Nico Braun

Nico Braun
Personal information
Full name	Nicolas Jean Paul Braun
Date of birth	26 October 1950 (age 75)
Place of birth	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position	Striker
Youth career
	Walferdange
	Union Luxembourg
Senior career*
Years	Team
1968–1971	Union Luxembourg
1971–1973	Schalke 04
1973–1978	Metz
1978–1980	Charleroi
1980–1981	FC Thionville
1981–1985	Union Luxembourg
1985–1986	Minerva Lintgen
Total
International career
1970–1980	Luxembourg
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nico Braun (born 26 October 1950) is a Luxembourgish former professional footballer who played as a striker.^[2]

Club career

Braun played for foreign clubs almost all of his career, predominantly in France, but also in Germany where he became the first Luxembourgish professional player in the Bundesliga when he joined Schalke 04 in 1971,^[1] before returning to his original club Union Luxembourg.

International career

A prolific striker at club level, Braun won 40 caps for Luxembourg over a period of ten years scoring eight goals.

References

^ ^a ^b "An interview with legendary Luxembourgish footballer Nico Braun". RTL Today. 5 October 2025. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
^ "Braun, Nico" (in German). Kicker. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2011.

External links

Nico Braun at National-Football-Teams.com
Nico Braun at fussballdaten.de (in German)
Nico Braun at WorldFootball.net

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[rtl_interview-1] "An interview with legendary Luxembourgish footballer Nico Braun". RTL Today. 5 October 2025. Retrieved 6 October 2025.

[2] "Braun, Nico" (in German). Kicker. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2011.

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