Jimmy De Wulf

Football player infobox
playername= Jimmy De Wulf
fullname = Jimmy De Wulf
nickname =


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1980|6|9
cityofbirth = Blankenberge
countryofbirth = Belgium
height = 189 cm
currentclub = Cercle Brugge
clubnumber = 16
position = defender
youthyears =
youthclubs = SV Blankenberge
Club Brugge
years = 1998-2004
2000-2001
2003-2004
2004-
2008-
clubs = Club Brugge
→ Tromsø IL
→ Cercle Brugge
Cercle Brugge
→ KV Oostende
caps(goals) = 01 0 (0)
010 0 (0)
033 0 (3)
0105 0 (0)
00 0 (0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam = Belgium
nationalcaps(goals) = 0 (0)
pcupdate = 10 May 2008
ntupdate = 5 July 2007

Jimmy De Wulf (born June 9, 1980 in Blankenberge) is a Belgian professional football player. De Wulf plays as a central defender.

De Wulf's career took off when Belgian top teams Club Brugge and Standard Liège discovered him at the age of 12, playing for his local team SV Blankenberge. Given the fact that Liège was lying much further away from Blankenberge than Bruges, De Wulf chose to join Club. During his youth, De Wulf has been selected many times to play for the national team.

When De Wulf reached the age of 18, he was offered a contract for 5 year. Despite the promising prospects, De Wulf didn't play much for Club Brugge under the coaching of Trond Sollied, and he was loaned for six months to Tromsø IL. At the end of his loan, Tromsø wanted to buy De Wulf, but Club halted his transfer. De Wulf, tired of not playing for the first team, decided to put pressure on the management. Eventually, De Wulf was loaned for one season to Cercle Brugge, thanks to the good relations between the chairmen of both teams. When the season ended, De Wulf was definitively transferred to Cercle for a fair price.

A minority of Cercle Brugge fans responded negatively to this transfer. The point of discussion was that De Wulf probably was a fan of Club Brugge, considering his choice to play for the rivals of Cercle Brugge in his youth. These rumours faded out thanks to De Wulf's great team spirit on the pitch. De Wulf used to be vice-captain of the team, but in July 2007, the new Cercle Brugge manager Glen De Boeck named De Wulf as captain instead of Denis Viane.

However, due to Denis Viane and Anthony Portier proving to be Cercle's solid back bone in the 2007-08 season, De Wulf's chances to play were rather limited. At the end of the season, the Cercle board told De Wulf they wouldn't start doing difficult if he found himself a new team. SV Roeselare, KV Kortrijk, Tromsø IL and FC Brussels are said to be interested. Eventually, De Wulf was loaned by KV Oostende for one season.

References

* [http://www.cerclebrugge.be/index.php?catnr1=11&catnr2=100&catnr3=100&catnr4=100&individu=242 Jimmy De Wulf player info at the official Cercle Brugge site] nl icon
* [http://www.cerclemuseum.be Cerclemuseum.be] nl icon
* [http://www.til.no/www/adel/profil/341 Jimmy De Wulf profile] at til.no no icon