Sébastien Bruzzese (; born 1 March 1989) is a

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footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays as a

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

for

Cercle Brugge Cercle Brugge Koninklijke Sportvereniging () is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges. Cercle have played in the Belgian Pro League since the 2003–04 season, having previously spent several years in the Belgian Second Divisio ...

Career

Born in

Liège Liège ( , , ; wa, Lîdje ; nl, Luik ; german: Lüttich ) is a major city and municipality of Wallonia and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège. The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from b ...

, Bruzzese began his career with R.F.C. de Liège, who was promoted to the

Belgian Third Division The Belgian Third Division ( nl, Derde klasse, french: Division III) was the third highest level in Football in Belgium, Belgian football. It had two leagues of 18 teams each (Belgian Third Division A, A and Belgian Third Division B, B) at the sam ...

team and made his first three prof games. He moved in July 2007 to the reserve squad from

Anderlecht Anderlecht (, ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the south-western part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, Forest, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, and Saint-Gilles, as well as the ...

and in August 2008 promoted to first squad, where he didn't play any first team matches. In the next season (2008/09), he was second keeper for a short while. First keeper Daniel Zitka was injured and first substitute Silvio Proto was loaned out to

Germinal Beerschot Koninklijke Beerschot Antwerpen Club (), simply known as Beerschot AC, was a Belgian football club based in southern Antwerp. Beerschot played in the Belgian Pro League from 1999–2000 (as Germinal Beerschot) until 2012–13, when they were ...

. At the end of January 2010, Bruzzese moved to

Gent Gent is a shortened form of the word gentleman. It may also refer to: * Ghent (Dutch language, Dutch: Gent), a Belgian city ** K.A.A. Gent, a football club from Ghent ** K.R.C. Gent, a football club from Ghent ** Gent RFC, a rugby club in Ghen ...

as it was unlikely he would get a chance to play at Anderlecht, being fifth keeper behind Silvio Proto, Daniel Zitka, Davy Schollen and

Michaël Cordier Michaël Cordier (born 27 March 1984) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays for RFC Rapid Symphorinois as a goalkeeper. Career He formerly played for Charleroi, Eendracht Aalst, La Louvière, FC Brussels and Anderlecht. He participat ...

. In the same period, he played seven caps for the

Belgium national under-19 football team The Belgium national under-19 football team is the national under-19 football team of Belgium and is controlled by the Belgian Football Association. The team competes in the European Under-19 Football Championship, held every year. Their bigges ...

. Bruzzese is sometimes compared to former keeper Christian Piot. He also owes a lot to

Jacky Munaron Jacques "Jacky" Munaron (born 8 September 1956) is a Belgian former football goalkeeper and the goalkeeper coach of FP Halle-Gooik since 2017. As a young player, Munaron started as the keeper of the youth team of FC Dinant, and Munaron stayed ...

, who made his transfer from Anderlecht to AA Gent possible. Munaron is a former keeper himself of Club Luik and Anderlecht. On 31 January 2011 Bruzzese and his teammate

Christophe Lepoint Christophe Paul F. Lepoint (; born 24 October 1984) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Belgian First Division A club Seraing. Club career On 31 January 2011, he was seriously injured in a car accident. ...

were involved in a serious car accident. Allegedly, they were returning from a night-club and that Bruzzese had been drinking, but this has never been confirmed. Following the 2011–12 season, Bruzzese moved to Zulte Waregem.

International

Bruzzese was born in Belgium and is of Italian descent. In 2007 and 2008, Bruzzese gained 7 caps for the Belgian under-19 team.

Honours

Club Brugge *

Belgian Super Cup The Belgian Super Cup ( nl, Belgische Supercup, ; french: Supercoupe de Belgique; german: Belgischer Fußball-Super Cup), ''Pro League Supercup'', is a Belgian club competition played as a single match between the Belgian First Division A champio ...

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

References

External links

Player Profile on footgoal.net
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bruzzese, Sebastien 1989 births Living people Belgian men's footballers Belgium men's youth international footballers Belgian people of Italian descent Men's association football goalkeepers RFC Liège players R.S.C. Anderlecht players K.A.A. Gent players S.V. Zulte Waregem players Club Brugge KV players Sint-Truidense V.V. players K.V. Kortrijk players Cercle Brugge K.S.V. players Belgian Pro League players Footballers from Liège