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Brandt joined Bayer Leverkusen from Bundesliga rivals Wolfsburg at the age of just 17 in January 2014 and swiftly went about making his mark at the club. The attacking midfielder was handed his top-flight debut just a few weeks later at the age of 17 years, 9 months and 13 days,
replacing Heung-Min Son in the 82nd minute of a 2-1 defeat away to Schalke on 15 February 2014.
He has not looked back since. After registering two goals and three assists in 12 appearances that season, primarily as a substitute, he featured 25 times the following campaign to
He has not looked back since. After registering two goals and three assists in 12 appearances that season, primarily as a substitute, he featured 25 times the following campaign to
help Leverkusen into fourth place and into the UEFA Champions League. On 26 August 2017, Brandt became the youngest Leverkusen player in history – and tenth youngest overall – to play his 100th Bundesliga match when he featured in his side's 2-2 draw with Hoffenheim on 26 August
2017 aged 21 years, three months and 25 days. between 20 March and 30 April 2016, the attacker found the net in six consecutive league outings, becoming the youngest player to do so since a certain Gerd Müller. All of which unsurprisingly stirred up a cocktail that proved
irresistible to Germany head coach Joachim Löw, who thrust the teenager onto the senior international stage just over two years after he first stepped onto a Bundesliga pitch. Brandt was a half-time sub for Mario Gomez in a 3-1 friendly defeat to Slovakia in Augsburg in May 2016
the Bremen native helped the U21 side win silver at the Olympic Games that same summer and has been a regular in Löw's squads ever since. Not bad considering the competition for places in attacking midfield, goals win matches and those that can score or create them are in high
demand. Brandt is a case in point, his willingness to take risks and try the unexpected in the final third often unlocking the most stubborn of defences. And it is a conscious decision to do so on the player's part. "I like it when a complete love of the game takes over,
like when a player does something special, unexpected, slightly instinctive," he said in an interview with Die Welt. "When you're watching a game and you think you know what’s coming next, but then something happens that nobody had expected. That wow factor that gets you off your
seat, That's the reason I play football: to surprise people. I've promised myself that I'll always retain that element of surprise in my game, even in spite of our tactical responsibilities”. Depending on who you ask and where you look, you'll see Brandt listed as a 'forward',
'left-midfielder', 'attacking midfielder' or 'winger'. So what is he? The only real answer to that is all of the above. Standing at 6'1", he is a powerful presence, with speed and aerial ability, also a deftness on the ball and that allows him to get out of almost any tight spot.
At the start of 2018/19 he played wide on the left, which is where he has invariably appeared for Germany too, but the arrival of Peter Bosz at Leverkusen in January prompted a switch to a more central position. “I’ve seen a lot of games involving Julian,” said Bosz. “During my
time with Dortmund when we played against Bayer, in Leverkusen. Back then he was playing on the wing, but I saw him as a midfielder.
Brandt is a great guy.. he in an interview said: "I try to be humble myself, and would recommend it to others," Brandt said. "You should be sensible and say 'hello' to everyone, and not go around being arrogant."From lifting the U19 Bundesliga championship with Wolfsburg to
Olympic silver and forming a key part of Germany's 2017 Confederations Cup triumph, Brandt wants to win.
"I think you should set yourself the biggest possible goals as a player and club," he told Bild in 2018. "You don't have to run through the street and say,
"I think you should set yourself the biggest possible goals as a player and club," he told Bild in 2018. "You don't have to run through the street and say,
I'm going to be a champion, win the cup and the Europa League', but you can just say, 'I want that.'"
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