Anthony Portier

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Anthony Portier (born June 1, 1982 in Oostende) is a Belgian professional football player. His best position is central in defence.

Portier started playing football at GS Middelkerke, where he was discovered by a neighbouring Belgian coast team, KV Oostende where he eventually made it to the first team. Portier then moved on to Cercle Brugge. He was transferred to the Bruges side a half season after his previous team KV Oostende had relegated from the First division.

[edit] Trivia

Anthony Portier has a Cercle Brugge fan club named after him, De Portiervrienden (English: The Friends of Portier). The fan club is located in Middelkerke, where Portier grew up. ^[1]

[edit] References

Anthony Portier player info at the official Cercle Brugge site (Dutch)
Cerclemuseum.be (Dutch)

[edit] Notes

^ http://www.cerclebrugge.be/index.php?catnr1=101&catnr2=100&catnr3=100&catnr4=100

Cercle Brugge - Current Squad
1 Vandendriessche \| 2 Kane \| 3 Portier \| 4 Denijs \| 5 Grondin \| 6 Van Mol \| 7 Viane \| 8 Slović \| 9 Pivaljević \| 10 De Sutter \| 12 Boi \| 14 Serebrennikov \| 15 Gombami \| 16 De Wulf \| 17 Milosevic \| 18 Feys \| 19 De Smet \| 20 Gjuzelov \| 21 Vandenbussche \| 22 Nyoni \| 23 Artz \| 24 Mutavdzic \| 25 Dantschotter \| Manager: Van Veldhoven