Julien Verriest

Julien "Jules" Verriest (born 19 May 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 17 May 1981, a 3–2 win against Beerschot.

Julien Verriest

Personal information
Full name	Julien Daniël Verriest
Date of birth	(1946-05-19) 19 May 1946
Place of birth	Bruges, Belgium
Position(s)	defender-midfielder
Team information
Current team	Cercle Brugge
Youth career
	Cercle Brugge
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1965–1981	Cercle Brugge	456	(8)
	R.E. Mouscron
	SV Koekelare
International career‡
	Belgium	0	(0)
Managerial career
1981–1982	R.E. Mouscron
	SV Koekelare
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2008 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 May 2008

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.

Trivia

• Jules Verriest has never been a professional football player, but worked for Ebes, now known as Electrabel, alongside his playing career.
• For the season 2006–2007, Jules Verriest often gives his opinion about Cercle Brugge matches in the popular Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws.

References

• Cerclemuseum.be (in Dutch)