Bram Verbist

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 42)
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)
2007	→ Eendracht Aalst (loan)	0	(0)
2007–2014	Cercle Brugge	165	(0)
2014	Brøndby	0	(0)
2014–2016	Roda JC	37	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

At Germinal Beerschot, he used to be second choice after Brazilian goalie Luciano, who is now at 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 ten-day trial at first division team Cercle Brugge, and then signed a contract with the green and black side for one 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 had loaned Joris Delle from 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 four-month contract with the Danish side Brøndby as a second 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.^[3]

Coaching career

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