Rafael Brand (born 9 September 1994) is a German 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

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or winger for 3. Liga side

VfB Oldenburg VfB Oldenburg is a German association football club based in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony. In the 2022–23 season, they play in the 3. Liga, the third level of football in Germany. History Founded by a group of high school boys as ''FC 1897 Ol ...

Career

Brand was born in

Bremerhaven Bremerhaven (, , Low German: ''Bremerhoben'') is a city at the seaport of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, a state of the Federal Republic of Germany. It forms a semi-enclave in the state of Lower Saxony and is located at the mouth of the Riv ...

. He joined

Regionalliga Nord The Regionalliga Nord ( en, Regional League North) is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Bremen and Hamburg. It is one of five leagues at this level, together with the Regional ...

club

in summer 2020. In the 2021–22 season he achieved promotion to the 3. Liga with VfB Oldenburg.

Personal life

Brand has studied at the

University of Oldenburg The Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg (german: Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg) is a university located in Oldenburg, Germany. It is one of the most important and highly regarded educational facilities in northwestern Germany ...

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* Living people 1994 births People from Bremerhaven German men's footballers Men's association football forwards Men's association football wingers 3. Liga players Regionalliga players OSC Bremerhaven players SV Werder Bremen players Hamburger SV II players Berliner FC Dynamo players FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin players VfB Oldenburg players {{Germany-footy-forward-stub