Yorbe Vertessen
Yorbe Vertessen at Union SG in april 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-01-08) 8 January 2001
Place of birth Tienen, Belgium
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward, winger
Team information
Current team
 PSV Eindhoven
Number 32
Youth career
FC Rillaar Sport
0000–2009 Westerlo
2009–2019 PSV Eindhoven
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Jong PSV 14 (5)
2020– PSV Eindhoven 58 (11)
2023 → Union SG (loan) 15 (3)
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 11 November 2023
‡ 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 Dutch Eredivisie club PSV.

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]

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.[5]

He was joint top scorer in the tournament alongside Italy's Edoardo Vergani,[6] 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 1-2 semi-final falling at the hands of eventual winners Italy.

Career statistics

As of match played 11 November 2023[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Jong PSV 2019–20 Eerste Divisie 94———94
2020–21 Eerste Divisie 51———51
Total 145000000145
PSV Eindhoven 2020–21 Eredivisie 1521020—182
2021–22 Eredivisie 2464014[lower-alpha 1]21[lower-alpha 2]1439
2022–23 Eredivisie 80103[lower-alpha 3]21[lower-alpha 2]0132
2023–24 Eredivisie 113007[lower-alpha 4]01[lower-alpha 2]0193
Total 581160244319116
Union SG (loan) 2022–23 Belgian Pro League 153203[lower-alpha 3]1—204
Career total 8719802753112525
  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

References

  1. ↑ "PSV held to a 2-2 draw by SC Heerenveen". PSV. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Madueke: Nigeria prospect's brace powers PSV past 10-man Ajax in Dutch Super Cup". Goal. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Yorbe Vertessen en prêt à l'Union jusqu'à la fin de la saison" (in French). Royale Union Saint-Gilloise. 28 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "Union Saint-Gilloise thrash Zulte Waregem 4-0 to keep pressure on league leaders" (in French). Brussels Times. 6 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  5. ↑ "Under-17 EURO team of the tournament". UEFA.com. 16 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "Statistics — Tournament phase — Player statistics — Goals". UEFA.com. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  7. ↑ Yorbe Vertessen at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  8. ↑ "PSV verrast Ajax met twee goals vlak na rust en wint KNVB-beker". NOS. 17 April 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  9. ↑ "Lang beslist duel met Feyenoord en bezorgt PSV veertiende Johan Cruijff Schaal" [Long decided duel with Feyenoord and gives PSV fourteenth Johan Cruijff Shield]. nos.nl (in Dutch). 4 August 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  10. ↑ "Under-17 EURO team of the tournament". UEFA. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2022.


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