Julien Vercauteren

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Julien Vercauteren
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-01-12) 12 January 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Sint-Agatha-Berchem, Belgium
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) [1]
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
2000–2002 SCUP Jette
2002–2003 FC Strombeek
2003–2009 Anderlecht
2009–2010 KV Mechelen
2010–2013 Lierse
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2014 Lierse 27 (2)
2014–2017 Nice 9 (0)
2014–2017 Nice B 14 (2)
2016Westerlo (loan) 3 (0)
2017 RNK Split 0 (0)
2017–2019 Union SG 35 (7)
2019 Virton 15 (3)
2019–2020 RWD Molenbeek 10 (0)
2021 Marino 10 (1)
2022 Houtvenne 7 (0)
2022–2023 Lokeren-Temse 23 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:20, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

Julien Vercauteren (born 12 January 1993) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a winger. Besides Belgium, he has played in France, Croatia, and Spain. [2]

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Career

Vercauteren made his top flight debut during the 2012–13 season. [3]

He joined Ligue 1 club OGC Nice in June 2014. [4]

Between 2016 and 2020 he had spells with Westerlo, Union SG, Virton and RWD Molenbeek. With Union in the Proximus League, now Challenger Pro League, he had his best period scoring eight goals and six assists his first season. [5]

Julien is also a distant relative of Franky Vercauteren. [6]

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References

  1. Julien Vercauteren at WorldFootball.net
  2. Julien Vercauteren veut se relancer en Espagne : "J'aimerais trouver de la stabilité" msn.com
  3. "Julien Vercauteren - Marino los Cristianos".
  4. "Julien Vercauteren officiellement niçois" (in French). ogcnice.com. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  5. Julien Vercauteren 2018 Royale Union Saint Gilloise Highlights, m.youtube.com, 23 januari 2019, geraadpleegd op 20 mei 2024.
  6. Het duel tussen Vercauteren en Vercauteren dat hebben ze al 100 keer gevraagd maar het is zo, www.voetbalkrant.com, 17 februari 2018, geraadpleegd op 20 mei 2024.