Joshua Brard (born 14 May 1986, in
Dordrecht) is a former
Dutch professional footballer. He played as a midfielder.
Football
Brard grew up in
Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, where he started to play football at
ASWH. During his youth he also spent some time in
Japan
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. Joshua's father,
Stanley Brard, was also a professional footballer, amongst others at
Feyenoord, and had found employment in Japan.
Back in the
Netherlands Brard signed with
Sparta in 2005 where he only made it to the bench. In the summer of 2006
FC Oss
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took over Brar's contract from Sparta. Here he played his 11 only games as a professional footballer. His contract was not renewed. After an internship in Japan, he played for the "amateur" sides
LRC Leerdam, his youth club
ASWH, for
VV Capelle (2011–2013) and for
VV SHO (2013).
In the 2010s he works as a project manager at a Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht firm that organizes training camps.
References
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1986 births
Living people
ASWH players
Sparta Rotterdam players
Dutch men's footballers
Footballers from Dordrecht
Footballers from Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht
Men's association football midfielders
VV Capelle players