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Thomas Vermaelen
Personal information
Full name Thomas Vermaelen[1]
Date of birth (1985-11-14) 14 November 1985 (age 38)[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)
2003–2005 → RKC Waalwijk (loan) 13 (2)
2009–2014 Arsenal 110 (13)
2014–2019 Barcelona 34 (1)
2016–2017 → Roma (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

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.

Career statistics

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Club

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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.
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