Thomas Vermaelen

Belgian association football player (born 1986)

Thomas Vermaelen (born 14 November 1985) is a Belgian former football player. He played for 18 years in the Netherlands, England, Spain, Italy, and Japan.

Thomas Vermaelen
Personal information
Full name Thomas Vermaelen[1]
Date of birth (1985-11-14) 14 November 1985 (age 39)[2]
Place of birth Kapellen, Belgium[3]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[4]
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
1991–1999 Germinal Ekeren
1999–2000 Germinal Beerschot
2000–2003 Ajax
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2009 Ajax 97 (7)
2003–2005RKC Waalwijk (loan) 13 (2)
2009–2014 Arsenal 110 (13)
2014–2019 Barcelona 34 (1)
2016–2017Roma (loan) 9 (0)
2019–2021 Vissel Kobe 45 (1)
Total 308 (24)
National team
2002–2003 Belgium U18 5 (0)
2003–2004 Belgium U19 7 (0)
2004–2007 Belgium U21 12 (1)
2006–2021 Belgium 85 (2)
Teams managed
2022 Belgium (assistant)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Belgium
FIFA World Cup
Third place 2018
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[5][6]
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup[b] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ajax 2003–04 Eredivisie 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2005–06 Eredivisie 24 3 4 1 5[c] 0 0 0 33 4
2006–07 Eredivisie 23 0 5 0 7[d] 0 1[e] 0 36 0
2007–08 Eredivisie 18 0 0 0 3[f] 0 1[e] 0 21 0
2008–09 Eredivisie 31 4 2 0 8[g] 1 42 5
Total 97 7 11 1 23 1 2 0 133 9
Waalwijk (loan) 2004–05 Eredivisie 13 2 1 0 14 2
Arsenal 2009–10 Premier League 33 7 1 0 0 0 11[c] 1 45 8
2010–11 Premier League 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2011–12 Premier League 29 6 2 0 2 0 7[c] 0 40 6
2012–13 Premier League 29 0 2 0 1 1 7[c] 0 39 1
2013–14 Premier League 14 0 3 0 2 0 2[c] 0 21 0
Total 110 13 8 0 5 1 27 1 150 15
Barcelona 2014–15 La Liga 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2015–16 La Liga 10 1 5 0 3[c] 0 2[h] 0 20 1
2017–18 La Liga 14 0 5 0 1[c] 0 0 0 20 0
2018–19 La Liga 9 0 1 0 2[c] 0 0 0 12 0
Total 34 1 10 0 6 0 3 0 53 1
Roma (loan) 2016–17 Serie A 9 0 0 0 3[i] 0 12 0
Vissel Kobe 2019 J1 League 8 0 4 0 0 0 12 0
2020 J1 League 14 0 0 0 0 0 7[j] 0 1[k] 0 22 0
2021 J1 League 23 1 1 0 0 0 24 1
Total 45 1 5 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 58 1
Career total 308 24 36 1 5 1 66 2 5 0 420 28
  1. Includes KNVB Cup, FA Cup, Copa del Rey, Emperor's Cup
  2. Includes Football League Cup, J.League Cup
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Cup
  5. 5.0 5.1 Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield
  6. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Cup
  7. Appearances in UEFA Cup
  8. One appearance in Supercopa de España, one appearance in FIFA Club World Cup
  9. One appearance in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  10. Appearances in AFC Champions League
  11. Appearance in Japanese Super Cup

International

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Source:[7]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Belgium 2006 6 0
2007 5 0
2008 5 0
2009 11 1
2010 4 0
2011 2 0
2012 7 0
2013 6 0
2014 3 0
2015 2 0
2016 8 0
2017 6 0
2018 6 0
2019 7 1
2020 0 0
2021 7 0
Total 85 2

Honours

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Vermaelen (left) with Jan Vertonghen at Ajax

Ajax[6]

Arsenal

Barcelona[8]

Vissel Kobe

Belgium

Individual

References

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  1. "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of Players: Belgium" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2019.
  2. "Thomas Vermaelen: Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  3. "Thomas Vermaelen: A Belgian leader with class". FC Barcelona. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  4. "ヴィッセル神戸 : 選手/スタッフ". ヴィッセル神戸オフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  5. "Thomas Vermaelen". Soccerbase. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Thomas Vermaelen at Soccerway. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  7. Thomas Vermaelen at National-Football-Teams.com
  8. Thomas Vermaelen; Barcelona's official website
  9. "Andrés Iniesta skippers Vissel Kobe to first trophy in David Villa's final match". AS. 1 January 2020. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  10. "Andres Iniesta lifts Japan Super Cup after nine straight pen misses". ESPN. 8 February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  11. "Belgium 2–0 England: Line-ups". FIFA. Archived from the original on 12 July 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  12. "Vermaelen verkozen tot Talent van het Jaar". 28 April 2006.
  13. "Club van 100 huidige selectie".
  14. "Ook Goor en Vermaelen vallen in de prijzen op Gala". 13 January 2010.
  15. "BBC Sport – Football – Rooney is PFA player of the year". bbc.co.uk.