Career
He is currently working as manager for a youth team of VfL Bochum. In his youth, Brinkmann played for various clubs in the Ruhr Area. He started his senior career at Borussia Dortmund in 1997.
From 1998 to 2003, he spent five years in the Oberliga and the Regionalliga with Rot-Weiss Essen.
Then he went to 2. Bundesliga-side Alemannia Aachen. Brinkmann then successfully spent two years in Aachen along with players like Frank Paulus and Emmanuel Krontiris.
He was part of the so-called "New Alemannia" and was capped 54 times.
