| 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) | ||
| Position(s) | 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 | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2002–2005 | Samoa | ||
| 2007 | American Samoa | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
David Brand was an English football manager who was in charge of the Samoa national football team and American Samoa national football team.[1]
Brand was born in Manchester, England. He played as a striker for Northern Nomads as a youth player followed by Leeds/Carnegie College before joining Stockport County. He scored 2 goals on his debut at Spotland against Rochdale in a Lancashire League game. He later played for Stalybridge Celtic, Ashton United, and Wigan Athletic.[2][3] In 1976 he moved to Australia to play for Gosnells City and West Australia. In 1978/9 he played for Hong Kong club Urban Services. In 1980 he played for Napier City Rovers in New Zealand, then for Southport and Irlam Town in England before returning to Australia in 1981 to join Cockburn Utd in Perth.
He later coached 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 1998 to 2002.
He was appointed National Coach of Samoa in November 2002, supervising all National Teams male and female until May 2005. An administration project with FIFA followed in American Samoa from 2005 to 2008, including taking the Men's National Team in the Pacific Games and World Cup Qualifiers 2007. A FIFA project followed in Samoa in 2008/9 before linking up with the Oceania Football Confederation and Papua New Guinea Football Association in 2009 to 2015.
He was appointed Deputy CEO FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Papua New Guinea 2016 Local Organising Committee.[4]
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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. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- ^ Cameron, Grant (18 July 2003). "Samoans put their boots on for Milk Cup". The Belfast News Letter. ProQuest 324785011.
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