Thomas Vermaelen

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.

Thomas Vermaelen
Personal information
Full name Thomas Vermaelen[1]
Date of birth (1985-11-14) 14 November 1985[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 place2018
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

Club
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[5][6]
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ajax 2003–04 Eredivisie 1000—00—10
2005–06 Eredivisie 24341—5[lower-alpha 3]000334
2006–07 Eredivisie 23050—7[lower-alpha 4]01[lower-alpha 5]0360
2007–08 Eredivisie 18000—3[lower-alpha 6]01[lower-alpha 5]0210
2008–09 Eredivisie 31420—8[lower-alpha 7]1—425
Total 977111—231201339
Waalwijk (loan) 2004–05 Eredivisie 13210—142
Arsenal 2009–10 Premier League 337100011[lower-alpha 3]1—458
2010–11 Premier League 50000000—50
2011–12 Premier League 29620207[lower-alpha 3]0—406
2012–13 Premier League 29020117[lower-alpha 3]0—391
2013–14 Premier League 14030202[lower-alpha 3]0—210
Total 110138051271—15015
Barcelona 2014–15 La Liga 1000—00—10
2015–16 La Liga 10150—3[lower-alpha 3]02[lower-alpha 8]0201
2017–18 La Liga 14050—1[lower-alpha 3]000200
2018–19 La Liga 9010—2[lower-alpha 3]000120
Total 341100—6030531
Roma (loan) 2016–17 Serie A 9000—3[lower-alpha 9]0—120
Vissel Kobe 2019 J1 League 804000——120
2020 J1 League 14000007[lower-alpha 10]01[lower-alpha 11]0220
2021 J1 League 2311000——241
Total 45150007010581
Career total 30824361516625042028
  1. Includes KNVB Cup, FA Cup, Copa del Rey, Emperor's Cup
  2. Includes Football League Cup, J.League Cup
  3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Cup
  5. 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

Source:[7]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Belgium 200660
200750
200850
2009111
201040
201120
201270
201360
201430
201520
201680
201760
201860
201971
202000
202170
Total852

Honours
Vermaelen (left) with Jan Vertonghen at Ajax

Ajax[6]

Arsenal

Barcelona[8]

Vissel Kobe

Belgium

Individual

  • AFC Ajax Talent of the Year: 2006[12]
  • AFC Ajax Club of 100: 2009[13]
  • Best Belgian Player Abroad: 2009[14]
  • PFA Premier League Team of the Year: 2009–10[15]

References
  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. 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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