Jule Brand

Jule Brand (born 16 October 2002) is a German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or forward for VfL Wolfsburg and the Germany national team.^[3]

Jule Brand

Brand with Germany in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Jule Brand[1]
Date of birth	(2002-10-16) 16 October 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth	Germersheim, Germany
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder, forward
Team information
Current team	VfL Wolfsburg
Number	29
Youth career
0000–2017	FC Speyer 09
2018	1899 Hoffenheim
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2020	1899 Hoffenheim II	37	(3)
2020–2022	1899 Hoffenheim	44	(8)
2022–	VfL Wolfsburg	45	(7)
International career‡
2018	Germany U16	3	(0)
2018–2019	Germany U17	9	(1)
2019–2020	Germany U19	5	(0)
2021–	Germany	55	(9)
Medal record Olympic Games 2024 Paris Team UEFA Women's Championship 2022 England UEFA Women's Nations League 2024 France–Netherlands–Spain
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:30, 14 September 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:28, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

Club career

Brand had played in boys' teams at FV Dudenhofen and JSG JFV Ganerb before she moved up to the youth department of TSG 1899 Hoffenheim via the juniors of FC Speyer 09 in winter 2018. There she played in the U17s and then with the U20s in the 2nd Bundesliga. After 37 league games, she moved up to the first team in 2020.^[4]  In the 2020/21 Bundesliga season, she finished third with TSG Hoffenheim. In the 2021/22 Champions League, she qualified with Hoffenheim for the first group stage.^[5] Here they finished third in their group. Brand was used in nine games and scored three goals.

Brand joined VfL Wolfsburg in summer 2022.^[5][6] In May 2023, she won the DFB-Pokal Frauen.^[7]

International career

Youth

In 2015 and 2016, Brand played eight games for the Southwest U14 in the national cup, in 2017 and 2018 she played for the Baden U16 and U18 as well as the Southwest U16 and the German U16 national team in the national cup. With the German U16s she also took part in the Nordic Cup. With the U17 team, she qualified for the 2019 European Championship. At the tournament in Bulgaria, she played as right-back in the 4–0 win in the first game against England and in the 3–2 group-stage defeat by the Netherlands. Since she was the only player in the finals against the Netherlands, she received a yellow-red card, she was suspended for the third group game. In the semifinals against Portugal she then played on the left flank. A 2–0 win saw them progress to the final, where they met Jong-Oranje again, where she once again played at left flank. Since the score was 1–1 after regulation time, there was a penalty shoot-out, but she was no longer on the pitch. The goalkeepers were able to save a total of seven penalties, but the German goalkeeper Pauline Nelles scored once more, and the German team won the title for the seventh time. Five games followed with the U19s, in March 2020 at a tournament in La Manga. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the qualifiers for the U19 European Championship and the final rounds were cancelled, and Brand was not able to play any competitive games with the U19s.

Senior

Brand at a post-match press conference in June 2022

In April 2021, after Melanie Leupolz and Klara Bühl had to miss the games against Australia and Norway due to muscular problems and minor injuries, she was called up for the two games of the senior national team.^[8] On 10 April, against Australia, she came on as a 60th minute substitute for Tabea Waßmuth. Two minutes later, she was able to beat Clare Polkinghorne in a running duel and scored her first international goal, before assisting the fourth goal scored by Laura Freigang in the 65th minute.^[9][10][11] In qualifying for the 2023 World Cup, she played in all six games and scored three goals in the games against Israel and Turkey.

For the Euro 2022 in England, she was called up to the squad by the national coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg.^[12] The German team reached the final, but lost to England. Brand was used in all six games.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 20 December 2023^[13]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			DFB-Pokal		UWCL		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1899 Hoffenheim II	2018–19	2. Frauen-Bundesliga	21	1	–		–		21	1
	2019–20	2. Frauen-Bundesliga	16	2	–		–		16	2
	Total		37	3	–		–		37	3
1899 Hoffenheim	2020–21	Frauen-Bundesliga	22	4	3	1	–		25	5
	2021–22	Frauen-Bundesliga	22	4	2	1	9	3	33	8
	Total		44	8	5	2	9	3	58	13
VfL Wolfsburg	2022–23	Frauen-Bundesliga	21	3	4	2	10	1	35	6
	2023–24	Frauen-Bundesliga	10	0	2	2	2	0	14	2
	Total		31	3	6	4	12	1	47	8
Career total			112	14	11	6	21	4	142	24

International

As of 28 October 2024^[3]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Germany	2021	10	4
	2022	17	2
	2023	12	1
	2024	16	2
Total		55	9

Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Brand goal.

List of international goals scored by Jule Brand^[3]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	10 April 2021	Brita-Arena, Wiesbaden, Germany	Australia	3–0	5–2	Friendly
2	26 October 2021	Stadion Essen, Essen, Germany	Israel	1–0	7–0	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
3				4–0
4	26 November 2021	Eintracht-Stadion. Braunschweig, Germany	Turkey	4–0	8–0	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
5	24 June 2022	Steigerwaldstadion, Erfurt, Germany	Switzerland	6–0	7–0	Friendly
6	13 November 2022	Red Bull Arena, Harrison, United States	United States	1–0	1–2	Friendly
7	11 April 2023	Max-Morlock-Stadion, Nuremberg, Germany	Brazil	1–2	1–2	Friendly
8	16 July 2024	Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover, Germany	Austria	2–0	4–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying
9	25 July 2024	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France	Australia	3–0	3–0	2024 Summer Olympics

Honours

VfL Wolfsburg

• DFB-Pokal Frauen: 2022–23, 2023–24

Germany U17

• UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship: 2019

Germany

• Summer Olympics bronze medal: 2024^[14]

• UEFA Championship runner-up: 2022^[15]
• UEFA Women's Nations League third place: 2023–24^[16]

Individual

• Golden Girl: 2022^[17][18]
• Fritz Walter Medal Gold (U19): 2021^[19]

References

1. "FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 – Squad List: Germany (GER)" (PDF). FIFA. 11 July 2023. p. 11. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
2. "Jule Brand". TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (in German). Archived from the original on 15 October 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
3. Jule Brand at WorldFootball.net
4. "Vorbild Jule Brand: Der Weg ins DFB-Trikot". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. (in German). Retrieved 26 May 2023.
5. "Germany's teenage sensation ready to face England". BBC Sport.
6. "Wolfsburg angelt sich Top-Talent: Nationalspielerin Brand kommt aus Hoffenheim". kicker (in German). Retrieved 26 May 2023.
7. Kalika Mehta (18 May 2023). "Wolfsburg make themselves at home in another German Cup win". DW. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
8. "Leupolz und Bühl nicht dabei, Brand nachnominiert". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. (in German). Retrieved 26 May 2023.
9. "Debütantin Brand sticht beim klaren Sieg heraus" [Debutant Brand stands out in clear victory]. kicker (in German). 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
10. "Women Friendlies 2021 » April » Germany – Australia 5:2". WorldFootball.net. 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
11. "Jule Brand: "Einfach unbeschreiblich"". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. (in German). Retrieved 26 May 2023.
12. "Germany squad for Women's Euro 2022: player profiles - Popp, Däbritz..." Diario AS. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
13. "Germany - J. Brand - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
14. "Spain 0-1 Germany: Germany win women's football bronze at Paris 2024". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
15. Sanders, Emma (31 July 2022). "England beat Germany to win first major women's trophy". BBC. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
16. "Germany win Nations League play-off to reach Olympics". BBC Sport. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
17. "Jule Brand, il primo nome sull'albo d'oro dell'European Golden Girl". tuttosport.com (in Italian). 21 October 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
18. Laffertey, Phil (22 October 2022). "Bellingham again only second: Gavi is "Golden Boy" 2022". Sports of the Day. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
19. "Karim Adeyemi, Jule Brand and Youssoufa Moukoko win Golden Fritz Walter medal". The Champions League. 9 November 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2023.

External links

• Jule Brand at DFB (also available in German)
• Jule Brand at kicker (in German)
• Jule Brand at Soccerway