Brandon Marsel Scheunemann (born 9 March 2005) is an Indonesian professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

centre-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

for Liga 2 club

Persipura Jayapura Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Jayapura, or Persipura, is an Indonesian football club based in Jayapura, Papua. The club was founded in 1963 and currently competes in the Liga 2. Persipura used to always use the Mandala Stadium as their hom ...

on loan from

PSIS Semarang Persatuan Sepak Bola Indonesia Semarang ( 'Indonesian Football Association of Semarang'), commonly known by its abbreviation PSIS is an Indonesian professional football club based in Semarang, Central Java. The club play their home matches in ...

. Brandon is the son of

Timo Scheunemann Timo Scheunemann (born 29 November 1973) is an Indonesian-German youth football coach and manager. He is also a former professional football forward. He used to play professionally in Indonesia's Liga Indonesia and Singapore's S-League. He al ...

Club career

Youth

As a youth player, he played for SSB Putra Gemilang and the Ricky Nelson Academy.

PSIS Semarang

He was signed for

to play in half season 2022–23 Liga 1. Brandon made his professional debut on 21 January 2023 in a match against Arema at the

Jatidiri Stadium Jatidiri Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is home stadium of PSIS Semarang. The stadium holds 25,000 people. In addition to a stadium, in this complex th ...

Semarang Semarang ( jv, ꦏꦸꦛꦯꦼꦩꦫꦁ , Pegon: سماراڠ) is the capital and largest city of Central Java province in Indonesia. It was a major port during the Dutch colonial era, and is still an important regional center and port today. ...

International career

In January 2023, Brandon was called up to the Indonesia U20 for the training centre in preparation for

2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup The 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup was the 41st edition of the AFC U-20 Asian Cup (including previous editions of the AFC Youth Championship and AFC U-19 Championship), the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Footbal ...

. He is eligible to represent Germany internationally.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Scheunemann, Brandon 2005 births Living people Indonesian people of German descent Indonesian men's footballers Men's association football central defenders Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Liga 2 (Indonesia) players PSIS Semarang players Persipura Jayapura players Footballers from Malang Indonesia men's youth international footballers Footballers from East Java