Maarten Vandevoordt

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Maarten Vandevoordt
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-02-26) 26 February 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Sint-Truiden, Belgium
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 RB Leipzig
Number 26
Youth career
VV Brustem C.
Sint-Truiden
0000–2019 Genk
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2024 Genk 139 (0)
2024– RB Leipzig 2 (0)
International career‡
2017 Belgium U15 3 (0)
2017–2018 Belgium U16 6 (0)
2018–2019 Belgium U17 12 (0)
2019–2020 Belgium U19 7 (0)
2021– Belgium U21 19 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:39, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

Maarten Vandevoordt (born 26 February 2002) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig.

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Club career

On 10 December 2019, Vandevoordt, aged 17 years 287 days, became the youngest goalkeeper in UEFA Champions League history, playing 90 minutes in a 4–0 loss to Napoli. [1] [2]

On 12 April 2022, German club RB Leipzig announced that they had completed a deal to sign Vandevoordt in 2024 on a five-year contract running until 2029. [3]

International career

In October 2024 he was named in the senior Belgium squad for the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League matches against Italy and France on 10 and 14 October 2024, respectively. [4]

Career statistics

As of match played 15 December 2024 [5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [a] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Genk 2019–20 Belgian Pro League 40201 [b] 00070
2020–21 Belgian Pro League16040——200
2021–22 Belgian Pro League380108 [c] 01 [d] 0480
2022–23 Belgian Pro League40030——430
2023–24 Belgian Pro League4100010 [e] 0—510
Total1390100190101690
RB Leipzig 2024–25 Bundesliga 2020——40
Career total1410120190101730

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes Belgian Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Appearance in Belgian Super Cup
  5. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League, six appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Genk

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References

  1. ↑ "Champions League youngest goalkeepers: Vandevoordt, Svilar, Casillas". UEFA. 11 December 2019.
  2. ↑ "Napoli 4-0 Genk". BBC Sport. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "Leipzig sign keeper Vandevoordt from 2024 until 2029". BeSoccer. 12 April 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  4. ↑ "Geen De Bruyne en Lukaku bij Rode Duivels, wel selectie voor Fofana, Ngonge, Smets en Vandevoordt" [No De Bruyne and Lukaku at Red Devils, but selections for Fofana, Ngonge, Smets and Vandevoordt]. sporza. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  5. ↑ Maarten Vandevoordt at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  6. ↑ "Onuachu with an assist as Genk clinch Belgian Cup title after Standard Liege win". Goal. 26 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
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