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 Vertonghen playing for Belgium at the 2018 World Cup | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Jan Bert Lieve Vertonghen[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 24 April 1987[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sint-Niklaas, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back, left-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Anderlecht | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1997–2000 | VK Tielrode | ||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2003 | Germinal Beerschot | ||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2006 | Ajax | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2012 | Ajax | 155 | (23) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | → RKC Waalwijk (loan) | 12 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2020 | Tottenham Hotspur | 232 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Benfica | 57 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Anderlecht | 58 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Belgium U16 | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2009 | Belgium U21 | 23 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007– | Belgium | 156 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:15, 5 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 June 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Jan Bert Lieve Vertonghen (born 24 April 1987) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Pro League club Anderlecht and the Belgium national team. Mainly a centre-back, he can also play as a left-back.
Vertonghen began his senior career at Dutch club Ajax in 2006 and totalled 220 games and 28 goals for them across all competitions, serving as their captain from 2011 to 2012. He won two Eredivisie and two KNVB Cup titles during his time at the club, and in 2012 he was named Dutch Footballer of the Year. Vertonghen transferred to Tottenham Hotspur in July 2012, and made the PFA Team of the Year in his first Premier League season. He made 315 appearances for Spurs over eight years, as well as reaching the 2019 UEFA Champions League final, and was named the club's Player of the Year in 2018. After spending two seasons with Portuguese club Benfica, he joined Anderlecht in 2022.
Vertonghen made his international debut for Belgium in 2007 and his 156 caps (including three unofficial games, according to FIFA rules) are the most in the history of the national team.[4] He was part of Belgian squads that came fourth at the 2008 Olympics, third at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and reached the quarter-finals at UEFA Euro 2016 and UEFA Euro 2020.
- ^ "Vol beloften: Jan Vertonghen" [Full of promises: Jan Vertonghen] (in Dutch). AFC Ajax. 25 October 2005. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
- ^ "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of players: Belgium" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 July 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
- ^ "Jan Vertonghen - Benfica". Archived from the original on 19 April 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ "Jan Vertonghen staat voor 150e interland: "Aan de 201 stuks van Ronaldo zal ik niet geraken"" [Jan Vertonghen faces 150th international match: "I will not reach Ronaldo's 201"]. Sporza (in Dutch). 12 September 2023.