Julien Cools

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Julien Cools
Personnel
Surname Julien Cools
birthday February 13, 1947
place of birth Retie ,  Belgium
position left defender ,
right midfielder
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 0(7)
1973-1979 Club Bruges 201 (34)
1979-1981 Germinal Beerschot Antwerp 59 0(7)
1981-1983 KFC Dessel Sport 46 0(6)
1983-1986 KVC Westerlo 12 0(1)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1974-1980 Belgium 35 0(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

  1. ↑ Operational data only from the 1985/86 season
predecessor Office successor
Rob Rensenbrink Belgium's footballer of the year
1977 		Jean-Marie Pfaff
personal data
SURNAME Cools, Julien
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Retie , Belgium