Heiner Brand

Quick Facts

Full Name	Heiner Brand
Occupation	Handball Player
Date Of Birth	Jul 26, 1952(1952-07-26)
Age	72
Birthplace	Gummersbach
Country	Germany
Birth City	North Rhine-Westphalia
Horoscope	Cancer

Heiner Brand Biography

Heiner Brand is one of the most popular and richest Handball Player who was born on July 26, 1952 in Gummersbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Brand is married with two children. Brand has two older brothers, Klaus (born 1942), and Jochen (1944). Both played for the German national team in handball.

Heiner Brand was also a successful player in Germany’s national handball team. He played 131 games and scored 231 goals. He even had one penalty throw. He was part of the West German team which finished fourth at the 1976 Olympic tournament in Montreal. He participated in six matches and scored 12 goals. He was World champion at the World Men’s Handball Championship in 1978. He scored his first international goals in Holon against Israel on July 1, 1974.

It was announced on 24 October 2007 that Brand’s contract of the National team with the DHB would be extended until 30 June 2013. However, it was announced on 16 May 2011 that his post of national coach would expire on 30 June 2011. The results were the tenth place at the 2010 European Championship and the eleventh place at the 2011 World Championship. It was the worst result in the history of the German National Championship. Since 1. Juli 2011 Martin Heuberger is the successor to Heiner Brand. Since 1 November 2004 Heuberger has been Assistant to Heiner Brand and Co-coach of the German National Handball team.

Heiner Brand joined the VfL Gummersbach handball club at seven years old. He was a six-time German champion (1973-1974, 1975, 1976 and 1982), and won the DHB Pokal four times (1978, 1979 1982, 1983, and 1982). He was also a club member who became internationally successful (European Cup Winner in 1978 and 1979; European National Championship Winner in 1973 in 1983; Super Cup winner in 1979 and 1983; IHF Cup winner 1982).

Heiner Brand Net Worth

Heiner Brand is one of the richest Handball Player from Germany. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Heiner Brand 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Heiner Brand, born 26 July 1952 in Gummersbach, is a former West German handball star. From 1997 to 2011, he was Germany’s national handball team coach. He is the only person to have won both the 1978 and 2007 world handball championships as a player and coach.

Since the 1970s, his trademark is his bushy walrus moustache.

Heiner Brand has been a long-time coach for VfL Gummersbach (1987–91 and 1994–96). In between, he was the coach for SG Wallau-Massenheim (1992–94). Even before becoming a club coach, he was an assistant coach of the German national team (1984–87), in which he became the full-time coach on 1 January

1997. At the beginning of the new millennium, he raised the national team to the top. After the vice European Championship in 2002 and the vice World Cup in 2003, the DHB selection won in 2004 the European Championship and the same year the silver medal at the Summer Olympics in Athens.

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Who is Heiner Brand Dating?

According to our records, Heiner Brand married to Christel Brand. As of December 1, 2023, Heiner Brand’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Heiner Ranked on the list of most popular Handball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Germany. Heiner Brand celebrates birthday on July 26 of every year.