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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 8 January 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Tienen, Belgium | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward, winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Union Berlin | ||
Number | 7 | ||
Youth career | |||
FC Rillaar Sport | |||
–2009 | Westerlo | ||
2009–2019 | PSV Eindhoven | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2020 | Jong PSV | 14 | (5) |
2020–2024 | PSV Eindhoven | 64 | (11) |
2023 | → Union SG (loan) | 15 | (3) |
2024– | Union Berlin | 17 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2015–2016 | Belgium U15 | 5 | (2) |
2016–2017 | Belgium U16 | 6 | (1) |
2017–2018 | Belgium U17 | 13 | (7) |
2018 | Belgium U18 | 5 | (3) |
2019 | Belgium U19 | 1 | (1) |
2021–2023 | Belgium U21 | 12 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 September 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:52, 3 July 2023 (UTC) |
Yorbe Vertessen (born 8 January 2001) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a forward or a winger for German Bundesliga club Union Berlin.
Born in the Belgian town of Tienen, Vertessen joined PSV Eindhoven as a schoolboy from Westerlo in 2009.
On 2 May 2021, Vertessen scored his first goal for the PSV senior side in a 2–2 draw with SC Heerenveen in Eredivisie play.[1] On 7 August 2021, Vertessen scored in a 4–0 Johan Cruyff Shield win over rivals Ajax, in turn helping to end Ajax's 17 game unbeaten streak.[2]
On 28 January 2023, Vertessen was loaned to Union Saint-Gilloise until the end of the 2022–23 season,[3] while Union were lying second in the Belgian Pro League, and made his debut in Union's 4–0 win over Zulte Waregem on 5 February 2023.[4]
On 1 February 2024, Vertessen signed with Union Berlin in Germany.[5]
Vertessen featured in the Belgium squad for the European Under-17 Championship in 2018, earning a place in the team of the tournament.[6]
He was joint top scorer in the tournament alongside Italy's Edoardo Vergani,[7] scoring in group stage wins over Ireland (2–0) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (4–0).
Further goals came in the 2–1 quarter-final win over Spain and the 2–1 semi-final defeat at the hands of eventual winners Italy.
Club | Season | League | National cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Jong PSV | 2019–20 | Eerste Divisie | 9 | 4 | — | — | — | 9 | 4 | |||
2020–21 | Eerste Divisie | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | ||||
Total | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | ||
PSV Eindhoven | 2020–21 | Eredivisie | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 18 | 2 | |
2021–22 | Eredivisie | 24 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 14[a] | 2 | 1[b] | 1 | 43 | 9 | |
2022–23 | Eredivisie | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[c] | 2 | 1[b] | 0 | 13 | 2 | |
2023–24 | Eredivisie | 17 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9[d] | 1 | 1[b] | 0 | 29 | 5 | |
Total | 64 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 101 | 18 | ||
Union SG (loan) | 2022–23 | Belgian Pro League | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3[c] | 1 | — | 20 | 4 | |
Union Berlin | 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 3 | ||
2024–25 | Bundesliga | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 5 | 1 | |||
Total | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 18 | 4 | ||||
Career total | 110 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 153 | 32 |
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