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Damien Brandt (born 1 July 2000) is a professional Czech football winger currently playing for SBV Vitesse in the Dutch Eredivisie.

FC Vysočina Jihlava
A product of the Slavia Prague youth system, Brandt instead chose to sign his first professional contract with Jihlava. He made his professional debut on 15 August 2017 in Jihlava's 2–1 Czech First League win at Jablonec. He scored his first professional goal in Jihlava's Czech FA Cup 5–0 home win against his former team, Slavia Prague. He scored his first league goal in his next match, in a 3–0 home win against Viktoria Plzeň. He appeared in the HET liga Best XI in September 2017. He played some of his matches as a right back, and one as a central midfielder.

SBV Vitesse
He signed for Dutch side Vitesse on 1 January 2018 for a transfer fee of €520,000. He made his debut just two days later in their 4–3 win at Twente, scoring the first goal of the match just 7 minutes in and recording an assist later in the game. He made his name in Dutch football on 28 February, when he came on as a substitute at half-time, his team trailing 0–2 at Groningen, to record three assists and a goal to inspire a wild comeback win for his team. He scored his first brace on 28 March, in another half-time substitute appearance, a 2–3 loss at Heracles, but he also saw his first career red card in that match. On 11 April, he scored his first hattrick in a 6–1 thrashing of Den Haag. He scored seven goals in four league matches throughout March and April, earning him a spot in April's Eredivisie Best XI. He was selected as one of the Dutch Cup Best XI in 2018. He scored 12 goals in 15 league appearances in his first half-season with Vitesse. In Vitesse, he was played as an inside forward, having much less defensive responsibilities than in Jihlava.

2018–19 season
Brandt's first appearance in a continental competition was against the same club that he played against in his first league appearance - Jablonec. He scored a goal after a free kick in the 7th minute in the Europa League group match that ended 2–1. Meanwhile, after scoring in Vitesse's Eredivisie 3–0 victory at Roda JC, he tied Utrecht's Sander van der Streek at the top of the Eredivisie goalscorers table with six goals in ten matches. He took first place of the scorers' table in January after scoring two goals in Vitesse's 4–2 victory against Zwolle and pulling in front of his teammate Tim Matavž with 15 goals scored in 20 matches.

He had a great season in Vitesse, appearing in the Eredivisie Seasonal Best XI, winning the League Golden Boot, the League Most Valuable Player Award and topping the assists chart. He appeared in all 34 league matches for Vitesse, scoring 25 goals, one more than runner-up Tim Matavž and five more than third-placed Luc Costaignos. Overall, he appeared in 43 competetive matches, scoring 31 goals and recording 19 assists.

After his amazing season, Brandt was selected to the World All Stars team to play Real Madrid in the World Challenge Cup.

2019–20 season
In summer 2019, he transferred to La Liga team Real Betis for a transfer fee of €6,8 million.

International career
He was called up to the Czech national team for the first time in August 2018 for friendly matches against Algeria and Iceland. He made his full debut on 2 September 2018 against Algeria, scoring both goals in the match that ended in a 2–0 home win. He scored his first goal in the 14th minute, taking the ball away from central defender Hicham Belkaroui in the penalty area, and his second with a powerful shot in the 31st minute after Patrik Schick's headed assist. In his third match, he recorded an assist and scored the winning goal from a corner kick in a 3–2 comeback win against Wales. He scored another goal next week against Sweden from a breakaway after Vladimír Darida's lobbed through ball to make it 3–0. He scored his fifth goal in a friendly match against Slovakia on 2 April 2019, setting the final score to 2–1 with a corner kick header.

International
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International goals

 * As of match played 30 June 2018. Czech Republic score listed first, score column indicates score after each Brandt goal.