Pablo Brandán

Pablo Brandán
	Brandán playing for Steaua București in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Pablo Daniel Brandán
Date of birth	5 March 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Merlo, Argentina
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder, left-back
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000	Huracán
2001–2003	Deportivo Alavés
2002	→ Burgos (loan)
2003	→ Independiente (loan)
2004–2005	Argentinos Juniors
2005–2006	Instituto Córdoba
2006–2007	Deportivo Alavés
2007–2010	Unirea Urziceni
2010–2012	Steaua București
2012–2014	Liaoning Whowin
2014	Beitar Jerusalem
2014–2015	Universitatea Craiova
2015–2016	Târgu Mureş
2016	Viitorul Constanța
2017–2018	Fenix de Pilar
2018–2019	FC Nordelta
Total
International career
	Argentina U-20
Managerial career
2018	Fenix de Pilar
2021	Fenix de Pilar
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pablo Daniel Brandán (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpaβlo βɾanˈdan];^[a] born 5 March 1983) is an Argentine former footballer and manager.

Career

Brandán was born in Merlo.^[1] He won the 2008–09 Liga I edition with Unirea Urziceni, under the coaching of Dan Petrescu.^[2] In the same season he was selected the Liga I left back of the year.^[2]

In September 2010 he signed a contract with Steaua București before follow teammates from Unirea Urziceni: Galamaz, Ricardo, Marinescu, Apostol and Bilașco who signed one week earlier.^[3]^[4] He was part of the team which played in the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage.^[4]

In the 2011–12 Liga I 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^[5] goal assists in the season and 4 assists in the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League, but did not manage to score his first goal for Steaua.

In February 2012, he was transferred to Chinese team Liaoning Whowin.^[6]

In January 2014, he signed a contract with Beitar Jerusalem in which he scored 1 goal in 14 league appearances.^[1] He then moved back to Romania where he won the Romanian championship once again in 2016–17 with FC Viitorul Constanța.^[7]