Stefan Brasas is a retired German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 football goalkeeper.

Career

Brasas started his career at Preußen Münster and VfL Bochum

VfL Bochum

Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as simply VfL Bochum, is a German association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia.-Founding to World War II:...

. In 1987 Brasas was transferred to the amateur team of SV Werder Bremen

SV Werder Bremen

SV Werder Bremen is a German sports club best known for its association football team playing in Bremen, in the northwest German federal state of the same name. The club was founded on 4 February 1899 as Fußballverein Werder by a group of sixteen vocational high school students who had won a prize...

. After one year with the amateur club FC Mahndorf he was transferred to Stuttgarter Kickers

Stuttgarter Kickers

Stuttgarter Kickers is a German association football club that plays in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, founded on 21 September 1899 as FC Stuttgarter Cickers...

 in 1989. In 1991 Brasas' team was promoted to Bundesliga. Here, however, he was replaced by Claus Reitmaier

Claus Reitmaier

Claus Reitmaier is a German football coach.-Honours:* DFB-Pokal finalist: 1996.* Bundesliga runner-up: 1994.* Norwegian Football Cup finalist: 2005.-External links:...

 after eight fixtures. In 1992, Brasas was transferred to 1. FC Saarbrücken

1. FC Saarbrücken

1. FC Saarbrücken is a German association football club based in the city of Saarbrücken, Saarland. The club began its existence as the football department of Turnverein Malstatt formed in 1903...

. After only one season, he returned to Stuttgart

Stuttgart

Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....

. In 1995, Brasas moved to SV Meppen

SV Meppen

SV Meppen is a German association football club playing in Meppen, Lower Saxony. The club was founded on 29 November 1912 as Amisia Meppen and joined Männer-Turnverein Meppen on 8 February 1920 to form TuS Meppen 1912...

. In his first season he was booked four times and sent off once. Unforgettable remains his only field goal, which he scored in 1995/96. His first and only title is the DFB Cup which Brasas won in 1999 with Werder Bremen. In 2002 Brasas played in Cyprus

Cyprus

Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...

 for the former champion Omonia Nicosia

AC Omonia

Athletic Club Omonoia Nicosia is a professional football club that plays in the Cyprus capital city Nicosia. The club was established in 1948 and became a member of the Cyprus Football Association in 1953...

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The last two years of his career he spent at SpVgg Unterhaching

SpVgg Unterhaching

Spielvereinigung Unterhaching is a German sports club in Unterhaching, a semi-rural municipality on the southern outskirts of the Bavarian capital Munich....

. In 2005 Brasas ended his active career after 211 second league and 41 Bundesliga matches. Currently he is working for the Nigeria Football Association

Nigeria Football Association

The Nigeria Football Federation organises domestic and international football in Nigeria. It was formally launched in 1945 and formed the first Nigerian national football team in 1949. It joined FIFA and the CAF in 1959...

. In February 2008 Stefan Brasas is goalkeeper coach at Wuppertaler SV.

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