Yves Feys (born 16 January 1969 in

Torhout Torhout (; french: Thourout; vls, Toeroet) is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Torhout proper, the villages of Wijnendale and Sint-Henricus, and the hamlet of De Dri ...

) is a retired Belgian professional

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. He has played most of his career 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 ...

Club career

Feys started playing football at age 9 with top level team Cercle Brugge. He stayed with the green and black side until they relegated to the

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. He went to Excelsior Mouscron. In the last season with the Hainaut side, Feys wasn't given much play time. As a result, Feys returned to his roots. Feys became back-up goalie for

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. After this quite disappointing season for Feys, he decided to try his luck with Jupiler League side

FC Antwerp Royal Antwerp Football Club, often referred to as Royal Antwerp or simply Antwerp, is a Belgian football club based in the city of Antwerp. Founded around 1880 as ''Antwerp Cricket Club'' by English students residing in Antwerp, 15 years before ...

. Feys ended his career with

Deinze Deinze () is a city and a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders. It comprises the city of Deinze, and the towns of Astene, Bachte-Maria-Leerne, Gottem, Grammene, Hansbeke, Landegem, Meigem, Merendree, Nevele, Petegem-aan-de-Leie, ...

. Yves Feys won the '' Cercle Brugge Pop Poll'' three consecutive times.

Retirement

During and after his career, Feys was active in the

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External links

Cerclemuseum.be

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- FC Antwerp 1969 births Living people People from Torhout Men's association football goalkeepers Belgian men's footballers Cercle Brugge K.S.V. players Royal Excel Mouscron players Royal Antwerp F.C. players Belgian Pro League players K.M.S.K. Deinze players Footballers from West Flanders {{Belgium-footy-goalkeeper-stub