Gert Verheyen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 20 September 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Hoogstraten, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Belgium U19 (coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1978–1986 | Hoogstraten VV | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1988 | Lierse | 39 | (10) |
| 1988–1992 | Anderlecht | 64 | (3) |
| 1992–2006 | Club Brugge | 415 | (155) |
| Total | 518 | (168) | |
| National team | |||
| 1994–2002 | Belgium | 50 | (10) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2006–2007 | Club Brugge (youth) | ||
| 2013– | Belgium U19 | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Gert Verheyen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɣɛrt fərˈɦɛiə(n)]; born 20 September 1970) is a Belgian retired footballer who played as a forward, and the current manager of the Belgian under-19 team.
In a 20-year professional career, he was mainly associated with Anderlecht and Club Brugge (especially the latter), scoring over 200 official goals for both clubs combined; he was known to have rather few technical skills, relying on a hard-working approach.
Verheyen represented Belgium in two World Cups and one European Championship.
Born in Hoogstraten, Antwerp, Verheyen started playing professionally with Lierse SK, scoring ten Belgian Second Division goals in his two season-spell, as he was not yet aged 18. In the 1988 summer he moved to R.S.C. Anderlecht, where he did not have a good scoring record, also appearing rarely in his first two years.
In 1992, Verheyen signed with Club Brugge KV, where he would remain for the next 14 years, rarely missing a game and netting in double digits in ten of those campaigns, with the side collecting four leagues and two cups. In October 2000 he was expected to move to England with Ipswich Town, but the deal eventually fell through.
After more than 500 overall appearances for Brugge (with 195 goals), Verheyen retired on 5 May 2006, becoming a reserve team trainer at the club in 2006–07 and quitting football subsequently at the season's end.
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