Dany Verlinden

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Dany Verlinden
Personal information
Full name	Daniel Verlinden
Date of birth	(1963-08-15) 15 August 1963
Place of birth	Aarschot, Belgium
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Ourodenberg Sport
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1980–1988	Lierse	204	(0)
1988–2004	Club Brugge	433	(0)
National team
1998	Belgium	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Daniel 'Dany' Verlinden (born 15 August 1963 in Aarschot, Flemish Brabant) is a retired Belgian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Often referred to as De Muur (The wall),^[1] he played most of his career at Club Brugge, having played into his 40s.

Football career

Having arrived at Club Brugge K.V. from Lierse S.K. in 1988, Verlinden gained first-choice status in his second year and, save for one season, never lost it again. He ranked the second most capped player for the club in the first division, trailing only Franky Van der Elst, and was instrumental in the side's five league conquests (with the addition of as many cups and nine supercups).

In December 2003, Verlinden became the oldest footballer ever to play in the UEFA Champions League, aged 40 years and 116 days. Alessandro Costacurta of A.C. Milan took over the record on 21 November 2006, when the Italian defender played in a 0–1 group stage defeat at AEK Athens FC, aged 40 years and 211 days.^[2]

Verlinden, however, held the European record for longest time spent in goal without conceding, managing to keep a clean sheet a total of 1,390 minutes in the Belgium league, between 3 March and 26 September 1990.^[2]

After his footballing career, Verlinden remained with Club Brugge, as a goalkeeping coach. He played once for Belgium, and was called up for the squad at the 1994 and 1998 FIFA World Cups.

References

↑ Record holder Verlinden salutes Van der Sar; UEFA.com, 20 February 2009
↑ 2.0 2.1 Record-breaker Van der Sar joins exclusive club; UEFA.com, 29 January 2009

External links

Club Brugge archives (Dutch)
Weltfussball profile (German)
Dany Verlinden at National-Football-Teams.com

Belgian Goalkeeper of the Year

v t e Belgium squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup

1 Preud'homme 2 Medved 3 Borkelmans 4 Albert 5 Smidts 6 Staelens 7 Van der Elst 8 Nilis 9 Degryse 10 Scifo 11 Czerniatynski 12 De Wilde 13 Grün (c) 14 De Wolf 15 Emmers 16 Boffin 17 Weber 18 Wilmots 19 Van Meir 20 Verlinden 21 Van Der Heyden 22 Renier Coach: Van Himst

v t e Belgium squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup

1 De Wilde 2 Crasson 3 Staelens 4 Vidović 5 Borkelmans 6 Van der Elst 7 Wilmots 8 Oliveira 9 M. Mpenza 10 Nilis 11 Van Kerckhoven 12 Vande Walle 13 Verlinden 14 Scifo (c) 15 Clement 16 De Boeck 17 Verstraeten 18 Verheyen 19 Van Meir 20 E. Mpenza 21 Boffin 22 Deflandre Coach: Leekens

Persondata
Name	Verlinden, Dany
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	15 August 1963
Place of birth	Aarschot, Belgium
Date of death
Place of death

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