Name: Roger Van Gool
Country:
BelgiumClubs: Club Brugge K.V., 1. FC Köln
Position: *WF
Side: RF/BS
Age: 24-28 years (01/06/1950)
Height: 177 cm
Weight: 70 kg
Attack: 83
Defence: 45
Balance: 81
Stamina: 81
Top Speed: 84
Acceleration: 89
Response: 79
Agility: 87
Dribble Accuracy: 85
Dribble Speed: 87
Short Pass Accuracy: 79
Short Pass Speed: 75
Long Pass Accuracy: 78
Long Pass Speed: 77
Shot Accuracy: 81
Shot Power: 81
Shot Technique: 82
Free Kick Accuracy: 68
Curling: 74
Header: 72
Jump: 77
Technique: 83
Aggression: 85
Mentality: 79
Keeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 75
Injury Tolerance: B
Condition: 7
Weak Foot Accuracy: 5
Weak Foot Frequency: 5
Consistency: 6
Growth Type: Standard
CARDS:
P05: Trickster
S05: 1-touch Play
SPECIAL ABILITIES: Dribbling - Tactical Dribble - 1 touch Pass - Side
Attack / Defence Awareness Card: Attack Minded
INFO:
Roger Van Gool was the first million transfer in Bundesliga history. He played as right winger although could be used on the left side as well. He was player with good dribbling, agile, explosive but also strong. Van Gool was very mobile, more a scorer than assist man, very intelligent player who knew always to run in the middle and score. He played several years for Antwerp FC, won domestic and European success with Club Brugge and 1. FC Köln. After the youth of FC, Van Gool Wildert playing for Antwerp FC in 1967. He had some good seasons in Antwerp, and was vice-champion with the club in 1973/74. Van Gool was transferred in the summer of 1974 at Club Brugge. In 1975, Van Gool first selected for the national team. With Brugge 1976 he was champion. He reached the team final of the UEFA Cup in 1975/76, but lost to Liverpool FC. That year he was sold to Germany. Van Gool became a crowd favorite in Cologne. In his time at Cologne, the German club of its most successful periods. Van Gool won the Bundesliga club once (1978) and twice the DFB-Pokal (1977 and 1978). In the European Cup in 1979 they pushed through to the semifinals. In 96 Bundesliga Matches for Cologne, he scored 28 times. During this period Van Gool played for the national team. He would play seven games in Belgium between late 1975 and late 1978. He scored twice, once against the Netherlands, and once against Northern Ireland. He participated in the European Championships of 1976. In 1980 he went to play for England Coventry City. After one year in England came back to Belgium, however, Van Gool, and he did a season for his former club FC Antwerp games. In 1982 he went to France, Nimes Olympique. The club played in Ligue 2, but in his first season did have one promotion to Ligue 1 to enforce. The season then stranded the club back on a relegation spot and Van Gool returned to Belgium after two seasons back, and went there one year in Sint-Niklaas SK football.