Defensive midfielder Julien Brellier joined Norwich on 3rd July 2007. He is a defensive midfielder who plays just in front of the back four.

Brellier started his career at French club Montpellier before joining Italian giants Inter Milan in 2000. He made a limited number of appearances with Inter and was loaned out to Lecco and Legnano before joining Venezia, initially under a co-ownership agreement. He played part of the 2004-05 season with Salernitana before Venezia released him in May 2005.

Brellier was given a trial by Hearts, where he impressed manager George Burley and was signed on a two year deal by the Edinburgh side in August

Brellier quickly became a firm favourite with the Hearts fans but it was frequently reported in the media that Hearts' owner Vladimir Romanov did not share the supporters' high opinion of him. Despite an offer of a two year contract from Hearts, Julien signed a two-year deal at Carrow Road. Peter Grant said “I think he is a different midfielder from the ones we have,” he said. “We have some guys who are good passers, we have some guys who are good players technically. I think Julien gives us a bit of both, but maybe a better understanding than most of the boys we have of people's positions. He understands the game, his tactical awareness is where I would put him at the top of the list, and the way he plays. I don't bring people in who are just going to be same as - it is very important that the ones we are trying to bring in are different to the ones we already have here.”

He has been given the number eight shirt. Despite injury concerns during the close season, he made his Norwich debut on the opening day of the 2007/8 season in the 0-0 draw against Preston at Deepdale

Brellier was released by the Canaries on 11 January 2008 having made just 11 appearances since his summer signing, and had not figured for Glenn Roeder's team since the 3-0 defeat at Plymouth on 10th November 2007. He quickly signed for Swiss side FC Sion.

Brelier was released by Sion at the beginning of March and has been training with Grenoble

Unable to find team, he announced his retirement from the professional game in January 2011 and will play for amateur side AC Seyssinet in the seventh tier of the French league system.

Brellier said "I didn't have any opportunities. After Sion, I had some National (French third division) clubs interested so there was a chance to go there.Maybe 50 per cent of the teams are professional in that league and 50 per cent are not. It was not a good thing for me to go there so I decided to stop playing. I had nothing from the first or second division and my agent told me it was very hard trying to find a club. I don't know if I trust him but it's just life and I had to stop because life goes on. I have a family and it's better for my head to stop professional football. The wait was too long. I knew it was not good to wait again through January, then if nothing happens I wait again until June and I keep training on my own. I'm not frustrated, it's just life. I think in football now it is very hard for a lot of players to fight for teams. I didn't want to say 'yes' to a proposal just because I wanted to stay professional. I wanted to do something I like. I think I will do some coaching courses to get the diploma because that would be a good option maybe for some time in the future. Football has always been my life and I think I can be a good coach