Bram Vandenbussche
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Bram Vandenbussche is a Belgian
professional footballer
who is currently attached to SV Roeselare. He usually plays as central defender, although he is sometimes fielded as defensive midfielder in times of need. His heading is his strongest point. Vandenbussche started his career at Cercle Brugge, where he made his first team debut on 17 December 2000, in a 1-2 home loss against Maasland
. His last match was against SV Roeselare, his new team. Cercle won 1-2.
In 2002, Bram Vandenbussche won the Cercle Brugge Pop Poll.
In the 2005-2006 season
, Vandenbussche startled the Belgian football competition when he failed a doping
test. Traces of corticosteroids were found. Luckily for Vandenbussche, he could prove that he had suffered from his back
. The Cercle Brugge medical staff had given him an injection for this, so they also took responsibility for Vandenbussche's positive doping test.
After becoming a back-up player for Cercle, Bram Vandenbussche signed a contract for 3 years with SV Roeselare. He will meet his former coach Dennis Van Wijk
there. Vandenbussche played more than 22 years for the green and black side.
Belgium
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professional footballer
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
who is currently attached to SV Roeselare. He usually plays as central defender, although he is sometimes fielded as defensive midfielder in times of need. His heading is his strongest point. Vandenbussche started his career at Cercle Brugge, where he made his first team debut on 17 December 2000, in a 1-2 home loss against Maasland
K. Patro Eisden Maasmechelen
K. Patro Eisden Maasmechelen is a Belgian football club, from the municipality of Maasmechelen in Limburg .When it was created, the club name was V.V. Patro Eisden until 1992 when they changed to K. Patro Eisden. In 1998, it changed to K. Maasland Maasmechelen trying to gather supporters from the...
. His last match was against SV Roeselare, his new team. Cercle won 1-2.
In 2002, Bram Vandenbussche won the Cercle Brugge Pop Poll.
In the 2005-2006 season
Jupiler League 2005-06
The 2005/06 season of the Belgian Jupiler League began on August 5, 2005 and ended on May 5, 2006. Anderlecht won the title on the last day of competition.-Promoted teams:These teams were promoted from the second division at the start of the season:...
, Vandenbussche startled the Belgian football competition when he failed a doping
Doping (sport)
The use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport is commonly referred to by the term "doping", particularly by those organizations that regulate competitions. The use of performance enhancing drugs is mostly done to improve athletic performance. This is why many sports ban the use of performance...
test. Traces of corticosteroids were found. Luckily for Vandenbussche, he could prove that he had suffered from his back
Human back
The human back is the large posterior area of the human body, rising from the top of the buttocks to the back of the neck and the shoulders. It is the surface opposite to the chest, its height being defined by the vertebral column and its breadth being supported by the ribcage and shoulders...
. The Cercle Brugge medical staff had given him an injection for this, so they also took responsibility for Vandenbussche's positive doping test.
After becoming a back-up player for Cercle, Bram Vandenbussche signed a contract for 3 years with SV Roeselare. He will meet his former coach Dennis Van Wijk
Dennis van Wijk
Dennis Johannes van Wijk is a Dutch football coach and former football player. He is the current coach of the R.A.E.C. Mons in the Belgian Pro League....
there. Vandenbussche played more than 22 years for the green and black side.
Trivia
- Bram Vandenbussche holds an academic degreeAcademic degreeAn academic degree is a position and title within a college or university that is usually awarded in recognition of the recipient having either satisfactorily completed a prescribed course of study or having conducted a scholarly endeavour deemed worthy of his or her admission to the degree...
of physical educationPhysical educationPhysical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....
. - His father has a bakeryBakeryA bakery is an establishment which produces and sells flour-based food baked in an oven such as bread, cakes, pastries and pies. Some retail bakeries are also cafés, serving coffee and tea to customers who wish to consume the baked goods on the premises.-See also:*Baker*Cake...
in AssebroekAssebroekAssebroek is a suburb in the municipality and city of Bruges, Belgium. In 2004, Assebroek had 19,525 inhabitants. Since 1999, this number has hardly changed...
, a municipality of Bruges.