Full name Daniel Verlinden Years Team Height 1.74 m | Playing position Role Footballer Name Dany Verlinden | |
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Date of birth (1963-08-15) 15 August 1963 (age 52) | ||
Club Brugge - Beveren 4-2 (Bekerfinale 2004)
Daniël 'Dany' Verlinden (born 15 August 1963 in Aarschot, Flemish Brabant) is a Belgian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Contents
- Club Brugge Beveren 4 2 Bekerfinale 2004
- Compilatie Verlinden
- Club career
- International career
- References
Often referred to as De Muur ("the wall"), he spent most of his career at Club Brugge, having played into his 40s.
Compilatie Verlinden
Club career
Having arrived at Club Brugge K.V. from Lierse S.K. in 1988, Verlinden gained first-choice status in his second year and, except for one season, never lost it again. He ranked the second most-capped player for the club in the Belgian Pro League, 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 played in a 0–1 group stage away defeat against AEK Athens F.C. aged 40 years and 211 days. 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 Belgian league between 3 March and 26 September 1990.
After his footballing career Verlinden remained with Club Brugge, as a goalkeeping coach, until his unceremonious dismissal in 2012.
International career
Verlinden played once for Belgium, and was called up for the squad at the 1994 and 1998 FIFA World Cups. His sole cap was obtained on 25 March 1998, as he played the full 90 minutes in a 2–2 friendly home draw to Norway.