Alex Querter

Alex Querter (born 18 December 1957) is a former Belgian professional footballer who played as a sweeper. He is one of the players with most appearances for Club Brugge, for which he also scored 33 goals.

Club career Querter was born in Lokeren, East Flanders. He started his career in the youth sector of the local Racing Lokeren. In 1970 the club merged with Standaard Lokeren and the name was changed to KSC Lokeren. In the mid-70s, he played with future Belgian writer and Hamme native Herman Brusselmans at Lokeren. Querter made his debut for the first team at the age of 20. The club had a mediocre season, in which trainer Han Graynhout was fired and replaced by Leon Nollet. Lokeren finished the league thirteenth, with Querter only playing a few games. He then switched to Cercle Brugge.

Cercle Brugge Cercle had finished penultimate and thus ended up in the Second Division. Querter was reunited in Bruges with the Dutch coach Graynhout. At Cercle, the defender became a teammate of Geert Broeckaert, Wietse Veenstra and Søren Skov, among others. Graynhout made him play regularly, placing him in the defense, and also employing in midfield. Cercle was crowned the league's champion at the end of the season and was allowed to return to the First Division after a one-year absence.

From then on, trainer Leo Canjels took over from his compatriot Graynhout. The club finished just above the relegation teams twice in a row. Querter had meanwhile become a permanent fixture in the team. He even became one of the crowd favorites. In 1982 he was voted Cercle Player of the Year by the supporters. But before receiving the trophy, Querter switched to arch-rival Club Brugge.

Club Brugge Querter's move was not appreciated by Cercle's supporters. Under the supervision of trainer Georg Kessler, his first trainer at Club Brugge, Querter also became a fixed value at Club Brugge. When Henk Houwaart took over, he still remained a fundamental player of the team. Querter played a total 11 season with Club Brugge. First he became the assistant of Eric Gerets together with ex-teammate René Verheyen. After two seasons, Verheyen became Gerets' successor. Querter stopped as a youth coach, but remained an assistant coach.

After parting ways with the club in 2000 he became head coach himself and trained and .

Honours Club Cercle Brugge Belgian Second Division: 1978–79 Club Brugge Belgian First Division: 1987–88, 1989–90, 1991–92 Belgian Cup: 1985–86, 1990–91

Individual Pop Poll d'Echte: 1981–82