Yorbe Vertessen

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Yorbe Vertessen
Yorbe Vertessen Union april 2023.jpg
Vertessen at Union SG in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-01-08) 8 January 2001 (age 23)
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
0000–2009 Westerlo
2009–2019 PSV Eindhoven
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2020 Jong PSV 14 (5)
2020–2024 PSV Eindhoven 64 (11)
2023Union SG (loan) 15 (3)
2024– Union Berlin 24 (4)
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 23 November 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.

Contents

Club career

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]

International career

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.

Career statistics

As of match played 23 November 2024 [8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Jong PSV 2019–20 Eerste Divisie 9494
2020–21 Eerste Divisie5151
Total145000000145
PSV Eindhoven 2020–21 Eredivisie 1521020182
2021–22 Eredivisie2464014 [a] 21 [b] 1439
2022–23 Eredivisie80103 [c] 21 [b] 0132
2023–24 Eredivisie173219 [d] 11 [b] 0295
Total6411812653110118
Union SG (loan) 2022–23 Belgian Pro League 153203 [c] 1204
Union Berlin 2023–24 Bundesliga 13300133
2024–25 Bundesliga11121132
Total24421265
Career total117231222963116133
  1. Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League, three appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa Conference League
  2. 1 2 3 Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield
  3. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

PSV

Individual

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