Julien Cools
Julien Cools | ||
Personnel | ||
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Surname | Julien Cools | |
birthday | February 13, 1947 | |
place of birth | Retie , Belgium | |
position | left defender , right midfielder |
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Juniors | ||
Years | station | |
1958-1963 | SK Branddonk Retie | |
Men's | ||
Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
1963-1969 | SK Branddonk Retie | |
1969-1973 | FC Beringen | 102 | (7)
1973-1979 | Club Bruges | 201 (34) |
1979-1981 | Germinal Beerschot Antwerp | 59 | (7)
1981-1983 | KFC Dessel Sport | 46 | (6)
1983-1986 | KVC Westerlo | 12 | (1)
National team | ||
Years | selection | Games (goals) |
1974-1980 | Belgium | 35 | (2)
1 Only league games are given. |
Julien Cools (born February 13, 1947 in Retie ) is a former Belgian football player .
Player career
Cools began his career as a club player in 1958 with his hometown club, SK Branddonk Retie . In 1963 he made his breakthrough in the men's team, for which he was active up to and including 1969, before he came to the first class at FC Beringen. After he had to relegate with the team in the same season in the second Belgian league, he rose again with the team in the top division of the country after the 1971/72 season. In 1973 he came to Club Bruges , where he stayed until 1979. Cools was Belgian champion in 1976, 1977 and 1978, Belgian cup winner in 1977 and made it to the UEFA Cup final in 1976 and championship final in 1978. In 1979 he moved to Germinal Beerschot. After two years he said goodbye from Antwerp to Dessel and signed with KFC Dessel Sport . He completed his last three years as an active player at KVC Westerlo , with whom he was twice master in the lower class and subsequently twice rose to the next higher division.
In 1977 he was player of the year in Belgium.
International playing career
Internationally, he played 35 times for Belgium and scored two goals. He took part in the 1980 European Football Championship in Italy and was there with the team as captain, Vice European Champion.
successes
- 1 × promotion to the highest Belgian league (1971/72)
- 3 × Belgian champion (1976, 1977, 1978)
- 1 × Belgian cup winner (1977)
- 1 × Belgian Cup finalist (1979)
- 1 × Player of the Year in Belgium (1977)
- 2 × champions with the KVC Westerlo (1983/84, 1984/85)
Web links
- Julien Cools in the soccerbase.com database
- Julien Cools in the database of the Belgian Football Association (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Operational data only from the 1985/86 season
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Rob Rensenbrink |
Belgium's footballer of the year 1977 |
Jean-Marie Pfaff |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Cools, Julien |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian soccer player |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 13, 1947 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Retie , Belgium |