Davino Verhulst (born 25 November 1987) is a Belgian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Career

At the age of fifteen, he joined the first team of

KSK Beveren Koninklijke Sportkring Beveren (''Royal Sporting Club of Beveren'') is a Belgian association football club from the town of Beveren in East Flanders. KSK Beveren was particularly successful during the late 1970s and early 1980s in which it won ...

. Clubs like

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, the

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, and

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were interested in him but he choose to stay at the

Freethiel Freethiel Stadion is a multi-use stadium in Beveren, Belgium. The Freethiel Stadium, also known as the Freethiel for short, is the football stadium where the Belgian football club S.K. Beveren, SK Beveren (formerly known as Waasland-Beveren) plays ...

. However, he has never been able to be a first choice keeper because of the presence of

Boubacar Barry Boubacar "Copa" Barry (born 30 December 1979) is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Having begun his career at ASEC Mimosas, he moved to France in 2001, where he played for Rennes' reserve team. In 2003, he jo ...

. He made his first team debut against Benfica in the

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of 2004 after the red card of Copa but he could not avoid the 3–0 defeat and the following elimination. In the 2005–2006 season he played 8 matches during an injury of Copa. He made some nice saves against teams like

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but was again relegated to second choice after Copa's recovery. In the 2006–2007 season he came in a twist with Copa, and in the winter transfer period, he was bought by leader KRC Genk as second choice behind

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. Verhulst was a regular member of the

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Honours

Genk *

Belgian Cup The Belgian Cup (french: link=no, Coupe de Belgique; nl, Beker van België []; german: link=no, Belgischer Fußballpokal) is the main Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in Belgium, run by the Belgia ...

: 2009 Belgian Cup Final, 2008–09 Lokeren *

: 2014 Belgian Cup Final, 2013–14

References

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* * 1987 births People from Beveren Footballers from East Flanders Living people Belgian footballers Belgium youth international footballers K.R.C. Genk players K.S.K. Beveren players Willem II (football club) players Sint-Truidense V.V. players K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players Apollon Smyrnis F.C. players Royal Antwerp F.C. players Eredivisie players Belgian Pro League players Super League Greece players Belgian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in Greece Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Association football goalkeepers {{Belgium-footy-bio-stub