Bram Verbist (born 5 March 1983 in Antwerp) is a Belgian professional football goalkeeper.

Bram Verbist
Personal information
Full name Bram Verbist
Date of birth (1983-03-05) 5 March 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Antwerp, Belgium
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1994–1998 Beerschot
1998–1999 AA Gent
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2000 Germinal Beerschot 0 (0)
2000–2002 Ajax 0 (0)
2002–2006 Germinal Beerschot 35 (0)
2006–2007 Tienen 6 (0)
2007Eendracht Aalst (loan) 0 (0)
2007–2014 Cercle Brugge 165 (0)
2014 Brøndby IF 0 (0)
2014–2016 Roda JC Kerkrade 37 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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At Germinal Beerschot, he used to be second choice after Brazilian goalie Luciano, who is now at FC Groningen. In 2006, Verbist made an unsuccessful move to Belgian second division team Tienen. Quite shortly after this move he was loaned to Eendracht Aalst playing in Belgian Promotion A, the fourth level of Belgian football. But even there, his performances were not left uncriticised.

In July 2007 however, Verbist received a 10-day trial at first division team Cercle Brugge and then signed a contract with the green and black side for 1 year. In August 2013, one week before closure of the transfer period, Verbist was told by the board from Cercle that he quickly needed to find another team, because Cercle loaned Joris Delle from OGC Nice for one year. He failed to do that, and was "relegated" to fourth goalkeeper, after Joris Delle, Jo Coppens and Miguel Van Damme.[1] on 25 January 2014 Verbist signed a 4 months contract with the Danish side Brøndby IF as 2nd keeper due to an injured Michael Falkesgaard.[2] On 28 June 2014, Verbist signed a two-year deal with Dutch Eerste Divisie side Roda JC Kerkrade.[3]

Coaching career

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After retiring, Verbist was appointed goalkeeper coach at K Beerschot VA under newly appointed manager Marc Brys.[4] Verbist followed Brys to Sint-Truidense V.V. ahead of the 2018–19 season.[5] On 26 November 2019, Brys and his staff, including Verbist, was fired.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Cercle haalt met Joris Delle nieuwe doelman binnen" (in Dutch). nieuwsblad.be. 24 August 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  2. ^ "New keeper signed from Belgium" (in Danish). brondby.com. 26 January 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Roda JC zet volgende stap en haalt voormalig Ajacied naar Nederland" (in Danish). Voetbalprimeur. 28 January 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  4. ^ Beerschot-Wilrijk haalt clubicoon Bram Verbist weer naar het Kiel, nieuwsblad.be, 11 July 2016
  5. ^ MARC BRYS PRESENTED AS STVV'S HEAD COACH, stvv.com, 21 May 2019
  6. ^ OFFICIEEL: MARC BRYS ONTSLAGEN BIJ STVV, voetbalbelgie.be, 26 November 2019
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