spelers A-Z] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042536/http://www.heraclesstatistieken.nl/speler.asp?spc=BRANJO |date=4 March 2016 }} – Heracles {{in lang|nl}}

Managerial career

Brand coached DWS,{{Cite web |url=http://kranten.kb.nl/view/article/id/ddd%3A011198018%3Ampeg21%3Ap017%3Aa0256 |title=Kranten » Ruim 14.000.000 Nederlandstalige pagina's | Delpher |access-date=23 February 2013 |archive-date=3 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603112954/https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/ |url-status=dead }} 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.[https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/1996/05/24/joop-brand-hoofd-opleiding-sparta-7311182-a360722 Joop Brand hoofd opleiding Sparta] - NRC {{in lang|nl}}

Brand was dismissed as head of Vitesse's football academy in 2003 after criticizing the club's directors.[http://www.vi.nl/nieuws/brand-op-staande-voet-ontslagen-bij-vitesse.htm Brand op staande voet ontslagen bij Vitesse] - Voetbal International {{in lang|nl}} He was named academy manager at ADO Den Haag,[http://www.vi.nl/nieuws/joop-brand-aan-de-slag-bij-ado-den-haag.htm Joop Brand aan de slag bij ADO Den Haag] - Voetbal International {{in lang|nl}} but resigned before he ever worked for the club and left them for PSV in summer 2003.[https://www.psv.nl/psv/nieuws/artikel/joop-brand-nieuwe-hoofd-jeugdopleiding.htm Joop Brand nieuwe Hoofd Jeugdopleiding] - PSV {{in lang|nl}} He quit PSV in 2006.[http://www.psv.nl/psv/nieuws/artikel/joop-brand-na-dit-seizoen-weg-bij-psv.htm Joop Brand na dit seizoen weg bij PSV] - PSV {{in lang|nl}} He later worked for amateur side IJsselmeervogels.[http://www.ijsselmeervogels.nl/nieuws/jeugd/joop-brand-en-jan-vedder-versterken-jeugdopleiding Joop Brand en Jan Vedder versterken jeugdopleiding] - IJsselmeervogels {{in lang|nl}}