Official Site of the Spurs · Oct 10, 2017
'I never imagined this' - Jan set to break Belgian record
If selected against Cyprus this evening, our long-serving centre-back will overtake former striker Jan Ceulemans’ tally of 96 caps for the Red Devils, a record that has stood for 26 years.
Born in Sint-Niklaas, Jan had just come to the end of a loan spell at RKC Waalwijk, who were relegated from the Eredivisie, when, as a 20-year-old, he was thrown into Belgium’s starting line-up for his first senior appearance for his country in a European Championship qualifier against Portugal in Brussels in June, 2007.