Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 16 April 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Torhout, Belgium | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Nieuwpoort | ||
Youth career | |||
1993–2006 | Club Brugge | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2011 | Club Brugge [1] | 33 | (0) |
2011–2013 | OH Leuven | 25 | (0) |
2012–2013 | → Antwerp (loan) | 28 | (0) |
2013–2015 | Waasland-Beveren | 19 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Deinze | 12 | (2) |
2016–2018 | Izegem | 0 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Oostkamp | 0 | (0) |
2019– | Nieuwpoort | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2002–2003 | Belgium U16 | 10 | (2) |
2003–2004 | Belgium U17 | 11 | (2) |
2005 | Belgium U18 | 6 | (0) |
2005–2006 | Belgium U19 | 19 | (4) |
2007 | Belgium U20 | 1 | (0) |
2007 | Belgium U21 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 December 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 December 2013 |
Jorn Vermeulen (born 16 April 1987 in Torhout) is a Belgian football player who played for the national youth teams, played for 10 seasons for teams at the highest two levels of the Belgian football league system, and has semi-retired, currently playing for Nieuwpoort in the amateur Belgian Provincial Leagues.
Vermeulen, a defender, began his youth career in 1993 with Club Brugge. During his junior career, Vermeulen played, in progressive years, for each of the Belgium national youth teams: Belgium U16, Belgium U17, Belgium U18, Belgium U19, Belgium U20 and Belgium U21.
Vermeulen was promoted to Club Brugge's Jupiler League team, at the top of the Belgian football league system, for the 2006–07 season. [2]
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