From fourth provincial to a test at Cercle Brugge: the football fairy tale of Stan (23): “I stop painting for this”

At first glance it seems like a simple sports message. But it is not: Cercle Brugge will be testing a new striker in the coming weeks. It concerns 23-year-old Bruggeling Stan Braem. We hear you think. “Stand who?” Because the name does not ring a bell even with the greatest football connoisseurs outside of West Flanders. And that while the story of the twenty-something is unique. Five years ago he played football in the fourth provincial, the very lowest series. 146 goals later, he knocks on the door of first division, with the blessing of his boss…

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