Last night on his way home, Francois Sterchele (26 years old) died due to a traffic accident. For an unknown reason he lost control of his Porsche Cayman S and crashed into a tree.
In his first year at Club Brugge, he scored 11 goals, not as much as last year when he ended up at the top spot with 21 goals for Germinal Beerschot, but he managed to get is top transfer to one of the bigger teams in Belgium when he signed a five year contract at Club Brugge.

Although I’m a fan of another team, it was always a joy watching him play. You could see he still had lots of fun when playing soccer, that’s what made him as good as he was I think. He stayed normal like every other guy.

Club Brugge and his family and friend have lost a great friend, a marvelous player and an excellent teammate today.

This weekend the last soccer matches of the season in the Belgian competition will be played, but I’m convinced that every team will take some time just before kickoff to honor Francois Sterchele and his family and friends.

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