Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 23 September 2005 | ||
Place of birth | Liège, Belgium | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Reims (on loan from Lille) | ||
Youth career | |||
Union Momalloise | |||
–2021 | Sint-Truidense VV | ||
2021–2022 | Schalke 04 | ||
2022–2024 | Lille | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022–2024 | Lille B | 41 | (0) |
2024– | Lille | 1 | (0) |
2024–2025 | → Le Mans (loan) | 23 | (3) |
2025– | → Reims (loan) | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2021–2022 | Belgium U17 | 8 | (1) |
2022–2023 | Belgium U18 | 4 | (0) |
2023–2024 | Belgium U19 | 7 | (0) |
2025– | Belgium U21 | 2 | (0) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 20 March 2025 |
Vincent Burlet (born 23 September 2005) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a defender for French Ligue 2 club Reims on loan from Lille.
Burlet was born on 23 September 2005. Born in Liège, Belgium, he is a native of the city.
As a youth player, Burlet joined the youth academy of Belgian side Union Momalloise . Following his stint there, he joined the youth academy of Belgian side Sint-Truidense VV. In 2021, he joined the youth academy of German side Schalke 04, helping the club's under-17 team win the league title. [1]
Ahead of the 2022–23 season, he joined the youth academy of French Ligue 1 side Lille and was promoted to the club's senior team in 2024. The same year, he was sent on loan to French side Le Mans, where he made twenty-three league appearances and scored three goals. [2]
Upon the return from loan, Burlet made his Ligue 1 debut for Lille on 17 August 2025 against Brest. [3]
On 1 September 2025, Burlet moved on loan to Reims in Ligue 2. [4]
Burlet is a Belgium youth international. During the summer of 2022, he played for the Belgium national under-17 football team at the 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.
Burlet plays as a defender and is left-footed. French news website Le11hdf wrote in 2025 that "used in a left-sided role... [he] shows a fine technical range and, above all, a real ability to hit the ball at his feet. [5]