Heiner Brand | |||
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![]() Brand in 2013 | |||
Personal information | |||
Born |
Gummersbach, West Germany | 26 July 1952||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
Playing position | Pivot | ||
Youth career | |||
Years | Team | ||
1959–87 | VfL Gummersbach | ||
Senior clubs | |||
Years | Team | ||
1987–91 | VfL Gummersbach | ||
1992–94 | SG Wallau-Massenheim | ||
1994–96 | VfL Gummersbach | ||
National team | |||
Years | Team | ||
1997–2011 | German national team |
Heiner Brand (born 26 July 1952) is a German former handball player and coach. He was the Germany national team coach from 1997 to 2011. He is the only person who has won the world handball championship both as a player (in 1978) and as a coach (in 2007).