[1] A midfielder, Brand began his career at VfB Oldenburg and made his debut for the club on 27 August 1991 in a match against FC St. Pauli.
In his first season Brand played 13 games as Oldenburg narrowly missed out on promotion, finishing in second place behind Bayer Uerdingen.
[citation needed] After retiring from football, Brand became the new assistant manager of FC Thun in the summer 2007.
After the former coach Rolf Fringer was sacked on 2 May 2011, he was named caretaker manager of the Luzern first team[3] and will be replaced by Murat Yakin at the end of the season.
[4] He was appointed as the head coach of Jahn Regensburg on 18 November 2014.