Ernstus "Ernie" Wilhelmus Johannes Brandts (born 3 February 1956) is a Dutch

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manager and former player.

Playing career

Club

Born in Didam, he played for local club De Sprinkhanen before joining

De Graafschap VBV De Graafschap () is a professional football club from Doetinchem, Netherlands, playing in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football. It was formed on 1 February 1954 and they play their home games at the De Vijverberg stadium ...

at 17. After three seasons he moved on to PSV with whom he won two

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is ...

league titles in 7 seasons. He later played for Roda JC,

MVV Maatschappelijke Voetbal Vereniging Maastricht (), commonly known as MVV Maastricht (, ) or simply as MVV, is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Maastricht. Founded on 2 April 1902, MVV Maastricht currently compete in the Eerst ...

and Belgian side Germinal Ekeren before returning to his first professional club

International

Brandts earned 28 caps and scored five goals for the

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and played in the

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. In a second-round match against

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, he became the first player to score goals for both teams in the same match in the World Cup. He scored an

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in the 18th minute, and then scored the equalizer for the Netherlands in the 50th minute. His teammate Arie Haan eventually scored the winning goal, giving the Netherlands a 2–1 win.

Coaching career

Brandts began as an assistant manager at PSV, and has managed

FC Volendam Football Club Volendam () is a professional football club based in Volendam, Netherlands. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football from the 2022–23 season following promotion. Nicknamed "de Palingboeren", the club was founded ...

and

NAC Breda NAC Breda (), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eerste Div ...

as well as clubs in Iran and Africa. Halfway through the 2007–08 season, Brandts was informed that his contract as head trainer of NAC would not be extended, despite the best results (3rd position in 2007–08 Eredivisie) NAC Breda had seen for a long time. This decision was not taken lightly by the NAC Breda supporters - despite all the complaints the NAC top directors went ahead with their plan. Brandts was replaced by

Robert Maaskant Robert Patrick Maaskant (; born 10 January 1969) is a Dutch former professional footballer and current manager, who played as a midfielder. Club career Maaskant played for Go Ahead Eagles, Emmen, Motherwell, Zwolle and Excelsior. Managerial ca ...

at the beginning of the 2008–2009 season. He was appointed as the coach of Iranian side

Rah Ahan Rah Ahan Sports Club ( fa, باشگاه ورزشی راه‌آهن, ''Bashgah-e Vârzeshi-ye Rahâhen''), commonly known as Rah Ahan Football Club, is an Iranian professional football club based in Tehran. They currently play in the Azadegan Leagu ...

in summer of 2009 and he was appointed coach of Rwandan army club APR in 2010 and achieved the double. In 2012-2013 he was coach of Young Africans and won all the cups. On 25 December 2013, he left the club with a mutual consent agree by both parties. He returned to the Netherlands and started as head coach of FC Dordrecht in June 2014, but after a decent start of their Eredivisie campaign Brandts decided with agreement of the club to stop in February 2015. Brandts was named assistant manager at N.E.C. in 2016.NEC stelt Ernie Brandts aan als assistent-trainer
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brandts, Ernie 1956 births Living people People from Montferland Footballers from Gelderland Association football central defenders Dutch footballers Netherlands international footballers 1978 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 1980 players De Graafschap players PSV Eindhoven players Roda JC Kerkrade players MVV Maastricht players Beerschot A.C. players Eredivisie players Belgian First Division A players Dutch expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Belgium Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Dutch football managers FC Volendam managers NAC Breda managers APR F.C. managers Young Africans S.C. managers FC Dordrecht managers FC Eindhoven managers Eredivisie managers Dutch expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Iran Expatriate football managers in Rwanda Expatriate football managers in Tanzania Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Iran Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Rwanda Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Tanzania UEFA Cup winning players