Frédéric Herpoel (; born 16 August 1974) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Career

Herpoel was born in Mons. At the age of 7 he began to play for S.C. Havré and then moved to Anderlecht in 1988 where he played in the youth team. Between 1993 (his arrival in the senior squad) and 1997, Herpoel only played four Jupiler League games for the Brussels side. Herpoel signed for Gent in 1997 and played regularly for them for over a decade, before joining Mons. Herpoel was selected 39 times for

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but he gathered only seven caps. He was in the team for the Euro 2000 as third goalie and the 2002 World Cup as second goalie. He was the second choice after Geert De Vlieger when Robert Waseige was the national team manager, and later after Silvio Proto when Aimé Anthuenis coached the national team, whereupon he decided to quit the national team in 2005, disappointed not to be chosen as the first choice goalkeeper.

Honours

Anderlecht *

Belgian First Division The Belgian Pro League (; ; ), officially the Jupiler Pro League () for sponsor Jupiler, is a professional association football league in Belgium and the highest level of the Belgian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs from the 2023– ...

: 1993–94, 1994–95, 1994–95 *

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: 1993–94, runner-up 1996–97 *

Belgian Super Cup The Belgian Super Cup ( ; ; ), ''Pro League Supercup'', is a Belgian club competition played as a single match between the Belgian Pro League champions (also received the Super Cup host) and the Belgian Cup winners. If both teams are the same, ...

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

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Belgium * FIFA Fair Play Trophy: 2002 World Cup Individual * Best AA Gent-Player of the Season: 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05 * Man of the Season (Belgian First Division): 2002–03 * Belgian Goalkeeper of the Year: 2004 * Belgian Fair Play Award: 2006–07, 2007–08

References

External links

Biography from FHSPORT La marque de Frédéric Herpoel
* * Living people 1974 births Men's association football goalkeepers Belgian men's footballers Belgium men's international footballers Belgium men's under-21 international footballers Belgian Pro League players R.S.C. Anderlecht players K.A.A. Gent players R.A.E.C. Mons (1910) players UEFA Euro 2000 players 2002 FIFA World Cup players Footballers from Mons, Belgium {{Belgium-footy-goalkeeper-stub