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Dany Verlinden Personal information Full name Daniel Verlinden Date of birth 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
- ^ a b 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
1984–85: Bodart | 1985–86: Bodart | 1986–87: Vande Walle | 1987–88: Preud'homme | 1988–89: Preud'homme | 1989–90: Preud'homme | 1990–91: Preud'homme | 1991–92: Bodart | 1992–93: Verlinden | 1993–94: De Wilde | 1994–95: Bodart | 1995–96: Vande Walle | 1996–97: Menzo | 1997–98: Gaspercic | 1998–99: Runje | 1999–2000: De Wilde | 2000–01: Runje | 2001–02: Vandendriessche | 2002–03: Verlinden | 2003–04: Herpoel | 2004–05: Proto | 2005–06: Runje | 2006–07: Zítka | 2007–08: Steppe | 2008–09: Copa | 2009–10: Mignolet | 2010–11: Courtois
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
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: LeekensCategories:- 1963 births
- Living people
- People from Aarschot
- Belgian footballers
- Association football goalkeepers
- Belgian Pro League players
- K. Lierse S.K. players
- Club Brugge K.V. players
- Belgium international footballers
- 1994 FIFA World Cup players
- 1998 FIFA World Cup players
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