Ernstus Wilhelmus Johannes Brandts (born 3 February 1956) is a Dutch football manager and former player.

[2] He later played for Roda JC, MVV and Belgian side Germinal Ekeren[3] before returning to his first professional club De Graafschap.

Brandts earned 28 caps and scored five goals for the Netherlands national team[4] and played in the 1978 FIFA World Cup.

On 25 December 2013, he left the club with a mutual consent agree by both parties.

[10] He returned to the Netherlands and started as head coach of FC Dordrecht in June 2014,[11] but after a decent start of their Eredivisie campaign Brandts decided with agreement of the club to stop in February 2015.