Bart Verbruggen
Dutch footballer (born 2002)
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Bart Verbruggen (born 18 August 2002) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion and the Netherlands national team.
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Verbruggen with Brighton & Hove Albion in 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Bart Verbruggen[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 18 August 2002[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Zwolle, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2014 | WDS '19 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2019 | NAC Breda | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2023 | Anderlecht | 24 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Anderlecht II | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Brighton & Hove Albion | 91 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Netherlands U18 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Netherlands U21 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Netherlands | 27 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:18, 21 April 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 27 March 2026 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
Anderlecht
Verbruggen joined Anderlecht in 2020 from N.A.C. Breda. He made his professional debut on 2 May 2021, in a 2–2 Belgian First Division A draw against Club Brugge.[3] On 23 February 2023, he saved all three penalties during a shootout against Ludogorets Razgrad in the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League knockout round play-offs second leg, which helped his team to win the tie 3–0 on penalties following a 2–2 draw on aggregate.[4]
Brighton & Hove Albion
On 3 July 2023, Brighton & Hove Albion announced the signing of Verbruggen on a five-year deal.[5] Verbruggen was chosen to play ahead of Jason Steele to make his debut in Brighton's third match of the season on 26 August, a 3–1 home loss against West Ham United for their first defeat of the season.[6]
On 18 February 2024, Verbruggen would keep his first Premier League clean-sheet in a 5–0 win against Sheffield United.
Verbruggen made his first Premier League start of Brighton's 2024–25 campaign on 31 August 2024 in Albion's 1–1 draw against Arsenal after missing their opening two games due to injury.[7]
International career
On 17 March 2023, Verbruggen received his first official call-up to the Dutch senior national team for the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifiers against France and Gibraltar.[8] He made a debut in the national team on 13 October 2023 in a 1–2 loss against France.[9]
On 29 May 2024, Verbruggen was named in the Netherlands' squad for UEFA Euro 2024.[10] He went on to play in each of the Netherlands' matches in the tournament, reaching the semi-finals.[11]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 21 April 2026
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Anderlecht | 2020–21[12] | Belgian Pro League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2021–22[13] | Belgian Pro League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23[14] | Belgian Pro League | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6[c] | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Total | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |||
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 2023–24[15] | Premier League | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[d] | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 2024–25[16] | Premier League | 36 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 40 | 0 | ||
| 2025–26[17] | Premier League | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 34 | 0 | ||
| Total | 91 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 101 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 115 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 132 | 0 | ||
- Includes Belgian Cup, FA Cup
- Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
International
- As of match played 27 March 2026[18]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Netherlands | 2023 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 | 14 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 27 | 0 | |
Honours
Individual
- Anderlecht Player of the Season: 2022–23[19]
