Dirk Beheydt

Dirk Beheydt (born 17 October 1951) is a Belgian former football player. He used to be a striker.

Dirk Beheydt
Personal information
Full name Dirk Beheydt
Date of birth (1951-10-17) 17 October 1951
Place of birth Izegem, Belgium
Playing position(s) striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Winkel Sport
1975–1984 Cercle Brugge 270 (99)
RC Harelbeke
National team
1977 Belgium 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 June 2008
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 June 2008

Beheydt was discovered by Cercle Brugge while he was playing for then lower league side Winkel Sport. Even though there was a big level gap between the two teams, Beheydt had no trouble adjusting to the highest level of Belgian football. He scored on his debut against AS Oostende. This was also the first match for Cercle in their new stadium. Cercle lost the match 1-2.

Beheydt achieved quite some personal highlights with Cercle:

  • 3rd most goals in the history of Cercle (only Pertry and Weber do better)
  • Top league goal scorer of the team (1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1983)
  • Player of the Year (1976,1977)

Dirk Beheydt was also capped once for Belgium. He played in an away game against Italy on 26 January 1977. Belgium lost the match 2-1.

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Franky Vanhaecke
Cercle Brugge top scorer
1976–1977
Succeeded by
Gerrie Kleton
Preceded by
Gerrie Kleton
Cercle Brugge top scorer
1979–1980
Succeeded by
Jan Simoen
Preceded by
Søren Skov
Cercle Brugge top scorer
1983
Succeeded by
Bernard Verheecke


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