Joop Brand

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

Playing career A defender, Brand played for Xerxes, DFC, HVC and Heracles Almelo.

Managerial career Brand coached DWS, 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.

Brand was dismissed as head of Vitesse's football academy in 2003 after criticizing the club's directors. He was named academy manager at ADO Den Haag, but resigned before he ever worked for the club and left them for PSV in summer 2003. He quit PSV in 2006. He later worked for amateur side IJsselmeervogels.