Braun is a highly experienced sports professional, particularly in football, with over 20 years of academic and practical experience in the field. Her journey in sports education began in 2005 at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany, where she studied until 2010.
During her studies, she also attended San Diego State University in California, USA, where she undertook an internship working with children struggling with obesity. After completing her studies, Dr. Braun returned to KIT to earn a PhD in sports development and youth talent promotion.
Upon graduation, she moved to Gambia to work with the Gambia Football Association (GFA), where she focused on encouraging girls to play football and increasing female participation in the sport.
Her impressive work in Gambia caught the attention of the German Football Association (DFB), which hired her to coach boys' teams under the ages of 11 and 14. Between 2017 and 2019, she was promoted to a senior role overseeing the training of sports personnel, including DFB staff.
As part of the German Development Cooperation, she was sent to Namibia to launch the "Football4Life" project aimed at nurturing young football talent. She also worked in North Macedonia, where she combined coaching with training local coaches on how to identify and develop young players.
Braun's expertise later took her to Botswana, where she served as the assistant coach to Algerian-born Adel Amrouche for the national team. From 2019 to 2021, they led Botswana through seven matches, one friendly and six Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers, achieving two wins, one draw, and four losses.
Beyond her assistant coaching duties, Braun was also an advisor for Botswana's women's national teams and served as the Technical Director while managing a joint football project between Germany and Botswana.
In 2021, FIFA appointed Dr. Braun as a technical expert responsible for training technical directors worldwide, a role she still holds today.
With a UEFA A coaching license, she left the Botswana national team in 2023 and joined Adel Amrouche to coach the Tanzanian national team. Under their leadership, Tanzania qualified for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations before parting ways with the team.
Now joining Rwanda's coaching staff alongside local coach Eric Nshimiyimana, Dr. Braun is expected to play a key role in identifying and developing young talent to strengthen the Amavubi squad for international competition.
The new coaching team will soon begin selecting players to represent Rwanda in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. Amavubi will face Nigeria on March 18 and Lesotho on March 25, 2025, at Amahoro Stadium.
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