Jules Verriest

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Jules Verriest
Personal information
Full name	Julien Daniël Verriest
Date of birth	May 19, 1946 (1946-05-19) (age 62)
Place of birth	Bruges, Belgium
Playing position	defender-midfielder
Club information
Current club	Cercle Brugge
Youth clubs
	Cercle Brugge
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1965-1981	Cercle Brugge R.E. Mouscron SV Koekelare	456 (8)
National team2
	Belgium	0 (0)
Teams managed
	R.E. Mouscron SV Koekelare
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 May 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 27 May 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

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.

[edit] Trivia

• 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.

[edit] References

• Cerclemuseum.be (Dutch)