Yorbe Vertessen
Belgian footballer
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Yorbe Vertessen (born 8 January 2001) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a forward or a winger for Austrian club Red Bull Salzburg.
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Vertessen at Salzburg in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 8 January 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Tienen, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Red Bull Salzburg | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FC Rillaar Sport | |||
| –2009 | Westerlo | ||
| 2009–2019 | PSV Eindhoven | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2020 | Jong PSV | 14 | (5) |
| 2020–2024 | PSV Eindhoven | 64 | (11) |
| 2023 | → Union SG (loan) | 15 | (3) |
| 2024–2025 | Union Berlin | 30 | (4) |
| 2025– | Red Bull Salzburg | 35 | (11) |
| 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) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 March 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:52, 3 July 2023 (UTC) | |||
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]
On 1 February 2024, Vertessen signed with Union Berlin in Germany.[5]
On 3 February 2025, Vertessen signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Austrian Football Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg.[6]
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.[7]
He was joint top scorer in the tournament alongside Italy's Edoardo Vergani,[8] 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 2–1 semi-final defeat at the hands of eventual winners Italy.
Career statistics
- As of match played 20 March 2026[9]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Jong PSV | 2019–20 | Eerste Divisie | 9 | 4 | — | — | — | 9 | 4 | |||
| 2020–21 | Eerste Divisie | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | ||
| PSV Eindhoven | 2020–21 | Eredivisie | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | — | 18 | 2 | |
| 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 24 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 14[c] | 2 | 1[d] | 1 | 43 | 9 | |
| 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[b] | 2 | 1[d] | 0 | 13 | 2 | |
| 2023–24 | Eredivisie | 17 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9[e] | 1 | 1[d] | 0 | 29 | 5 | |
| Total | 64 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 101 | 18 | ||
| Union SG (loan) | 2022–23 | Belgian Pro League | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3[b] | 1 | — | 20 | 4 | |
| Union Berlin | 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 3 | ||
| 2024–25 | Bundesliga | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 19 | 2 | |||
| Total | 30 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 32 | 5 | ||||
| Red Bull Salzburg | 2024–25 | Austrian Bundesliga | 16 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | 3[f] | 0 | 19 | 5 | |
| 2025–26 | Austrian Bundesliga | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 11[g] | 4 | — | 32 | 10 | ||
| Total | 35 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 51 | 16 | ||
| Career total | 158 | 34 | 14 | 3 | 40 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 218 | 48 | ||
- Includes KNVB Cup, Belgian Cup, DFB-Pokal
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- 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
- Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
- Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances and three goals in UEFA Europa League
Honours
PSV
Individual
- UEFA European Under-17 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2018[12]
- Eredivisie Team of the Month: August 2023[13]
