Having arrived at Club Brugge K.V. from Lierse S.K. in 1988, Verlinden gained first-choice status in his second year and, save for one season, never lost it again.
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Daniel 'Dany' Verlinden (born 15 August 1963 in Aarschot, Flemish Brabant) is a retired Belgian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Van der Sar's streak stands as the second longest in a European top football division – behind Dany Verlinden's 1,390 minutes – and the third longest in the world after Mazarópi's 1,816 minutes.
Dany Carrel | Vichara Dany | Dany Verlinden | Dany Saval | Dany Sabourin | Dany Laferrière | Dany Heatley | Super Dany | Dany N'Guessan | Dany Laferrière's | Dany Bédar |
He scored what was described as a lucky goal against Club Brugge on March 17, 1993 in the 1992-93 UEFA Champions League, when his deflected effort towards goal went over the Brugge goalkeeper Dany Verlinden before going into the net.
Stijnen moved from K.S.C. Hasselt to Club Brugge K.V. in 2000, aged 19, and became the club's first stand-in for veteran Dany Verlinden; when the latter retired at 41, he backed up Tomislav Butina.