Christian Brand is a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 football coach and a former player.

Career

The midfielder began his career at VfB Oldenburg and made his debut for the club on 27 August 1991 in a match against FC St. Pauli

FC St. Pauli

Fußball-Club St. Pauli is a German sports club based in the St. Pauli quarter of Hamburg. The football section is part of a larger club that also has Rugby Fußball-Club St. Pauli is a German sports club based in the St. Pauli quarter of Hamburg. The football section is part of a larger club that...

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

Coaching career

On 7 January 2008, he was appointed as a youth coach of the FC Luzern.
After the former coach Rolf Fringer was sacked on 2 May 2011, he was named caretaker manager of the Luzern first team and will be replaced by Murat Yakin

Murat Yakin

Murat Yakin is a Swiss-Turkish football coach and former Swiss national player. He is currently the coach of FC Luzern in the Swiss Super League.-Playing career:...

 at the end of the season.

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