Pablo Daniel Brandán (; born 5 March 1983) is an Argentine former

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and

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Career

Brandán was born in Merlo. He won the

2008–09 Liga I The 2008–09 Liga I was the ninety-first season of Liga I, the top-level football league of Romania. Season began on 26 July 2008 and ended on 10 June 2009. CFR Cluj were the defending champions. Teams Promoted Teams promoted from Liga II at ...

edition with

Unirea Urziceni Asociația Sportivă Fotbal Club Urziceni, commonly known as FC Urziceni (), is a Romanian professional football club based in Urziceni, Ialomița County which currently plays in fourth division, Ialomița County. Unirea became national champio ...

, under the coaching of

Dan Petrescu Daniel Vasile Petrescu (; born 22 December 1967) is a Romanian football manager and former player, who is currently in charge of Liga I club CFR Cluj. As a player, Petrescu was deployed as a full-back or a winger and represented Premier Le ...

. In the same season he was selected the

Liga I The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It is the country's top ...

left 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 ...

of the year. In September 2010 he signed a contract with

Steaua București Steaua or Steaua București may refer to: * CSA Steaua București, a Romanian multi-sports club * CSA Steaua București (football), the football team of the multi-sports club * Fotbal Club FCSB, a football team that used this name between 2003 ...

before follow teammates from

: Galamaz,

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Marinescu Marinescu is a Romanian surname deriving from the given name "Marin". Notable people with the surname include: *Alexandra Marinescu (born 1982), retired Romanian Olympic gymnast * Andrei Daniel Marinescu (born 1985), Romanian football player * Ange ...

, Apostol and Bilașco who signed one week earlier. He was part of the team which played in the

2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage The 2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage matches took place between 15 September and 9 December 2009. The draw for the eight groups took place on 27 August 2009, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. The group stage featured the 22 automatic ...

. In the

2011–12 Liga I The 2011–12 Liga I was the ninety-fourth season of Liga I, the top-level football league of Romania. It began on 22 July 2011 and ended on 19 May 2012. The defending champions are Oțelul Galați. Since Romania dropped from eighth to fourtee ...

season, Brandán began being used as a central midfielder and central defender, although his main post is on the left flank of the defence. Brandán proved to be a playmaker, giving 3 goal assists in the season and 4 assists in the

2011–12 UEFA Europa League The 2011–12 UEFA Europa League was the third season of the UEFA Europa League, Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 41st edition overall including its predecessor, the UEFA Cup. It began on 30 June 2011 with ...

, but did not manage to score his first goal for Steaua. In February 2012, he was transferred to Chinese team

Liaoning Whowin Liaoning Football Club (), officially known as Liaoning Hongyun (), was a professional association football club with a long history in Chinese football. The club can predate their formation to 1953, when Shenyang government sports body joined ex ...

. In January 2014, he signed a contract with

Beitar Jerusalem Beitar Jerusalem Football Club ( he, מועדון כדורגל בית"ר ירושלים, Moadon Kaduregel Beitar Yerushalayim), commonly known as Beitar Jerusalem () or simply as Beitar (), is an Israeli football club based in the city of Je ...

in which he scored 1 goal in 14 league appearances. He then moved back to Romania where he won the Romanian championship once again in 2016–17 with

FC Viitorul Constanța Fotbal Club Viitorul Constanța (), commonly known as Viitorul Constanța or simply Viitorul, was a Romanian professional football club based in Ovidiu, Constanța County. They last played their home matches in blue and black kits at the Stadion ...

Honours

Huracán *

Primera B Nacional Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, in English "National B Division", and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Argentine football league system. The competition is made up of 37 tea ...

: 1999–00 Independiente * Primera División: 2002 Apertura Unirea Urziceni *

: 2008–09 Steaua București * Cupa României:

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ASA Târgu Mureș *

Supercupa României The Supercupa României ( en, Romanian Supercup) is a Romanian football championship contested by the winners of the Liga I and the Cupa României. It is usually played at the Arena Națională in Bucharest. The competition started off in 1994 ...

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Viitorul Constanța *

: 2016–17 Individual *''

Gazeta Sporturilor ''Gazeta Sporturilor'' ( en, The Sports Gazette) is a daily Romanian newspaper, and the country's largest and most read sports-related publication. It is owned by Ringier Sportal S.R.L—a joint venture of Ringier Romania S.R.L. and the Bulgarian ...

'' Foreign Player of the Year in Romania: 2009

Notes

References

External links

Official FCSB profile
*
Pablo Brandán
at BDFA.com.ar *

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brandan, Pablo 1983 births Living people Association football midfielders Association football fullbacks Argentine footballers Argentine expatriate footballers Argentina under-20 international footballers Sportspeople from Buenos Aires Province Club Atlético Huracán footballers Deportivo Alavés players Burgos CF footballers Club Atlético Independiente footballers Argentinos Juniors footballers Instituto footballers FC Unirea Urziceni players FC Steaua București players Liaoning F.C. players Beitar Jerusalem F.C. players CS Universitatea Craiova players ASA 2013 Târgu Mureș players FC Viitorul Constanța players Argentine Primera División players Primera Nacional players La Liga players Liga I players Chinese Super League players Israeli Premier League players Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate footballers in Romania Expatriate footballers in China Expatriate footballers in Israel Argentine football managers