Bruno Appels

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Bruno Appels
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-08-15) 15 August 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Turnhout, Belgium
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
0000–1998 KSK Oosthoven
1998–2008 Willem II
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2009 Willem II 0 (0)
2009–2015 FC Den Bosch 41 (0)
2015–2016 ASV Geel 1 (0)
2016 FC Den Bosch 4 (0)
2016–2021 Berchem Sport
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bruno Appels (born 15 August 1988) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. During his career, he played for Willem II, FC Den Bosch, ASV Geel and Berchem Sport. [2]

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Career

Appels played in the youth academy of Dutch club Willem II since age 10 and in July 2009 he made the move to Eerste Divisie club FC Den Bosch. [3] On 3 September 2010, he made his professional debut in a match against Telstar. [4] For several seasons, Appels acted as the team's second goalkeeper behind Kevin Begois. [4] In February 2012, he extended his contract with FC Den Bosch until 2014. [4] Ahead of the 2013–14 season, manager Ruud Kaiser promoted Appels to starting goalkeeper. He only played the first game of the season before being sidelined for an extended period with injuries. He only returned to the starting eleven in February 2014. [5]

In June 2015, he was briefly on trial with his former club Willem II, but he eventually signed for Belgian Second Division club ASV Geel ahead of the 2015–16 season. [6] During the winter break he returned to FC Den Bosch but soon suffered another injury. [7]

In June 2016, Appels signed with Belgian Division 2 club Berchem Sport. [8]

In July 2021, Appels announced his retirement from football, instead focusing on his new career as a goalkeepers coach at Turnhout. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "B. Appels - Profiel - Voetbal International". Voetbal International. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  2. ↑ "België - B. Appels - Profiel met nieuws, statistieken en geschiedenis - Soccerway". nl.soccerway.com. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  3. ↑ D'haene, Bart (22 March 2012). "Doelman Bruno Appels rijpt in de Nederlandse tweede klasse bij FC Den Bosch". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish).
  4. 1 2 3 Broxterman, Cas (2 February 2012). "Den Bosch langer door met tweede doelman | Goal.com". GOAL (in Dutch).
  5. ↑ "FC Den Bosch-keeper Bruno Appels kan reserveplek relativeren". Sportnieuws (in Dutch). 23 October 2014.
  6. ↑ Kempen, Mark (15 July 2015). "Vijfsterrenhotel maakte plaats voor klein tentje". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish).
  7. ↑ Post, Paul (5 January 2016). "Versterkingen voor FC Den Bosch, Paul Beekmans assistent-trainer". Omroep Brabant (in Dutch).
  8. ↑ "Ex-prof Bruno Appels (27) vindt met Berchem club op zijn maat: Ik voelde meteen dat het goed zat". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). 2 June 2016.
  9. ↑ Gabriels, Kristof (12 July 2021). "Bruno Appels zet punt achter spelerscarrière en wordt keeperstrainer bij Turnhout: Mooie kans om in het voetbalwereldje te blijven". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch).
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