David Brand (footballer)

David Brand

Personal information
Full name	David John Brand
Date of birth	(1951-10-25) 25 October 1951
Place of birth	Manchester, England
Height
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
Northern Nomads 1968/70	Leeds Carnegie College 1970/1972
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1972/73	Stockport County
1979/80	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.

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. 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.

References

5 The Woman Behind The Man. Ben Coonan. http://wsamoa.ws/index.php?m=83&s=&i=2328 6 Coach of world's worst soccer team must grin and bear it. http://in.reuters.com/article/2007/08/29/idINIndia-29215220070829