Julien Verriest

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Julien (Jules) Verriest (born May 19, 1946 in Bruges) is a retired Belgian football player, who played almost his complete career for Cercle Brugge. Verriest started his football activities as a youth player for Cercle Brugge. Verriest made his debut at the age of 19, in a 0-0 draw against Lierse. His last match for Cercle was on May 17, 1981, a 3-2 win against Beerschot.

In total, Verriest played 492 first team games - a club record - scoring 8 times. Verriest also got selected for Belgium's B-team. He used to play as a defender or midfielder.

After his career at Cercle Brugge, Jules Verriest played for Excelsior Mouscron and SV Koekelare, where he also coached.

In 2000, Jules Verriest was voted Cercle Brugge Player of the Century by the Cercle fans.

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Jules Verriest has never been a professional football player, but worked for RTT, now known as Belgacom.
For the season 2006-2007, Jules Verriest often gives his opinion about Cercle Brugge matches in the popular Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws.