David Brand (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David John Brand | ||
| Date of birth | 25 October 1951 | ||
| Place of birth | Manchester, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1968–1970 | Northern Nomads | ||
| 1970–1972 | Leeds Carnegie College | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1972–1973 | Stockport County | ||
| 1979–1980 | Wigan Athletic | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 2002–2005 | Samoa | ||
| 2007 | American Samoa | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
David Brand was an English football manager who was in charge of the Samoa national football team and American Samoa national football team.[1]
Born in Manchester, England, Brand played as a striker for Northern Nomads as a youth player followed by Leeds/Carnegie College before joining Stockport County scoring 2 goals on his debut at Spotland against Rochdale in a Lancashire League game.
Spells with Stalybridge Celtic and Ashton Utd followed and Wigan Athletic.[2][3] He moved to Australia in 1976 to play with Gosnells City and West Australia and went on to play for clubs in Hong Kong Urban Services in 1978/9 and New Zealand Napier City Rovers 1980, Southport and Irlam Town in England before returning to Australia in 1981 to join Cockburn Utd in Perth.
Coaching beckoned with positions at Cockburn, Morley Windmills, Kwinana Utd, Subiaco, Armadale and Southside Utd before moving into full-time management in 1996 with the Queensland Soccer Federation in Central Queensland and Gold Coast Soccer. Appointed National Coach of Samoa in November 2002 until May 2005. An administration project with FIFA followed in American Samoa 2005/2008, Samoa 2008 before linking up with the Oceania Football Confederation and Papua New Guinea Football Association in 2009 to date.[4]
References
- ↑ "American Samoa – Is The Coach David Brand A Masochist? - Capital Balls FIFA football balls". capital-balls.com. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- ↑ "Football: Eleven And Hell For Sad Samoans". The Mirror. 21 July 2003. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
- ↑ "Brand new". FIFA.com. 25 August 2007. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- ↑ Cameron, Grant (18 July 2003). "Samoans put their boots on for Milk Cup". The Belfast News Letter. Johnston Publishing. Retrieved 24 April 2012.